County farm facts

San Juan County, Washington

San Juan County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2024); land and buildings $12,320 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53055. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 16, cropland in San Juan County rented for $40 an acre in 2024, and pasture went for $36 an acre in 2026. The census value of land and buildings was $12,320 an acre in 2022, up 30.3% from $9,457 in 2017, though still under the $13,228 of 2012. That puts the county 10th highest of 34 in Washington, well above the state median of $5,067. 39% of the farmland was rented in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$40/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$12,320/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · WA farm real estate 2026: $3,800 (land and buildings, state survey)
WA median $5,067 · 10th highest of 34
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: cropland is 41% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
n/a
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
39%
2022 census, rented from others
WA median 34% · 15th highest of 34
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Hay, Washington price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Washington cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in San Juan County, Washington

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020250190

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202552 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201519 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202527 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.7 °F1991–2020 normal 52.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual8.1 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 7.3 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMar 12, Nov 20middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free daysat least 263middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September1,623middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 1,686

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402021202220232024$23$40 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Washington county rate, side by side: Washington cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2024$40/ac
Pasture, 2026$36/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,320/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$13,228/ac
Census 2017$9,457/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+30.3%+5.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 41% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Washington cropland, 2026 state survey$3,540/ac+1.7% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Washington farm real estate, 2026$3,800/acland and buildings, state average
Washington pasture, 2026$980/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Washington average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

No county ARC or PLC estimate here. ARC or PLC in Washington.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in San Juan County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

Premium and payoutsRMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Conservation Reserve Program

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20226%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland117 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland461 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland186 ac
Cattle and calves, 20222,841+66.5% since 2017
Milk cows, 20228head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 2022251head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. San Juan County, Washington. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/washington/san-juan-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).