Yakima County, Washington
Yakima County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $150 an acre (2021); land and buildings $2,782 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 209.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Yakima County stands at $231 per acre for 2026. Non-irrigated rent averaged $150 per acre in 2021, up 170.3 percent from 2011. Census land and buildings value was $2,782 per acre in 2022, up 1 percent from 2017, or 0.2 percent a year. July nights have warmed, averaging 53.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 51.7 F, part of a warming trend of 0.86 F per decade since 1976. Heat and drought accounted for 33 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 2020-2025, up from 12 percent in 2010-2019, 3 percent in 2000-2009, and 13 percent in 1989-1999. Freeze and frost remains the largest cause of indemnities overall, at 46 percent of $577.0 million paid across closed crop years 1989-2025.
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $350 · 4th lowest of 14
WA median $5,067 · 10th lowest of 34
WA median $8.03 · 6th lowest of 21
WA median 34% · 6th lowest of 34
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakima County | — | $231 | $2,782 | $6.30 |
| Benton County | $45 2024 | $700 2025 | $4,153 | $5.97 |
| Grant County | $52 | $449 2025 | $5,216 | $5.67 |
| Kittitas County | — | $202 | $4,287 | $7.26 |
| Klickitat County | $42 | $383 2024 | $2,482 | $8.03 |
| Lewis County | $77 | $103 2025 | $9,421 | $0.16 |
| Pierce County | $70 2023 | $466 | $28,343 | — |
| Skamania County | — | — | $15,564 | — |
| Median next door | $52 | $334 2 co. | $5,216 | $5.97 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Yakima County, Washington. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/washington/yakima-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. 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.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over 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. 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 dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.