Baldwin County, Alabama
Baldwin County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $90 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,202 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 152.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Baldwin County runs $90 per acre in 2026, up 27.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $143 per acre, and the irrigated premium sits at 1.59 times the non-irrigated rate in 2026, against 1.72 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Land value carries at $6,202 per acre, the operators' own estimate, up 6.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. Drought has stayed light in recent years: 11 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 123 of 1357 weeks countywide since 2000. Corn yields trend up 3.1 bushels per acre a year over 2009-2025, with a median of 152 bushels per acre and a worst year of 65.9 in 2011.
AL median $46 · 6th highest of 59
AL median $152 · 2nd lowest of 5
AL median $3,400 · 3rd highest of 67
AL median 142.4 · 7th highest of 15
AL median $10.32 · 22nd lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 13th highest of 67
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin County | $90 | $143 | $6,202 | 152.0 | $8.53 |
| Clarke County | $17 | — | $2,688 | — | — |
| Escambia County | $101 | $139 2023 | $2,763 | — | $10.42 |
| Mobile County | $84 | — | $4,768 | — | $4.39 |
| Monroe County | $67 | $160 | $2,399 | 130.7 | $10.70 |
| Washington County | $39 2025 | — | $2,714 | — | $5.28 |
| Escambia County, FL | $96 | — | $7,806 | — | $8.58 |
| Median next door | $84 | $160 1 co. | $2,739 | 130.7 1 co. | $8.58 |
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. Baldwin County, Alabama. 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/alabama/baldwin-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.