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Butler County, Alabama

Butler County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2024); land and buildings $3,116 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Butler County, AL reached $33 per acre in 2024, up 32 percent from 2014. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,116 per acre in 2022, a 27 percent rise from 2017 at 4.9 percent a year. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.57 F per decade warming, with the 2017-2026 average nightly low at 71.5 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.8 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$33/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,116/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 28th lowest of 67
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$20.30
2016–2025, closed crop years
AL median $10.32 · 7th highest of 53
Farmland rented
15%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 10th lowest of 67

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40201020152020$22$33 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2024$33/ac
Change 2014 to 2024+32.0%nominal, $25 to $33
Pasture, 2024$25/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,116/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,429/ac
Census 2017$2,454/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.0%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$20.30
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.15claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$7.8 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 58% · excess moisture 17% · wind 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025347

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, 2000–2025152 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200034 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202517 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.57 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland85 ac
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland1,641 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland1,317 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021613,823888

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

CRP enrolled, 2025888 ac6.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202845 ac5% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$26/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20229,808−1.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202215%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Butler County$33 2024—$3,116—$20.30
Conecuh County$28—$2,458—$14.37
Covington County$67—$3,400—$15.32
Crenshaw County$30—$3,002—$23.80
Lowndes County$42—$2,343—$17.98
Monroe County$67$160$2,399130.7$10.70
Wilcox County$34—$2,163—$14.97
Median next door$38$160 1 co.$2,429130.7 1 co.$15.15

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. Butler 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/butler-county
Every 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.