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Chambers County, Alabama

Chambers County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,446 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Chambers County stands at $28 per acre, up 27.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, so yields track weather closely. The July average nightly low is 69.6 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 68.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.5 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought caused 72 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 2005-2025, with that share at 54 percent in 2000-2009, 79 percent in 2010-2019, and 61 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought or worse covered at least 1 percent of the county for 292 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, but only 1 week from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$28/ac

2026 county average
AL median $46 · 12th lowest of 59

Land and buildings

$3,446/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 33rd highest of 67

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 17% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

—

under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

21%

2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 23rd lowest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$28/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+27.3%nominal, $22 to $28

Pasture, 2026$19/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,446/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,602/ac

Census 2017$2,513/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+37.1%+6.5% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 17% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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 2005. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 2005–2025heat and drought 72% · excess moisture 19% · price decline (revenue policies) 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025292 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20251 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.6 °F1991–2020 normal 68.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September25.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%

Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland166 ac

Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland616 ac

Cover crops, 20225% of cropland1,155 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025154 ac1.1% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$14/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 202579.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202239,162+93.4% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Chambers County	$28	$3,446	—
Lee County	$35	$5,018	$6.58
Randolph County	$26	$4,005	—
Tallapoosa County	$21 2024	$3,062	—
Harris County, GA	—	$4,181	—
Troup County, GA	—	$5,029	—
Median next door	$30 2 co.	$4,181	$6.58 1 co.

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. Chambers 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/chambers-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.

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