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Conecuh County, Alabama

Conecuh County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,458 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 116.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Conecuh County averages $28 per acre in 2026, down 24.7 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 Census stood at $2,458 per acre, up 14.8 percent from 2017, 2.8 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 4.9 bushels per acre a year over 2009-2025, with a median of 116.2 bushels per acre and a low of 54.3 in 2015. Heat and drought account for 50 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share has moved from 46 percent in 1989-1999 to 49 percent in 2000-2009, 49 percent in 2010-2019, and 52 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 72.2 F over 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.4 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$28/ac

2026 county average
AL median $46 · 11th lowest of 59

Land and buildings

$2,458/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 11th lowest 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, 2009–2025 median

116.2 bu/ac

12 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$14.37

2016–2025, closed crop years
AL median $10.32 · 17th highest of 53

Farmland rented

26%

2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 33rd 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$28/ac

Change 2016 to 2026−24.7%nominal, $37 to $28

Pasture, 2026$17/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,458/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,991/ac

Census 2017$2,142/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+14.8%+2.8% 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

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2009–2025116.2 bu/ac12 published years

Lowest published year2015: 54.3 bu/ac47% of median

Trend, 2009–2025+4.9 bu/ac a year±4.1 (95% interval)

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$14.37

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.84claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$14.0 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · excess moisture 24% · other 6%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, 2000–2025158 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201145 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.2 °F1991–2020 normal 70.4 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September30.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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, 2022under 1% of cropland30 ac

Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland1,955 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland250 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,821 ac8.5% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–202861 ac3% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$47/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202215,578+34.8% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Conecuh County	$28	—	$2,458	—	$14.37
Butler County	$33 2024	—	$3,116	—	$20.30
Covington County	$67	—	$3,400	—	$15.32
Escambia County	$101	$139 2023	$2,763	—	$10.42
Monroe County	$67	$160	$2,399	130.7	$10.70
Median next door	$67	$160 1 co.	$2,940	130.7 1 co.	$13.01

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Conecuh 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/conecuh-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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