Crenshaw County, Alabama
Crenshaw County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,002 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Crenshaw County averages $30 per acre, up 11.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. All harvested cropland is unirrigated, per the 2022 census. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, at 58 percent of $13.9 million paid, and its share of losses has moved higher across the periods listed: 37 percent in 1989-1999, 59 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, and 75 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low has warmed since 1976 at 0.45 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average of 70.6 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.5 F. Land value rose 20.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, and there is no solar or wind operating or proposed here.
AL median $46 · 14th lowest of 59
AL median $3,400 · 25th lowest of 67
AL median $10.32 · 3rd highest of 53
AL median 26% · 16th 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.
Land value
Corn yield
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crenshaw County | $30 | $3,002 | $23.80 |
| Butler County | $33 2024 | $3,116 | $20.30 |
| Coffee County | $50 | $3,859 | $22.74 |
| Covington County | $67 | $3,400 | $15.32 |
| Lowndes County | $42 | $2,343 | $17.98 |
| Montgomery County | $30 | $3,146 | $10.66 |
| Pike County | $40 | $3,381 | $15.87 |
| Median next door | $42 | $3,264 | $16.93 |
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. Crenshaw 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/crenshaw-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.