Cullman County, Alabama
Cullman County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,356 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cullman County averages $48 per acre, up 14.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Cropland is 1 percent irrigated, so yields track weather closely. The July average nightly low has moved from 68.6 F (1991-2020 normal) to 70.5 F (2017-2026), and heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities ran 24 percent in 1989-1999, 9 percent in 2000-2009, 76 percent in 2010-2019, and 82 percent in 2020-2025. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 3.1 bushels per acre a year across 2009-2025, with a median of 157.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 90.9 in 2010. Solar and wind development stand at 0 MW operating and 0 MW proposed.
AL median $46 · 28th highest of 59
AL median $3,400 · 8th highest of 67
AL median 142.4 · tied for 3rd highest of 15
AL median $10.32 · 10th lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 32nd 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullman County | $48 | — | $5,356 | 157.5 | $6.36 |
| Blount County | $48 | — | $5,006 | — | $4.73 |
| Lawrence County | $113 | $152 | $4,865 | 157.2 | $9.42 |
| Marshall County | $40 | — | $5,745 | — | $6.74 |
| Morgan County | $65 | — | $6,130 | — | $10.43 |
| Walker County | $24 | — | $3,512 | — | — |
| Winston County | $27 | — | $3,005 | — | — |
| Median next door | $44 | $152 1 co. | $4,936 | 157.2 1 co. | $8.08 |
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. Cullman 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/cullman-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.