Farmland Atlas · county record

Dallas County, Alabama

Dallas County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $37 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,402 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01047. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$37/ac
2026 county average
AL median $46 · tied for 19th lowest of 59
Cash rent, irrigated
$104/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,402/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 9th lowest of 67
Corn yield, 2021-25 average
129.8 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2025 county yield 140.4 · irrigated and dryland combined · trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.16
2016–2025, closed crop years
AL median $10.32 · 14th highest of 53
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 30th highest of 67
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Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$30$37 dry$50$104 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Alabama county rate, side by side: Alabama cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$37/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+17.7%nominal, $31 to $37
Irrigated, 2023$104/ac
Pasture, 2026$26/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2025)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,402/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,835/ac
Census 2017$1,875/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+28.1%+5.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 15% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20092011201320152017201920212023202581.0153.8140.4median 117.5

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

15-yr trendCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2025 county yield140.4 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average129.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2009–2025117.5 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2011: 73.8 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+3.0 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20102015202020251.173.131.791.00: claims equal premium

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$15.16
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.23claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.01$34.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 16
Worst year2020ratio 3.13
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 20% · area plans 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025293511

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, 2000–2025122 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200735 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202513 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.5 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202215%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland83 ac
Farmed no-till, 202223% of cropland17,185 ac
Cover crops, 202219% of cropland14,634 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212,89233,4785,989

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,989 ac10% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029404 ac7% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$33/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202231,558+21.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dallas County$37$104 2023$2,402117.5$15.16
Autauga County$51n/a$2,636n/a$5.71
Chilton County$25n/a$3,464n/a$37.47
Lowndes County$42n/a$2,343n/a$17.98
Marengo County$40n/a$2,247n/a$19.02
Perry County$46 2025n/a$2,354n/a$15.05
Wilcox County$34n/a$2,163n/a$14.97
Median next door$40n/a$2,349n/a$16.52

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. Dallas County, Alabama. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/alabama/dallas-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.