Jackson County, Alabama
Jackson County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $62 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,511 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 124.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jackson County averages $62 per acre in 2026, up 50 percent from 2016. Corn yields have trended up 1.7 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 124.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 80.5 in 2016. Heat and drought has been the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, though its share of those payouts has moved from 71 percent in 1989-1999 to 63 percent in 2000-2009 to 61 percent in 2010-2019 to 52 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.87, above the 0.65 ratio for the full 1989-2025 record. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and there is no solar or wind capacity operating or proposed in the county.
AL median $46 · 14th highest of 59
AL median $3,400 · 31st highest of 67
AL median 142.4 · 5th lowest of 15
AL median $10.32 · 21st lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 8th 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | $62 | — | $3,511 | 124.8 | $8.34 |
| DeKalb County | $60 | — | $5,032 | 142.4 | $5.79 |
| Madison County | $113 2025 | $131 2024 | $6,510 | 158.7 | $5.49 |
| Marshall County | $40 | — | $5,745 | — | $6.74 |
| Dade County, GA | $30 | — | $4,527 | — | — |
| Franklin County, TN | $173 | — | $5,951 | 172.3 | $5.57 |
| Marion County, TN | $59 | — | $5,249 | 164.4 | $7.62 |
| Median next door | $59 | — | $5,497 | 161.6 | $5.79 |
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. Jackson 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/jackson-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.