Lawrence County, Alabama
Lawrence County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $113 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,865 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lawrence County runs $113 per acre in 2026, up 11.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $152 per acre, and the irrigated multiple has moved without clear direction, 1.43 in 2009 to 1.35 in 2026. Only 5 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, so most ground here depends on rain. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has swung across periods, 32 percent in 1989-1999, 10 percent in 2000-2009, 67 percent in 2010-2019, and 54 percent in 2020-2025, with 152 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse since 2000. Census land value sits at $4,865 per acre, up 28.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, and 393 MW of solar has been proposed to EIA against none operating now.
AL median $46 · 2nd highest of 59
AL median $152 · 3rd lowest of 5
AL median $3,400 · 15th highest of 67
AL median 142.4 · 5th highest of 15
AL median $10.32 · 23rd lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 3rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County | $113 | $152 | $4,865 | 157.2 | $9.42 |
| Colbert County | $105 | — | $3,528 | 157.5 | $9.81 |
| Cullman County | $48 | — | $5,356 | 157.5 | $6.36 |
| Franklin County | $73 | — | $3,526 | — | $16.96 |
| Lauderdale County | $79 | — | $5,183 | 155.1 | $7.71 |
| Limestone County | $139 | $151 2023 | $4,683 | 159.8 | $6.78 |
| Morgan County | $65 | — | $6,130 | — | $10.43 |
| Winston County | $27 | — | $3,005 | — | — |
| Median next door | $73 | — | $4,683 | 157.5 | $8.76 |
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. Lawrence 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/lawrence-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.