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Lowndes County, Alabama

Lowndes County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,343 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Lowndes County reached $42 per acre in 2026, up 95.3 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $2,343 per acre in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$42/ac

2026 county average
AL median $46 · 28th lowest of 59

Land and buildings

$2,343/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 5th lowest of 67

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: about 15% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$17.98

2016–2025, closed crop years
AL median $10.32 · 9th highest of 53

Farmland rented

29%

2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 22nd 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$42/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+95.3%nominal, $22 to $42

Pasture, 2026$28/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,343/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,726/ac

Census 2017$1,898/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+23.4%+4.3% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— about 15% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$17.98

Loss ratio, 2016–20251.80claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.41$7.8 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 43% · heat and drought 34% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025136 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200734 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.5 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.56 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September26.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 114% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland970 ac

Farmed no-till, 202214% of cropland6,056 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,491 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,551 ac16.5% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028168 ac3% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$24/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202236,087−10.2% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Lowndes County	$42	—	$2,343	—	$17.98
Autauga County	$51	—	$2,636	—	$5.71
Butler County	$33 2024	—	$3,116	—	$20.30
Crenshaw County	$30	—	$3,002	—	$23.80
Dallas County	$37	$104 2023	$2,402	117.5	$15.16
Montgomery County	$30	—	$3,146	—	$10.66
Wilcox County	$34	—	$2,163	—	$14.97
Median next door	$34	—	$2,819	117.5 1 co.	$15.07

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. Lowndes 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/lowndes-county

Every 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.

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