Farmland Atlas · county record

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 2026-10-14.

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 cropland 2026: $4,650 (state survey)
AL median $3,400 · 5th lowest of 67
Rent as % of land value
n/a
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
n/a
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
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Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$15$42 dry

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$42/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+95.3%nominal, $22 to $42
Pasture, 2026$28/ac

Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Lowndes County: its grids, county values and record.

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 valueAbout 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
Alabama cropland, 2026 state survey$4,650/ac+2.2% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Alabama farm real estate, 2026$4,250/acland and buildings, state average
Alabama pasture, 2026$3,500/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Alabama average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer 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

20002005201020152020202533346

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, 2000–2025132 of 1,304 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200734 weeks
Last five years, 2020–20256 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 115% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Rain so far this year in Alabama, county by county

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS 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
198619911996200120062011201620213,90914,8246,551

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,551 ac16.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029168 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

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Lowndes County$42n/a$2,343n/a$17.98
Autauga County$51n/a$2,636n/a$5.71
Butler County$33 2024n/a$3,116n/a$20.30
Crenshaw County$30n/a$3,002n/a$23.80
Dallas County$37$104 2023$2,402117.5$15.16
Montgomery County$30n/a$3,146n/a$10.66
Wilcox County$34n/a$2,163n/a$14.97
Median next door$34n/a$2,819117.5 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 2026-10-14, 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. 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.