Madison County, Alabama
Madison County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $113 an acre (2025); land and buildings $6,510 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 158.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Madison County averages $113 per acre in 2025, up 69.9 percent from 2014. Irrigated land rented for $131 per acre in 2024, and 14 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation, with 75 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought account for 52 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share has moved from 18 percent in 1989-1999 to 58 percent in 2000-2009 to 68 percent in 2010-2019 to 66 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows average 70.2 F over 2017-2026, up from the 68.6 F normal for 1991-2020, consistent with a warming trend of 0.65 F per decade since 1976. Census-reported land value stands at $6,510 per acre, up 22.7 percent from 2017 to 2022.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
AL median $3,400 · 2nd highest of 67
AL median 142.4 · 2nd highest of 15
AL median $10.32 · 6th lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County | $113 2025 | $131 2024 | $6,510 | 158.7 | $5.49 |
| Jackson County | $62 | — | $3,511 | 124.8 | $8.34 |
| Limestone County | $139 | $151 2023 | $4,683 | 159.8 | $6.78 |
| Marshall County | $40 | — | $5,745 | — | $6.74 |
| Morgan County | $65 | — | $6,130 | — | $10.43 |
| Franklin County, TN | $173 | — | $5,951 | 172.3 | $5.57 |
| Lincoln County, TN | $155 | — | $5,222 | 166.2 | $4.51 |
| Median next door | $102 | — | $5,484 | 163.0 | $6.76 |
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. Madison 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/madison-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.