Montgomery County, Alabama
Montgomery County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,146 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Montgomery County runs $30 per acre, up 7.3 percent from 2016 to 2026, and the census puts land and buildings at $3,146 per acre, up 18.3 percent from 2017 to 2022. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland, so the county's water exposure runs mostly through rainfall and drought weeks, not wells. Severe drought or worse hit the county in 213 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 39 weeks in 2012 alone and 11 weeks over 2021-2025. Heat and drought drove 44 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, a share that ran 47 percent in 1989-1999, 73 percent in 2000-2009, 32 percent in 2010-2019, and 39 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low has warmed 0.51 F per decade since 1976.
AL median $46 · 13th lowest of 59
AL median $3,400 · 29th lowest of 67
AL median $10.32 · 24th highest of 53
AL median 26% · 11th 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
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | $30 | $3,146 | $10.66 |
| Autauga County | $51 | $2,636 | $5.71 |
| Bullock County | $33 2025 | $2,258 | $10.32 |
| Crenshaw County | $30 | $3,002 | $23.80 |
| Elmore County | $45 | $3,839 | $7.25 |
| Lowndes County | $42 | $2,343 | $17.98 |
| Macon County | $41 | $2,687 | $6.46 |
| Pike County | $40 | $3,381 | $15.87 |
| Median next door | $42 | $2,687 | $10.32 |
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. Montgomery 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/montgomery-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.