Farmland Atlas · county record

Perry County, Alabama

Perry County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,354 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 127.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01105. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet

Non-irrigated cash rent in Perry County runs $46 per acre in 2025, up 40 percent from 2014. Land carries a census value of $2,354 per acre, up 6.6 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nightly lows have warmed 0.41 F per decade since 1976, and the county logged 21 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025. Solar and wind operating capacity: 0 MW each.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$46/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$75/ac
2016 county average
too few 2016 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,354/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 6th lowest of 67
Corn yield, 2010–2024 median
127.6 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 132.4
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.05
2016–2025, closed crop years
AL median $10.32 · 15th highest of 53
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 26th lowest of 67

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$22$46 dry

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, 2025$46/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+40.0%nominal, $33 to $46
Irrigated, 2016$75/ac
Pasture, 2025$19/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.34$46 ÷ 132.4 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,354/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,755/ac
Census 2017$2,208/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+6.6%+1.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 39% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2010201220142016201820202022202497.9154.8141.6median 127.6

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2010–2024127.6 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024132.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2022: 68.0 bu/ac53% of median
Trend, 2010–2024−0.1 bu/ac a year±3.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20122017202220250.580.551.340.731.311.521.00: claims equal premium

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$15.05
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.03claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.06$19.7 million paid
Worst year2025ratio 1.52
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 31% · area plans 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025263815

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, 2000–2025142 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200738 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.4 °F1991–2020 normal 70.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20229%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland746 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland6,752 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland2,860 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213,77131,1781,627

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,627 ac4.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202884 ac5% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$44/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202215,564−6.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Perry County$46 2025—$2,354—$15.05
Bibb County$24—$2,611——
Chilton County$25—$3,464—$37.47
Dallas County$37$104 2023$2,402117.5$15.16
Hale County$53—$2,543—$11.17
Marengo County$40—$2,247—$19.02
Median next door$37—$2,543117.5 1 co.$17.09

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. Perry 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/perry-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.