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Randolph County, Alabama

Randolph County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,005 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 15-yr trend 138.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01111. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$26/ac
2026 county average
AL median $46 · 8th lowest of 59
Land and buildings
$4,005/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 19th highest of 67
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.18
$26 ÷ 138.8 bu, 15-yr trend (projected 2026)
Corn yield, 15-yr trend (projected 2026)
138.8 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2024 county yield 114.8 · 2020-24 average 131.7 (all practices)
AL median 138.8 · 12th lowest of 23
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
n/a
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
12%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 4th lowest of 67
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Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$20$26 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$26/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+2.0%nominal, $25 to $26
Pasture, 2026$25/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.18$26 ÷ 138.8 bu, 15-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 20245.0%$27 non-irrigated rent 2024 ÷ (114.8 bu, 2024 county yield, all practices × $4.58 Alabama price received); the county reports no irrigated corn

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,005/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,810/ac
Census 2017$3,157/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.9%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 16% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202460.0149.4114.8median 98.3

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

15-yr trend (projected 2026)138.8 bu/acall practices county yields, 13 years, R² 0.48; the figure rent per bushel uses
2024 county yield114.8 bu/acall practices
2020-24 average131.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2011–202498.3 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2011: 60.0 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2011–2024+4.5 bu/ac a year±2.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1999. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 2002–2025heat and drought 48% · excess moisture 26% · wind 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025480

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, 2000–2025259 of 1,357 weeks19% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200048 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 67.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20225%
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland1,217 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland474 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202123769634

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

CRP enrolled, 202534 ac
CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac
Cattle and calves, 202228,776+9.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202212%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Randolph County$26$4,005
Chambers County$28$3,446
Clay County$18$3,980
Cleburne County$31$4,160
Tallapoosa County$21 2024$3,062
Carroll County, GA$36$6,433
Heard County, GA$31$4,425
Troup County, GAn/a$5,029
Median next door$31$4,160

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. Randolph County, Alabama. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/alabama/randolph-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.