Russell County, Alabama
Russell County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,820 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01113. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
AL median $46 · tied for 26th lowest of 59
AL median $3,400 · 23rd lowest of 67
AL median $10.32 · 22nd highest of 53
AL median 26% · 8th lowest of 67
Non-irrigated cash rent in Russell County is $42 per acre, up 22.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in 2022 was $2,820 per acre, up 11 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 2.1 percent a year. Heat and drought caused 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, with the share by period at 46 percent in 1989-1999, 58 percent in 2000-2009, 70 percent in 2010-2019, and 47 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 263 of 1357 weeks, or 19.4 percent, in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 52 weeks in 2012 alone, but only 7 weeks from 2021-2025.
Cash rent
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.
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
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell County | $42 | n/a | $2,820 | $10.88 |
| Barbour County | $59 | $131 2023 | $2,617 | $10.05 |
| Bullock County | $33 2025 | n/a | $2,258 | $10.32 |
| Lee County | $35 | n/a | $5,018 | $6.58 |
| Macon County | $41 | n/a | $2,687 | $6.46 |
| Chattahoochee County, GA | n/a | n/a | $8,235 | n/a |
| Muscogee County, GA | n/a | n/a | $4,700 | n/a |
| Stewart County, GA | n/a | $152 | $3,010 | $21.02 |
| Median next door | $41 | $152 1 co. | $3,010 | $10.05 |
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. Russell 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/russell-countyEvery 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.