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Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tallapoosa County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2024); land and buildings $3,062 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tallapoosa County averages $21 per acre in 2024, down 8.7 percent from 2014. July nights average 69.7 F over 2017-2026, against a 68.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.53 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities for 1995-2025 closed crop years total $333,190, with heat and drought the largest cause at 57 percent, compared with 62 percent for 1989-1999. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 269 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, versus 5 weeks in 2021-2025. Census land and building value stands at $3,062 per acre, up 7.3 percent from 2017 to 2022. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$21/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,062/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 27th lowest of 67
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 24th highest of 67

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40201020152020$25$21 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, 2024$21/ac
Change 2014 to 2024−8.7%nominal, $23 to $21
Pasture, 2024$12/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,062/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,414/ac
Census 2017$2,855/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+7.3%+1.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. 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, 1995–2025heat and drought 57% · wind 22% · excess moisture 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202534495

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, 2000–2025269 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201249 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.7 °F1991–2020 normal 68.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202236%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland722 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland479 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland150 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215961,650185

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

CRP enrolled, 2025185 ac2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$23/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20228,367−7.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Tallapoosa County$21 2024$3,062—
Chambers County$28$3,446—
Clay County$18$3,980—
Coosa County—$2,950—
Elmore County$45$3,839$7.25
Lee County$35$5,018$6.58
Macon County$41$2,687$6.46
Randolph County$26$4,005—
Median next door$31$3,839$6.58

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. Tallapoosa 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/tallapoosa-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.