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Walker County, Alabama

Walker County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,512 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 123.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01127. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Walker County stands at $24 per acre in 2026, down 11.1 percent from 2016. The median corn yield from 2013-2025 was 123.8 bushels per acre, though 2024 dropped to 73.1.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$24/ac
2026 county average
AL median $46 · tied for 5th lowest of 59
Land and buildings
$3,512/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 30th highest of 67
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 23% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, 2013–2025 median
123.8 bu/ac
9 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 17th highest of 67

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$18$24 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, 2026$24/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−11.1%nominal, $27 to $24
Pasture, 2026$18/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,512/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,578/ac
Census 2017$3,019/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.3%+3.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 23% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025136.4140.0130.6123.2111.4123.8128.273.1100.7median 123.8

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

Median, 2013–2025123.8 bu/ac9 published years
Lowest published year2024: 73.1 bu/ac59% of median

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2014. 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, 2016–2025heat and drought 37% · excess moisture 33% · other 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202525400

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, 2000–2025160 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200740 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland180 ac
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland2,028 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland761 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213141,4370

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20226,414−42.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Walker County$24$3,512——
Blount County$48$5,006—$4.73
Cullman County$48$5,356157.5$6.36
Fayette County$47$2,541102.5$14.35
Jefferson County—$6,943——
Marion County$34$3,186—$7.49
Tuscaloosa County$46$3,742132.2$6.07
Winston County$27$3,005——
Median next door$46$3,742132.2$6.36

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. Walker 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/walker-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.