Farmland Atlas · county record

Wilcox County, Alabama

Wilcox County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,163 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01131. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$34/ac
2026 county average
AL median $46 · 16th lowest of 59
Land and buildings
$2,163/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AL median $3,400 · 2nd lowest of 67
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: cropland is 16% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.97
2016–2025, closed crop years
AL median $10.32 · 16th highest of 53
Farmland rented
16%
2022 census, rented from others
AL median 26% · 11th lowest of 67
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Census land and building value reached $2,163 per acre in 2022, rising 19 percent from 2017 at 3.5 percent a year. No harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census, and heat and drought drove 40 percent of the $4.7 million in crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025.

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Cash rent

$0$10$20$30201520202025$28$34 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$34/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.7%nominal, $25 to $34
Pasture, 2026$18/ac
Rent as a share of corn gross, 20254.7%$27 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (127.0 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.40 Alabama price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

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$2,163/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,682/ac
Census 2017$1,818/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.0%+3.5% 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

County corn yieldFewer 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 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$14.97
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.82claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.80$4.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 40% · excess moisture 24% · area plans 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252912

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, 2000–2025114 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200029 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202522 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% 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, 2022none reported
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland721 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland667 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213,85416,6963,360

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,360 ac20% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029170 ac5% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$30/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202213,779−17.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Wilcox County$34n/a$2,163n/a$14.97
Butler County$33 2024n/a$3,116n/a$20.30
Clarke County$17n/a$2,688n/an/a
Dallas County$37$104 2023$2,402117.5$15.16
Lowndes County$42n/a$2,343n/a$17.98
Marengo County$40n/a$2,247n/a$19.02
Monroe County$67$160$2,399130.7$10.70
Median next door$40$160 1 co.$2,401124.1 2 co.$17.98

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. Wilcox 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/wilcox-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.