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Anson County, North Carolina

Anson County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $72 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,138 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 99.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37007. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Anson County runs $72 per acre in 2026, up 7.5 percent from 2016. Land value carries at $5,138 per acre in the 2022 census, up 25.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.7 percent a year. Heat and drought account for 48 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, with the share highest in 2000-2009 at 65 percent and lowest in 2020-2025 at 42 percent. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 132 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with only 6 weeks recorded from 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$72/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · 36th lowest of 85
Land and buildings
$5,138/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 37th lowest of 92
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.66
$72 ÷ 109.6 bu, recent yield 2019–2023
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
99.8 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 109.6
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 34th lowest of 78
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 9th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$56$72 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$72/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+7.5%nominal, $67 to $72
Pasture, 2026$51/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.66$72 ÷ 109.6 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,138/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,725/ac
Census 2017$4,086/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.7%+4.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 36% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2008201020122014201620182020202289.0139.0111.6median 99.8

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

Median, 2008–202399.8 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023109.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 66.0 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+2.0 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2011201620210.160.321.650.821.762.170.290.640.861.631.211.00: claims equal premium

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$12.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.11claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.02$25.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 11
Worst year2019ratio 2.17
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 48% · excess moisture 31% · area plans 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020254410

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, 2000–2025132 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.0 °F1991–2020 normal 69.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.58 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 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 cropland218 ac
Farmed no-till, 202256% of cropland17,190 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland1,690 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,54214,080858

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

CRP enrolled, 2025858 ac3.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202854 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$55/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025137.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20229,072−2.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Anson County$72$5,138—$12.68
Richmond County$49 2025$4,944—$17.80
Stanly County$83$5,580115.0$10.88
Union County$105$6,148109.4$7.29
Chesterfield County, SC$48$3,318—$15.22
Median next door$83$5,262112.2 2 co.$13.05

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. Anson County, North Carolina. 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/north-carolina/anson-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.