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Davie County, North Carolina

Davie County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $67 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,867 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 118.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Davie County is $67 per acre in 2026, up 21.8 percent from 2016. Land value runs $5,867 per acre, up 15.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, and rent sits at 1.04 percent of that value. July nights average 68.3 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67 F, part of a 0.75 F per decade warming trend since 1976. Drought hit 46 weeks in 2002 but only 8 weeks in 2021-2025, and irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$67/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · tied for 28th lowest of 85
Land and buildings
$5,867/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 44th highest of 92
Rent as % of land value
1.04%
$61 dry rent ÷ $5,867 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
118.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 141.8
NC median 114.8 · 21st highest of 49
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.81
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 18th lowest of 78
Farmland rented
35%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 47th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$46$67 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$67/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+21.8%nominal, $55 to $67
Pasture, 2026$33/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.47$67 ÷ 141.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,867/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,178/ac
Census 2017$5,089/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+15.3%+2.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.04%$61 ÷ $5,867; cropland 50% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202480.0161.7median 118.5

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

Median, 2008–2025118.5 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025141.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 79.1 bu/ac67% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.6 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

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$7.81
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.75claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$8.9 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 55% · excess moisture 27% · freeze 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202513460

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, 2000–2025155 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200246 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.3 °F1991–2020 normal 67.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.75 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland242 ac
Farmed no-till, 202262% of cropland23,153 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland3,937 ac
198619911996200120062011201620216045821

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

CRP enrolled, 202521 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202552.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,671−18.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Davie County$67—$5,867118.5$7.81
Davidson County$50—$7,144113.6$14.48
Forsyth County$72$103$9,658—$24.46
Iredell County$86—$7,124—$7.99
Rowan County$74—$6,780114.8$7.25
Yadkin County$91—$6,239130.9$10.33
Median next door$74$103 1 co.$7,124114.8$10.33

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Davie 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/davie-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.