Greene County, North Carolina
Greene County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $136 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,677 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 104.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County averages $136 per acre in 2026, up 43.2 percent from 2016. Census land value per acre is $4,677, with land value up 18.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, 3.5 percent a year. Cash rent equals 2.29 percent of that census value. July nightly lows run 70.8 F for 2017-2026 against a 70 F normal for 1991-2020, and the long trend since 1976 is warming at 0.55 F per decade. Heat and drought caused 34 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, with that share at 18 percent in 1989-1999, 41 percent in 2000-2009, 27 percent in 2010-2019, and 42 percent in 2020-2025. The county held 29 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 100 weeks over 2000-2025.
NC median $80 · tied for 4th highest of 85
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
NC median $5,711 · 29th lowest of 92
NC median 114.8 · tied for 8th lowest of 49
NC median $14.91 · 34th highest of 78
NC median 35% · 8th highest of 94
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene County | $136 | $4,677 | 104.5 | $15.84 |
| Lenoir County | $126 | $4,327 | 116.1 | $17.50 |
| Pitt County | $123 | $4,126 | 105.9 | $15.47 |
| Wayne County | $134 | $4,258 | 107.2 | $13.94 |
| Wilson County | $154 | $4,325 | 106.5 | $9.98 |
| Median next door | $130 | $4,292 | 106.9 | $14.71 |
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. Greene 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/greene-countyEvery 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.