Hoke County, North Carolina
Hoke County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $61 an acre (2025); land and buildings $5,488 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 103.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hoke County runs $61 per acre in 2025, up 10.9 percent from 2014. Corn yields have a median of 103 bushels per acre over 2008-2022, with a worst year of 67 in 2009. July nights average 71.1 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.9 F, and the July nightly low has warmed 0.63 F per decade since 1976. Heat and drought caused 45 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, with that share at 22 percent in 1989-1999, 63 percent in 2000-2009, 32 percent in 2010-2019, and 50 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value stood at $5,488 per acre in 2022, up 24.7 percent from 2017; solar operating capacity is 19.8 MW, with 40 MW proposed.
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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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoke County | $61 2025 | — | $5,488 | — | $7.65 |
| Cumberland County | $105 | — | $5,708 | — | $27.85 |
| Moore County | $59 | $125 2023 | $5,542 | — | $22.67 |
| Robeson County | $75 | — | $3,897 | 110.5 | $17.73 |
| Scotland County | $71 | — | $4,709 | — | $15.46 |
| Median next door | $73 | — | $5,126 | 110.5 1 co. | $20.20 |
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. Hoke 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/hoke-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.