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Hyde County, North Carolina

Hyde County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $182 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,814 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37095. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Hyde County is $182 per acre for 2026, up 23 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $3,814 per acre, up 28.2 percent from 2017. July nights have warmed, 72.1 F normal against 73.1 F for 2017-2026, trending 0.46 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$182/ac

2026 county average
NC median $80 · highest of 85

Land and buildings

$3,814/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 8th lowest of 92

Rent as % of land value

4.59%

$175 dry rent ÷ $3,814 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2024 median

146.0 bu/ac

recent level 2020–2024: 151.9

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$7.36

2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 14th lowest of 78

Farmland rented

51%

2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 21st 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$182/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+23.0%nominal, $148 to $182

Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.20$182 ÷ 151.9 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,814/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,460/ac

Census 2017$2,974/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+28.2%+5.1% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20224.59%$175 ÷ $3,814; cropland 90% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2024146.0 bu/ac14 published years

Recent level, 2020–2024151.9 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2011: 110.5 bu/ac76% of median

Trend, 2008–2024+0.5 bu/ac a year±2.1 (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$7.36

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.55claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$74.5 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium7 of 25

Worst year2003ratio 3.15

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · wind 24% · heat and drought 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202552 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201113 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.1 °F1991–2020 normal 72.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September30.3 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland5,514 ac

Farmed no-till, 202234% of cropland34,687 ac

Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,630 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025248 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028103 ac42% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$181/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 2022251+30.7% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Hyde County	$182	$3,814	—	$7.36
Beaufort County	$130	$4,329	136.1	$12.09
Dare County	—	$13,921	—	—
Tyrrell County	$181	$3,836	145.8	$4.66
Washington County	$136	$4,152	149.0	$7.72
Median next door	$136	$4,241	145.8	$7.72

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. Hyde 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/hyde-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.

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