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Moore County, North Carolina

Moore County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $59 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,542 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 89.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37125. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$59/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · 23rd lowest of 85
Cash rent, irrigated
$125/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,542/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 43rd lowest of 92
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
89.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 96.1 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$22.67
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 17th highest of 78
Farmland rented
15%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 4th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$48$59 dry$60$125 irrigated

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$59/ac
Irrigated, 2023$125/ac
Pasture, 2026$28/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,542/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,325/ac
Census 2017$5,101/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+8.6%+1.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 11% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202468.0130.089.6median 89.6

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

Median, 2008–202589.6 bu/ac13 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–202596.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 54.7 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.0 bu/ac a year±2.3 (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$22.67
Loss ratio, 2016–20252.09claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.54$24.4 million paid
Worst year2023ratio 1.13
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 49% · excess moisture 22% · wind 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250410

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, 2000–2025111 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.65 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202211%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland199 ac
Farmed no-till, 202230% of cropland8,973 ac
Cover crops, 202212% of cropland3,685 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202111741175

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

CRP enrolled, 2025175 ac0.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202845 ac26% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$53/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202549.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202212,032+10.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202215%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Moore County$59$125 2023$5,542—$22.67
Chatham County$41—$7,656—$26.63
Cumberland County$105—$5,708—$27.85
Harnett County$121$200 2023$6,229—$19.88
Hoke County$61 2025—$5,488—$7.65
Lee County$80—$7,066—$24.10
Montgomery County$46—$5,267—$16.67
Randolph County$68—$6,225112.5$11.71
Richmond County$49 2025—$4,944—$17.80
Median next door$74—$5,967112.5 1 co.$18.84

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. Moore 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/moore-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.