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Perquimans County, North Carolina

Perquimans County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $112 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,918 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 144.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Perquimans County averages $112 per acre in 2026, up 17.9 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $3,918 per acre in 2022, up 10.1 percent from 2017, or 1.9 percent a year. Cash rent runs at 2.41 percent of that census value. Corn yield trend has moved up 2.1 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2024, with a median of 144.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 96.7 in 2010. July nights average 71.6 F over 2017-2026, against a 70.2 F normal for 1991-2020, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.73 F per decade, warming. Drought has stayed limited, with severe drought or worse in only 75 of 1357 weeks since 2000, and just 6 weeks over 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$112/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · tied for 22nd highest of 85
Land and buildings
$3,918/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 12th lowest of 92
Rent as % of land value
2.41%
$95 dry rent ÷ $3,918 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
144.4 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 147.4
NC median 114.8 · 8th highest of 49
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.15
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 7th lowest of 78
Farmland rented
69%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 5th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$64$112 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$112/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+17.9%nominal, $95 to $112
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.76$112 ÷ 147.4 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,918/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,245/ac
Census 2017$3,560/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+10.1%+1.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.41%$95 ÷ $3,918; cropland 95% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024101.0172.1131.9median 144.4

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

Median, 2008–2024144.4 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024147.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 96.7 bu/ac67% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+2.1 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720220.561.680.291.00: claims equal premium

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$5.15
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.54claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.52$28.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 19
Worst year2020ratio 1.68
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 52% · heat and drought 31% · wind 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250222

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, 2000–202575 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200822 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.6 °F1991–2020 normal 70.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.73 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 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, 20221% of cropland926 ac
Farmed no-till, 202246% of cropland34,543 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,581 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021026021

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, 202551.2 MW solar · 208 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022318−51.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202269%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Perquimans County$112$3,918144.4$5.15
Chowan County$99$3,973141.4$5.67
Gates County$112$4,274130.1$4.57
Pasquotank County$135$4,382167.0$4.33
Median next door$112$4,274141.4$4.57

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. Perquimans 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/perquimans-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.
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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.