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Pitt County, North Carolina

Pitt County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $123 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,126 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 105.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Pitt County is $123 per acre in 2026, up 33.7 percent from 2016. Land and buildings are valued at $4,126 per acre as of 2022, with rent at 2.62 percent of that value. Only 4 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$123/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · 12th highest of 85
Cash rent, irrigated
$56/ac
2010 county average
too few 2010 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,126/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 18th lowest of 92
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
105.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 116.2
NC median 114.8 · 12th lowest of 49
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.47
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 37th highest of 78
Farmland rented
56%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 12th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$57$123 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$123/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+33.7%nominal, $92 to $123
Irrigated, 2010$56/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.06$123 ÷ 116.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,126/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,181/ac
Census 2017$3,845/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+7.3%+1.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.62%$108 ÷ $4,126; cropland 81% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202434.0140.3123.9median 105.9

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

Median, 2008–2025105.9 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025116.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 34.0 bu/ac32% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020250.913.950.631.00: 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$15.47
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.01claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.16$209.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium19 of 36
Worst year1995ratio 3.95
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 35% · heat and drought 31% · wind 23%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250196

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, 2000–202594 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200719 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202526 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.9 °F1991–2020 normal 70.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.61 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September30.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 202215% of cropland18,615 ac
Farmed no-till, 202250% of cropland60,860 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland10,262 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021074978

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

CRP enrolled, 202578 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202848 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202536.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,373+34.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Pitt County$123$4,126105.9$15.47
Beaufort County$130$4,329136.1$12.09
Craven County$93$3,063117.3$20.66
Edgecombe County$122$3,445102.6$9.44
Greene County$136$4,677104.5$15.84
Lenoir County$126$4,327116.1$17.50
Martin County$116$3,01198.5$8.85
Wilson County$154$4,325106.5$9.98
Median next door$126$4,325106.5$12.09

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. Pitt 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/pitt-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.