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Randolph County, North Carolina

Randolph County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $68 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,225 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 112.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37151. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Randolph County averages $68 per acre in 2026, up 58.1 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $6,225 per acre, up 23.2 percent from 2017, 4.3 percent a year. Corn yields have a fitted trend of 1.6 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 112.5 bushels per acre and a low of 48.9 in 2024. Drought weeks fell sharply in the most recent stretch: 131 of 1357 weeks since 2000 hit severe drought or worse, but only 1 such week occurred in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$68/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · 31st lowest of 85
Cash rent, irrigated
$68/ac
2013 county average
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,225/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 38th highest of 92
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
112.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 130.9
NC median 114.8 · tied for 22nd lowest of 49
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.71
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 32nd lowest of 78
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 22nd lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$45$68 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$68/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+58.1%nominal, $43 to $68
Irrigated, 2013$68/ac
Pasture, 2026$36/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.52$68 ÷ 130.9 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,225/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,792/ac
Census 2017$5,052/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+23.2%+4.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 43% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202489.0149.8149.6median 112.5

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

Median, 2008–2025112.5 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025130.9 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 48.9 bu/ac44% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.6 bu/ac a year±2.4 (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$11.71
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.12claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.95$13.9 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 66% · excess moisture 18% · wind 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250440

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, 2000–2025131 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200244 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20251 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.4 °F1991–2020 normal 68.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% 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, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland580 ac
Farmed no-till, 202242% of cropland23,595 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland2,658 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021983,44784

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

CRP enrolled, 202584 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202844 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202559.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202243,848+5.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Randolph County$68—$6,225112.5$11.71
Alamance County$53—$8,217120.8$20.75
Chatham County$41—$7,656—$26.63
Davidson County$50—$7,144113.6$14.48
Guilford County$44—$7,87998.4$23.83
Montgomery County$46—$5,267—$16.67
Moore County$59$125 2023$5,542—$22.67
Median next door$48—$7,400113.6$21.71

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. Randolph 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/randolph-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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"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.