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Scotland County, North Carolina

Scotland County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,709 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 104.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37165. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$71/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · 34th lowest of 85
Land and buildings
$4,709/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 30th lowest of 92
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.59
$71 ÷ 119.8 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
104.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 119.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.46
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 38th highest of 78
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 39th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$43$71 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$71/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+25.9%nominal, $56 to $71
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.59$71 ÷ 119.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,709/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,600/ac
Census 2017$3,600/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+30.8%+5.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202494.0123.4121.0median 104.4

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

Median, 2008–2025104.4 bu/ac13 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025119.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 76.6 bu/ac73% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.1 bu/ac a year±1.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2011201620210.600.431.160.341.460.241.060.272.160.401.00: 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$15.46
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.09claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.00$27.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 10
Worst year2024ratio 2.16
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · excess moisture 22% · wind 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250371

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, 2000–202598 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200237 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20259 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.5 °F1991–2020 normal 70.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.73 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% 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, 20221%
Farmed no-till, 202260% of cropland15,893 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland1,119 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021602,064287

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

CRP enrolled, 2025287 ac1.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202860 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$77/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025148.7 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022749−15.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Scotland County$71$4,709—$15.46
Hoke County$61 2025$5,488—$7.65
Richmond County$49 2025$4,944—$17.80
Robeson County$75$3,897110.5$17.73
Marlboro County, SC$60$2,752119.2$12.90
Median next door$68 2 co.$4,421114.9 2 co.$15.32

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. Scotland 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/scotland-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.