Stanly County, North Carolina
Stanly County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $83 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,580 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 115.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37167. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Stanly County runs $83 per acre, up 9.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value stood at $5,580 per acre in 2022, up 21.3 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields have held a mild upward trend, 0.4 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 115 bushels per acre and a low of 96 in 2008. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved down across the periods 1989-1999 at 76 percent, 2000-2009 at 68 percent, 2010-2019 at 44 percent, and 2020-2025 at 26 percent, while the 2016-2025 loss ratio of 1.27 tops the full-period 0.87. Only 1 percent of cropland is irrigated. Solar operating capacity is 136.4 MW; no wind.
NC median $80 · tied for 40th highest of 85
NC median $5,711 · 44th lowest of 92
NC median 114.8 · 24th highest of 49
NC median $14.91 · 29th lowest of 78
NC median 35% · 42nd highest of 94
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanly County | $83 | $5,580 | 115.0 | $10.88 |
| Anson County | $72 | $5,138 | — | $12.68 |
| Cabarrus County | $70 | $9,055 | 125.2 | $9.20 |
| Montgomery County | $46 | $5,267 | — | $16.67 |
| Rowan County | $74 | $6,780 | 114.8 | $7.25 |
| Union County | $105 | $6,148 | 109.4 | $7.29 |
| Median next door | $72 | $6,148 | 114.8 | $9.20 |
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. Stanly 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/stanly-countyEvery 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.