Surry County, North Carolina
Surry County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $92 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,529 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 144.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37171. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Surry County averages $92 per acre in 2026, up 23.5 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings was $6,529 per acre in 2022, after a change of 46 percent from 2017 to 2022. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, so most ground here answers to rain. Heat and drought account for 38 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and that share moved from 26 percent in 1989-1999 to 39 percent in 2000-2009 to 42 percent in 2010-2019 to 36 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 closed crop years is 1.28. July nights have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 64.6 F to 66.1 F over 2017-2026, with the 2020s the first decade the average low reached 66 F.
NC median $80 · 34th highest of 85
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
NC median $5,711 · 33rd highest of 92
NC median 114.8 · 6th highest of 49
NC median $14.91 · 31st lowest of 78
NC median 35% · 32nd lowest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surry County | $92 | — | $6,529 | 144.7 | $11.67 |
| Alleghany County | $99 | — | $5,959 | — | — |
| Forsyth County | $72 | $103 | $9,658 | — | $24.46 |
| Stokes County | $50 | — | $4,842 | 109.3 | $29.93 |
| Wilkes County | $62 | — | $5,664 | — | $22.85 |
| Yadkin County | $91 | — | $6,239 | 130.9 | $10.33 |
| Carroll County, VA | $45 | — | $3,866 | — | $58.69 |
| Grayson County, VA | $70 | — | $4,673 | — | — |
| Patrick County, VA | $43 | — | $3,929 | — | $40.83 |
| Median next door | $66 | $103 1 co. | $5,253 | 120.1 2 co. | $27.20 |
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. Surry 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/surry-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.