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Tyrrell County, North Carolina

Tyrrell County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $181 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,836 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 145.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37177. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tyrrell County stands at $181 per acre, up 49.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Excess moisture and flood drove 57 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989 to 2025, out of $33.1 million paid, and the loss ratio over that span was 0.53. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 24 percent, 19 percent, 11 percent, 19 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. The census value of land and buildings was $3,836 per acre in 2022, down 7.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW, with 0 MW proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$181/ac
2026 county average
NC median $80 · 2nd highest of 85
Land and buildings
$3,836/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NC median $5,711 · 9th lowest of 92
Rent as % of land value
4.67%
$179 dry rent ÷ $3,836 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
145.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 170.4
NC median 114.8 · 5th highest of 49
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.66
2016–2025, closed crop years
NC median $14.91 · 5th lowest of 78
Farmland rented
62%
2022 census, rented from others
NC median 35% · 7th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$99$181 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$181/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+49.6%nominal, $121 to $181

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,836/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,545/ac
Census 2017$4,148/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−7.5%−1.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20224.67%$179 ÷ $3,836; cropland 86% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024131.0177.8163.7median 145.8

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

Median, 2008–2025145.8 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025170.4 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 110.4 bu/ac76% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20062011201620210.552.330.241.00: 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$4.66
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.47claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.53$33.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 20
Worst year2016ratio 2.33
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · heat and drought 15% · wind 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250134

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, 2000–202562 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201113 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20259 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.6 °F1991–2020 normal 71.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.62 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September29.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland535 ac
Farmed no-till, 202254% of cropland29,313 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland804 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210756239

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

CRP enrolled, 2025239 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20284 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$156/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 2022142−65.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202262%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Tyrrell County$181$3,836145.8$4.66
Dare County—$13,921——
Hyde County$182$3,814—$7.36
Washington County$136$4,152149.0$7.72
Median next door$159 2 co.$4,152149.0 1 co.$7.54 2 co.

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Tyrrell 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/tyrrell-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

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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.