Farmland Atlas · county record

Newberry County, South Carolina

Newberry County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,891 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 84.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$35/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,891/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SC median $3,802 · 21st highest of 46
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.40
$35 ÷ 86.8 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2010–2025 median
84.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 86.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.91
2016–2025, closed crop years
SC median $15.63 · 7th lowest of 37
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
SC median 21% · 23rd lowest of 46

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$25$35 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, 2025$35/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+16.9%nominal, $30 to $35
Pasture, 2026$30/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.40$35 ÷ 86.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,891/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,711/ac
Census 2017$3,314/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+17.4%+3.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 34% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2010201220142016201820202022202453.265.6122.889.182.6109.3108.967.1112.252.484.3median 84.3

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

Median, 2010–202584.3 bu/ac11 published years
Recent level, 2021–202586.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 52.4 bu/ac62% of median
Trend, 2010–2025+0.5 bu/ac a year±3.5 (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$10.91
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.68claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.70$4.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1993–2025heat and drought 79% · excess moisture 8% · wind 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202529500

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, 2000–2025239 of 1,357 weeks18% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.7 °F1991–2020 normal 69.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.40 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September22.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland500 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland15,302 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,193 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021843,1508

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

CRP enrolled, 20258 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20253.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202220,360−8.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Newberry County$35 2025—$3,891$10.91
Fairfield County$13 2024—$3,316—
Greenwood County$15—$3,514—
Laurens County$20—$4,583—
Lexington County$33$120$6,537$10.15
Richland County$42—$5,124$16.25
Saluda County$33—$4,440$32.48
Union County$15—$3,814—
Median next door$27$120 1 co.$4,440$16.25

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. Newberry County, South 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/south-carolina/newberry-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.