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Bedford County, Tennessee

Bedford County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $82 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,187 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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July nights average 68.9 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.3 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.49 F per decade, warming.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$82/ac

2026 county average
TN median $65 · 33rd highest of 87

Land and buildings

$6,187/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 23rd highest of 93

Dry rent per bushel of corn

$0.54

$82 ÷ 150.4 bu, recent yield 2021–2025

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

146.7 bu/ac

recent level 2021–2025: 150.4
TN median 162.2 · 5th lowest of 32

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$9.47

2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 34th highest of 71

Farmland rented

34%

2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 23rd 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$82/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+29.4%nominal, $63 to $82

Pasture, 2026$20/ac

Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.54$82 ÷ 150.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,187/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,821/ac

Census 2017$4,167/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+48.5%+8.2% 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

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

Median, 2008–2025146.7 bu/ac16 published years

Recent level, 2021–2025150.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2012: 36.7 bu/ac25% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+3.4 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$9.47

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.80claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.83$17.1 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium2 of 12

Worst year2024ratio 4.55

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 67% · excess moisture 15% · area plans 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025131 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200739 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202539 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 67.3 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September27.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 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, 20223% of cropland2,169 ac

Farmed no-till, 202229% of cropland23,865 ac

Cover crops, 20228% of cropland6,456 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202538 ac

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac

Solar and wind operating, 202535 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202251,325−8.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Bedford County	$82	$6,187	146.7	$9.47
Coffee County	$131	$5,382	167.2	$4.28
Lincoln County	$155	$5,222	166.2	$4.51
Marshall County	$70	$5,660	—	$9.20
Moore County	$55	$4,198	—	—
Rutherford County	$65	$10,250	161.1	$10.39
Median next door	$70	$5,382	166.2	$6.86

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. Bedford County, Tennessee. 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/tennessee/bedford-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.

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