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Carroll County, Tennessee

Carroll County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $127 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,459 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 152.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Carroll County averages $127 per acre in 2026, up 15.5 percent from 2016. Land value from the 2022 census sits at $3,459 per acre, up 26.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.8 percent a year. Cropland here is mostly not irrigated: irrigation covers 5 percent of harvested cropland. Corn yield trend runs 2.7 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 152.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 92 in 2012. July nightly lows average 70.3 F over 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.9 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.46 F per decade, warming. Excess moisture and flood account for 44 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, the largest single cause.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$127/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 21st highest of 87
Land and buildings
$3,459/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 13th lowest of 93
Rent as % of land value
3.04%
$105 dry rent ÷ $3,459 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
152.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 166.4
TN median 162.2 · 7th lowest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.63
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 7th lowest of 71
Farmland rented
36%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 21st highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$74$127 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$127/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+15.5%nominal, $110 to $127
Pasture, 2026$44/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.76$127 ÷ 166.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,459/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,450/ac
Census 2017$2,735/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.5%+4.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.04%$105 ÷ $3,459; cropland 64% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024114.0177.0163.3median 152.4

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

Median, 2008–2025152.4 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025166.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 92.0 bu/ac60% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.7 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20062011201620210.071.661.411.00: 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$4.63
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.55claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.52$33.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 20
Worst year2007ratio 1.66
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 44% · heat and drought 35% · area plans 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202512234

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, 2000–202591 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200723 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.3 °F1991–2020 normal 68.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% 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, 20225%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland3,340 ac
Farmed no-till, 202274% of cropland85,059 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland6,772 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,75220,5848,031

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

CRP enrolled, 20258,031 ac7.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,451 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$121/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20256.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,345−3.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202236%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Carroll County$127—$3,459152.4$4.63
Benton County$73—$3,196—$13.07
Decatur County$75—$2,946—$19.01
Gibson County$153$175 2023$4,365154.9$6.24
Henderson County$93—$2,956—$6.76
Henry County$141—$4,384169.9$6.53
Madison County$142$195 2023$3,099169.8$5.50
Weakley County$145—$4,680157.3$5.57
Median next door$141—$3,196163.6$6.53

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. Carroll 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/carroll-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.
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"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.