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Cumberland County, Tennessee

Cumberland County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $94 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,023 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 127.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cumberland County is $94 per acre in 2026, up 80.8 percent from 2016. Land value is $5,023 per acre, up 24.2 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nightly lows average 65.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 64.2 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 is 0.45 F per decade, warming. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$94/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · tied for 26th highest of 87
Land and buildings
$5,023/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 46th lowest of 93
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.65
$94 ÷ 144.6 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
127.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 144.6
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 18th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$53$94 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$94/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+80.8%nominal, $52 to $94
Pasture, 2026$41/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.65$94 ÷ 144.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,023/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,807/ac
Census 2017$4,043/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.2%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 36% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025147.0177.7153.3median 127.1

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

Median, 2009–2025127.1 bu/ac13 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025144.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 73.0 bu/ac57% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+2.3 bu/ac a year±3.7 (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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 51% · other 23% · excess moisture 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202574610

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, 2000–2025135 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200846 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202536 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.2 °F1991–2020 normal 64.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.45 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland231 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland4,003 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland3,191 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215132,840840

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

CRP enrolled, 2025840 ac2.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,049 ac100% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$114/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202224,145+6.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cumberland County$94$5,023——
Bledsoe County$80$4,089—$25.41
Fentress County$40$4,211——
Morgan County$53$4,274——
Putnam County$75$5,779—$6.40
Rhea County$26$5,301—$18.74
Roane County$38$6,039——
Van Buren County$26 2025$4,510——
White County$57$6,261165.8$7.05
Median next door$53$4,906165.8 1 co.$12.90

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. Cumberland 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/cumberland-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.