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Dickson County, Tennessee

Dickson County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $61 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,919 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Dickson County is $61 per acre in 2026, down 3.2 percent from 2016. Land value was $5,919 per acre in 2022, up 40.9 percent from 2017, 7.1 percent a year. July nightly lows average 69.1 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.3 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.64 F per decade, warming. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and severe drought or worse held at least 50 percent of the county for 58 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$61/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 37th lowest of 87
Land and buildings
$5,919/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 29th highest of 93
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 34% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.60
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 33rd highest of 71
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 8th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$41$61 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$61/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−3.2%nominal, $63 to $61
Pasture, 2026$18/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,919/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,329/ac
Census 2017$4,201/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+40.9%+7.1% 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

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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$9.60
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.34claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.17$3.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · excess moisture 22% · other 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255230

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, 2000–202558 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200723 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.1 °F1991–2020 normal 67.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.64 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 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 cropland111 ac
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland5,408 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland2,623 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211652,157461

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

CRP enrolled, 2025461 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$48/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202216,994−16.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dickson County$61$5,919—$9.60
Cheatham County$94 2024$6,673—$8.40
Hickman County$40$4,098—$14.17
Houston County$65$3,906——
Humphreys County$62$3,358—$10.08
Montgomery County$132$5,228165.2$6.88
Williamson County$53$7,148—$8.23
Median next door$62$4,663165.2 1 co.$8.40

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. Dickson 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/dickson-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.