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Gibson County, Tennessee

Gibson County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $153 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,365 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 154.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Gibson County is $153 per acre in 2026, up 20.5 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent in 2023 is $175 per acre. Land value in 2022 is $4,365 per acre, up 23.3 percent from 2017, and rent sits at 3.32 percent of that value.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$153/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 9th highest of 87
Cash rent, irrigated
$175/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,365/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 30th lowest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
154.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 161.7
TN median 162.2 · 9th lowest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.24
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 22nd lowest of 71
Farmland rented
61%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 7th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$96$153 dry$133$175 irrigated

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$153/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.5%nominal, $127 to $153
Irrigated, 2023$175/ac
Pasture, 2026$56/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.95$153 ÷ 161.7 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,365/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,090/ac
Census 2017$3,541/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+23.3%+4.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.32%$145 ÷ $4,365; cropland 86% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024117.0176.1156.8median 154.9

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

Median, 2008–2025154.9 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025161.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 82.7 bu/ac53% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.3 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020251.113.211.711.00: 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$6.24
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.65claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.66$115.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 26
Worst year2001ratio 3.21
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 38% · heat and drought 32% · area plans 23%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202513214

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, 2000–2025108 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201221 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202522 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.7 °F1991–2020 normal 69.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland3,449 ac
Farmed no-till, 202271% of cropland175,744 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland9,212 ac
198619911996200120062011201620214,27924,9094,871

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,871 ac2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,954 ac40% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$131/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20252.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202213,393+11.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202261%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Gibson County$153$175 2023$4,365154.9$6.24
Carroll County$127—$3,459152.4$4.63
Crockett County$143—$4,729156.2$5.44
Dyer County$161—$4,619160.1$5.58
Madison County$142$195 2023$3,099169.8$5.50
Obion County$178—$4,192167.6$6.78
Weakley County$145—$4,680157.3$5.57
Median next door$144—$4,406158.7$5.54

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. Gibson 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/gibson-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.