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Grainger County, Tennessee

Grainger County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,809 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 133.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$27/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 8th lowest of 87
Cash rent, irrigated
$205/ac
2013 county average
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,809/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 33rd highest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
133.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 147.8
TN median 162.2 · 2nd lowest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
24%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 32nd lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$33$27 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$27/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+8.0%nominal, $25 to $27
Irrigated, 2013$205/ac
Pasture, 2026$26/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.18$27 ÷ 147.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,809/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,803/ac
Census 2017$3,798/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+52.9%+8.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 32% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202488.0175.5median 133.6

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

Median, 2008–2025133.6 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025147.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2016: 77.8 bu/ac58% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.9 bu/ac a year±2.7 (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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20252.51$5.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1990–2024excess moisture 57% · heat and drought 31% · other 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202510350

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, 2000–202599 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200835 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.0 °F1991–2020 normal 65.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland237 ac
Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland4,223 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland364 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101412

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

CRP enrolled, 202512 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20285 ac
Cattle and calves, 202221,415−4.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Grainger County$27$5,809133.6—
Claiborne County$29$4,395—$9.63
Hamblen County$49$6,809—$7.14
Hancock County$23$3,190——
Hawkins County$26$5,015130.0—
Jefferson County$58$6,648—$18.73
Knox County$36$12,302——
Union County$25$4,605——
Median next door$29$5,015130.0 1 co.$9.63

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. Grainger 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/grainger-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.