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Greene County, Tennessee

Greene County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $57 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,423 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County averages $57 per acre for 2026, up 26.7 percent from 2016. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $6,423 per acre, up 43 percent from 2017, or 7.4 percent a year. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, so corn yields track rainfall; the yield trend runs 3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 146.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 92 in 2008. Drought weeks at severe or worse ran 112 of 1357 from 2000-2025, worst in 2008 at 41 weeks, and fell to 0 in 2021-2025. Heat and drought caused 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.48.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$57/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 34th lowest of 87
Land and buildings
$6,423/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 20th highest of 93
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.35
$57 ÷ 161.1 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
146.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 161.1
TN median 162.2 · 4th lowest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.66
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · lowest of 71
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 46th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$35$57 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$57/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.7%nominal, $45 to $57
Pasture, 2026$37/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.35$57 ÷ 161.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,423/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,052/ac
Census 2017$4,493/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+43.0%+7.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 41% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202492.0169.7167.6median 146.3

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

Median, 2008–2025146.3 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025161.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 92.0 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.0 bu/ac a year±1.7 (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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$3.66
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.48claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.50$25.6 million paid
Worst year1999ratio 2.66
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · excess moisture 27% · other 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202510410

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, 2000–2025112 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200841 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.5 °F1991–2020 normal 65.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.42 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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, 20224% of cropland3,053 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland6,029 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland2,882 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211273970

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202513.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202261,044−3.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Greene County$57—$6,423146.3$3.66
Madison County, NC$74—$7,294——
Cocke County$75$275 2024$6,181—$5.58
Hamblen County$49—$6,809—$7.14
Hawkins County$26—$5,015130.0—
Unicoi County$59—$10,994——
Washington County$64—$9,728—$17.47
Median next door$61—$7,052130.0 1 co.$7.14

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. Greene 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/greene-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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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.