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Hardeman County, Tennessee

Hardeman County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,804 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 141.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Hardeman County runs $110 per acre in 2026, up 48.6 percent from 2016. Corn yields carry a rising trend of 4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 141.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 96.8 in 2012. Heat and drought account for 53 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, and that share moved to 47 percent in 1989-1999, 63 percent in 2000-2009, 29 percent in 2010-2019, and 59 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 stands at 0.91, above the 0.67 ratio for the full 1989-2025 record. Only 3 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation, and the census value of land and buildings is $2,804 per acre in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$110/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 23rd highest of 87
Land and buildings
$2,804/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 2nd lowest of 93
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
141.7 bu/ac
12 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.01
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 30th lowest of 71
Farmland rented
18%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 12th lowest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$72$110 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$110/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+48.6%nominal, $74 to $110
Pasture, 2026$30/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,804/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,554/ac
Census 2017$2,289/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+22.5%+4.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024101.0119.0106.8107.896.8137.8164.0168.1145.5154.6169.7159.5median 141.7

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

Median, 2008–2025141.7 bu/ac12 published years
Lowest published year2012: 96.8 bu/ac68% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.0 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.632.621.00: 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$7.01
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.91claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.67$22.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 18
Worst year2025ratio 2.62
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 53% · excess moisture 37% · other 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202520242

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, 2000–202584 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200724 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202520 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.6 °F1991–2020 normal 69.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.36 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland1,484 ac
Farmed no-till, 202248% of cropland26,711 ac
Cover crops, 202210% of cropland5,515 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,33815,3733,751

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,751 ac9.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028847 ac23% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$88/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202518.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,461+0.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202218%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Hardeman County$110—$2,804—$7.01
Alcorn County, MS$60—$2,375—$15.19
Benton County, MS$77—$2,707144.8$7.36
Tippah County, MS$65—$2,378—$8.72
Chester County$92—$2,781—$6.40
Fayette County$105$125$4,273159.5$6.22
Haywood County$152$205$3,625170.6$4.81
Madison County$142$195 2023$3,099169.8$5.50
McNairy County$65—$2,954—$9.90
Median next door$85$165 2 co.$2,868164.7$6.88

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. Hardeman 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/hardeman-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.