Hardin County, Tennessee
Hardin County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $92 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,021 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hardin County runs $92 per acre, up 38.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value stands at $3,021 per acre, up 35.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, 6.2 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 3.4 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2024, with a median of 143.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 88.6 in 2010. July nightly lows average 69.8 F over 2017-2026 against a 68.2 F normal for 1991-2020, and the long trend since 1976 is 0.43 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought's share of indemnities fell 1989-1999 to 2000-2009 to 2010-2019, then rose in 2020-2025 to 49 percent, and only 8 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated.
TN median $65 · 31st highest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 6th lowest of 93
TN median $8.40 · 20th highest of 71
TN median 28% · 10th lowest of 94
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin County | $92 | $3,021 | — | $14.69 |
| Lauderdale County, AL | $79 | $5,183 | 155.1 | $7.71 |
| Alcorn County, MS | $60 | $2,375 | — | $15.19 |
| Tishomingo County, MS | $40 | $2,290 | — | $9.63 |
| Chester County | $92 | $2,781 | — | $6.40 |
| Decatur County | $75 | $2,946 | — | $19.01 |
| Henderson County | $93 | $2,956 | — | $6.76 |
| McNairy County | $65 | $2,954 | — | $9.90 |
| Wayne County | $73 | $3,142 | — | $17.33 |
| Median next door | $74 | $2,950 | 155.1 1 co. | $9.77 |
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. Hardin 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/hardin-countyEvery 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.