Hickman County, Tennessee
Hickman County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,098 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 163.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hickman County averages $40 per acre in 2026, down 37.5 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 Census sits at $4,098 per acre, up 29.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.4 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 4.1 bushels per acre a year over 2009-2025, with a median of 163.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 65.7 in 2012. Heat and drought account for 49 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share rose to 54 percent in 2020-2025 after standing at 41 percent in 2010-2019. Drought weeks ran 24 out of the 2021-2025 stretch, against 70 total since 2000. No solar or wind capacity operates in the county now; 5.5 MW of solar is proposed to EIA.
TN median $65 · tied for 20th lowest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 24th lowest of 93
TN median $8.40 · 21st highest of 71
TN median 28% · 33rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman County | $40 | $4,098 | — | $14.17 |
| Dickson County | $61 | $5,919 | — | $9.60 |
| Humphreys County | $62 | $3,358 | — | $10.08 |
| Lewis County | $31 | $3,635 | — | — |
| Maury County | $87 | $5,916 | 166.1 | $13.96 |
| Perry County | $94 | $3,130 | — | $13.72 |
| Williamson County | $53 | $7,148 | — | $8.23 |
| Median next door | $61 | $4,776 | 166.1 1 co. | $10.08 |
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. Hickman 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/hickman-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.