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Lake County, Tennessee

Lake County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $196 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,535 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47095. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Lake County runs $196 per acre for 2026, up 34.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $223 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated has fallen from 1.56 in 2009 to 1.14 in 2026. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 1.5 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 161.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 116.8 in 2012. Census land value sits at $4,535 per acre, up 29.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$196/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · highest of 87
Cash rent, irrigated
$223/ac
2026 county average
TN median $189 · highest of 4
Land and buildings
$4,535/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 37th lowest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
161.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 167.3 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.40
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 11th lowest of 71
Farmland rented
72%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$101$196 dry$158$223 irrigated

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$196/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.2%nominal, $146 to $196
Irrigated, 2026$223/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,535/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,291/ac
Census 2017$3,511/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.2%+5.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 22% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024149.0165.0143.8149.1116.8167.0171.2185.8150.0169.2174.9157.8median 161.4

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

Median, 2008–2025161.4 bu/ac12 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025167.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 116.8 bu/ac72% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.5 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.161.741.00: 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$5.40
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.66claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.62$29.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 21
Worst year2025ratio 1.74
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 61% · heat and drought 26% · other 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020259254

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, 2000–202596 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201225 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20259 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.3 °F1991–2020 normal 70.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202222%
Farmed no-till, 202287% of cropland52,945 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland5,133 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210446102

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

CRP enrolled, 2025102 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202826 ac26% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$176/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025177 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Farmland rented from others, 202272%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Lake County$196$223$4,535—$5.40
Fulton County, KY$191—$5,381177.2$7.19
New Madrid County, MO$161$227$6,704171.9$6.72
Pemiscot County, MO$157$185$6,687—$5.07
Dyer County$161—$4,619160.1$5.58
Obion County$178—$4,192167.6$6.78
Median next door$161$206 2 co.$5,381169.8$6.72

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. Lake 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/lake-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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"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.