Lincoln County, Tennessee
Lincoln County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $155 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,222 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 166.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47103. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County runs $155 per acre, up 96.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $5,222 per acre, up 42.6 percent from 2017 to 2022. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, at 65 percent of $23.0 million paid, and its share has climbed with each period: 48 percent in 1989-1999, 54 percent in 2000-2009, 70 percent in 2010-2019, 75 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 68.6 F over 2017-2026, against a 67.4 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.46 F per decade, warming. Only 5 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, all of it from groundwater.
TN median $65 · 8th highest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 46th highest of 93
TN median 162.2 · 11th highest of 32
TN median $8.40 · 6th lowest of 71
TN median 28% · 30th highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | $155 | — | $5,222 | 166.2 | $4.51 |
| Limestone County, AL | $139 | $151 2023 | $4,683 | 159.8 | $6.78 |
| Madison County, AL | $113 2025 | $131 2024 | $6,510 | 158.7 | $5.49 |
| Bedford County | $82 | — | $6,187 | 146.7 | $9.47 |
| Franklin County | $173 | — | $5,951 | 172.3 | $5.57 |
| Giles County | $65 | — | $5,260 | 163.3 | $5.34 |
| Marshall County | $70 | — | $5,660 | — | $9.20 |
| Moore County | $55 | — | $4,198 | — | — |
| Median next door | $76 | — | $5,660 | 159.8 | $6.18 |
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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.