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Maury County, Tennessee

Maury County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $87 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,916 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 166.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value reached $5,916 per acre in 2022, up 46.5 percent from 2017, 7.9 percent a year. July nightly lows averaged 68.6 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.1 F, warming at 0.48 F per decade since 1976. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW each.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$87/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 32nd highest of 87
Land and buildings
$5,916/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 30th highest of 93
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.54
$87 ÷ 160.4 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
166.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 160.4
TN median 162.2 · 12th highest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.96
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 22nd highest of 71
Farmland rented
32%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 34th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$38$87 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$87/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+15.3%nominal, $75 to $87
Pasture, 2026$23/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.54$87 ÷ 160.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,916/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,649/ac
Census 2017$4,037/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+46.5%+7.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 39% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025128.0195.5146.3median 166.1

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

Median, 2009–2025166.1 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025160.4 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 33.0 bu/ac20% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+3.5 bu/ac a year±4.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20112016202120240.410.050.340.190.490.182.710.024.791.00: 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$13.96
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.24claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.14$21.5 million paid
Worst year2024ratio 4.79
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 77% · excess moisture 12% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202522315

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, 2000–2025111 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200731 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202539 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.6 °F1991–2020 normal 67.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland1,243 ac
Farmed no-till, 202233% of cropland27,401 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland3,645 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021192,1101,149

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,149 ac1.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202821 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$29/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202238,692−19.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Maury County$87$5,916166.1$13.96
Giles County$65$5,260163.3$5.34
Hickman County$40$4,098—$14.17
Lawrence County$131$4,579169.4$7.25
Lewis County$31$3,635——
Marshall County$70$5,660—$9.20
Williamson County$53$7,148—$8.23
Median next door$59$4,920166.4 2 co.$8.23

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. Maury 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/maury-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.