County farm facts

McNairy County, Tennessee

McNairy County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $65 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,954 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 144.2 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47109. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 16, cash rent in McNairy County runs $65 an acre in 2026, up 47.7% from $44 in 2014 and tied for 44th highest of 88 counties in Tennessee. The census value of land and buildings was $2,954 an acre in 2022, up 34.1% from 2017, yet still 4th lowest of 93 against a state median of $5,131. The corn trend sits at 144.2 bu, 5th lowest of 42.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$65/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · tied for 44th highest of 88
Land and buildings
$2,954/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · TN farm real estate 2026: $6,500 (land and buildings, state survey)
TN median $5,131 · 4th lowest of 93
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.45
$65 ÷ 144.2 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
144.2 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 130.8 (all practices)
TN median 172.5 · 5th lowest of 42
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.90
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 31st highest of 71
Farmland rented
21%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 22nd lowest of 94
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Feeder cattle futures

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Tennessee cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in McNairy County, Tennessee

Drought, year by year

20002005201020152020202520273

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, 2000–202589 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200727 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202525 weeks
2026 so far7 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.3 °F1991–2020 normal 68.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.43 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual27.6 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 28.6 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMar 29, Nov 2middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days216middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,636middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,716

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025125.0146.0130.8median 130.8

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

14-yr trend (projected 2026)144.2 bu/acall practices county yields, 10 years, R² 0.19; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield130.8 bu/acall practices
Median, 2009–2025130.8 bu/ac13 published years
Lowest published year2012: 87.0 bu/ac67% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+1.8 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$61$65 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Tennessee county rate, side by side: Tennessee cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$65/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+47.7%nominal, $44 to $65
Pasture, 2026$25/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.45$65 ÷ 144.2 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202512.9%$75 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (130.8 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.40 Tennessee price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,954/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,157/ac
Census 2017$2,203/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.1%+6.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 40% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Tennessee cropland, 2026 state survey$6,400/ac+5.8% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Tennessee farm real estate, 2026$6,500/acland and buildings, state average
Tennessee pasture, 2026$5,910/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Tennessee average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in McNairy County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in McNairy County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.582.511.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2008 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$9.90
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.15claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.86$20.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 13crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Worst year2025ratio 2.51, of the 13 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 71% · heat and drought 23% · area plans 3%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202125,4673,025

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,025 ac7.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–202920 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$57/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland314 ac
Farmed no-till, 202253% of cropland24,712 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland1,745 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202555.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,537−15.3% since 2017
Milk cows, 202243head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 20224,658head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 2022290head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
McNairy County$65$2,954$9.90
Alcorn County, MS$60$2,375$15.19
Chester County$92$2,781$6.40
Hardeman County$110$2,804$7.01
Hardin County$92$3,021$14.69
Median next door$92$2,793$10.85

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. McNairy County, Tennessee. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/tennessee/mcnairy-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).