Obion County, Tennessee
Obion County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $178 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,192 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 167.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47131. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Obion County runs $178 per acre, up 18.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value stands at $4,192 per acre, with land value up 16.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.1 percent a year. Corn yields carry a trend of 2.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 167.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 87.5 in 2012. Crop insurance shows a loss ratio of 0.71 across 1989-2025, rising to 0.84 over 2016-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause of indemnities at 37 percent. Drought weeks stayed low, 93 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 25 weeks.
TN median $65 · 4th highest of 87
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
TN median $5,131 · 25th lowest of 93
TN median 162.2 · 9th highest of 32
TN median $8.40 · 28th lowest of 71
TN median 28% · 8th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obion County | $178 | — | $4,192 | 167.6 | $6.78 |
| Fulton County, KY | $191 | — | $5,381 | 177.2 | $7.19 |
| Hickman County, KY | $180 | — | $5,670 | 175.2 | $6.73 |
| Dyer County | $161 | — | $4,619 | 160.1 | $5.58 |
| Gibson County | $153 | $175 2023 | $4,365 | 154.9 | $6.24 |
| Lake County | $196 | $223 | $4,535 | — | $5.40 |
| Weakley County | $145 | — | $4,680 | 157.3 | $5.57 |
| Median next door | $171 | $223 1 co. | $4,650 | 160.1 | $5.91 |
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. Obion 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/obion-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.