Pickett County, Tennessee
Pickett County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,393 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47137. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pickett County is $40 per acre in 2026, down 16.7 percent from 2016. Land carries a census value of $4,393 per acre, up 25.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nights have warmed: the 2017-2026 average low is 67.3 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 65.5 F, with a trend of 0.67 F per decade since 1976, and the 66 F mark was first reached in the 2010s. Heat and drought drove 48 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and no cropland here was irrigated as of the 2022 census. Drought weeks fell from 29 in 2007 to 8 across 2021-2025.
TN median $65 · tied for 20th lowest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 33rd lowest of 93
TN median 28% · 43rd lowest 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickett County | $40 | $4,393 | — | — |
| Clinton County, KY | $85 | $4,298 | — | $7.21 |
| Wayne County, KY | $130 | $3,573 | 187.6 | $4.23 |
| Clay County | $40 | $3,793 | — | $34.51 |
| Fentress County | $40 | $4,211 | — | — |
| Overton County | $69 | $4,036 | — | $4.40 |
| Scott County | $20 | $3,689 | — | — |
| Median next door | $54 | $3,915 | 187.6 1 co. | $5.81 |
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. Pickett 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/pickett-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.