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Robertson County, Tennessee

Robertson County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $187 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,424 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Robertson County runs $187 per acre in 2026, up 31.7 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $7,424 per acre in 2022, after a 40.5 percent rise from 2017 to 2022. July nights average 69.3 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.9 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.52 F per decade, warming. Drought weeks stayed low: 8 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, out of 50 weeks total across 2000-2025. Heat and drought drove 51 percent of indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share rose to 67 percent in 2020-2025, up from 41 percent in 2010-2019.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$187/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 2nd highest of 87
Cash rent, irrigated
$237/ac
2014 county average
too few 2014 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$7,424/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 11th highest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
172.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 180.2
TN median 162.2 · highest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.01
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 20th lowest of 71
Farmland rented
54%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 9th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$118$187 dry$177$237 irrigated

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$187/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+31.7%nominal, $142 to $187
Irrigated, 2014$237/ac
Pasture, 2026$47/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.04$187 ÷ 180.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,424/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,869/ac
Census 2017$5,285/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+40.5%+7.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.52%$187 ÷ $7,424; cropland 71% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024148.0189.6177.7median 172.4

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

Median, 2008–2025172.4 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025180.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 69.5 bu/ac40% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.3 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.153.721.131.00: 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$6.01
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.74claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.76$77.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 21
Worst year2007ratio 3.72
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 51% · excess moisture 26% · area plans 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250203

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, 2000–202550 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200720 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.3 °F1991–2020 normal 67.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 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, 2022under 1% of cropland413 ac
Farmed no-till, 202264% of cropland91,389 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland10,518 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021773,084100

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

CRP enrolled, 2025100 ac0.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202878 ac78% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$173/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202232,165−4.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202254%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Robertson County$187$7,424172.4$6.01
Logan County, KY$232$6,404178.6$4.20
Simpson County, KY$217$6,821180.4$7.52
Todd County, KY$200$6,606175.4$4.06
Cheatham County$94 2024$6,673—$8.40
Davidson County$77 2023$12,414——
Montgomery County$132$5,228165.2$6.88
Sumner County$180$6,936168.6$29.72
Median next door$200$6,673175.4$7.20

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. Robertson 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/robertson-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.