Rutherford County, Tennessee
Rutherford County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $65 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,250 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47149. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Rutherford County averages $65 per acre in 2026, down 13.3 percent from 2016. Heat and drought account for 69 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid over 1989-2025, and that share was 42 percent in 1989-1999, 80 percent in 2000-2009, 73 percent in 2010-2019, and 65 percent in 2020-2025. Only 3 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, 2022 census. July nights average 69.6 F over 2017-2026, up from the 67.9 F normal for 1991-2020, and the county has logged 7 Julys at or above 70 F since 1900. Census land value stands at $10,250 per acre, up 39.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.
TN median $65 · tied for 43rd lowest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 3rd highest of 93
TN median 162.2 · 16th lowest of 32
TN median $8.40 · 28th highest of 71
TN median 28% · 42nd 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford County | $65 | $10,250 | 161.1 | $10.39 |
| Bedford County | $82 | $6,187 | 146.7 | $9.47 |
| Cannon County | $94 | $6,095 | 158.8 | $5.15 |
| Coffee County | $131 | $5,382 | 167.2 | $4.28 |
| Davidson County | $77 2023 | $12,414 | — | — |
| Marshall County | $70 | $5,660 | — | $9.20 |
| Williamson County | $53 | $7,148 | — | $8.23 |
| Wilson County | $56 | $6,533 | — | $14.71 |
| Median next door | $76 | $6,187 | 158.8 | $8.72 |
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. Rutherford 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/rutherford-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.