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Tipton County, Tennessee

Tipton County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $156 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,367 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 152.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47167. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tipton County is $156 per acre in 2026, up 44.4 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents at $172 per acre. Land and buildings carry a census value of $4,367 per acre in 2022, with land value up 32.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.8 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $35.2 million in indemnities from 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 49 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 28 percent in 1989-1999 to 41 percent in 2000-2009, 15 percent in 2010-2019, and 57 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks stayed low, 106 of 1357 weeks since 2000, worst year 2012 with 20 weeks. Solar and wind capacity is not present in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$156/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 7th highest of 87
Cash rent, irrigated
$172/ac
2026 county average
TN median $189 · 2nd lowest of 4
Land and buildings
$4,367/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 31st lowest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
152.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 160.5
TN median 162.2 · 6th lowest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.12
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 3rd lowest of 71
Farmland rented
64%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 4th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$82$156 dry$150$172 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$156/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+44.4%nominal, $108 to $156
Irrigated, 2026$172/ac
Pasture, 2026$55/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.97$156 ÷ 160.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,367/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,967/ac
Census 2017$3,290/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+32.7%+5.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.09%$135 ÷ $4,367; cropland 84% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024112.0178.6159.6median 152.0

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

Median, 2008–2025152.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025160.5 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 112.0 bu/ac74% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.7 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920240.371.801.00: 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$4.12
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.59claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.48$35.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 27
Worst year2025ratio 1.80
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 40% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202519203

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, 2000–2025106 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201220 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.8 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.14 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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 cropland295 ac
Farmed no-till, 202258% of cropland93,470 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland13,559 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213548,184682

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

CRP enrolled, 2025682 ac0.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028271 ac40% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$140/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20227,542+34.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202264%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Tipton County$156$172$4,367152.0$4.12
Crittenden County, AR$109$157$4,236174.2$7.15
Mississippi County, AR$169$184$4,584174.5$3.74
Fayette County$105$125$4,273159.5$6.22
Haywood County$152$205$3,625170.6$4.81
Lauderdale County$135—$3,838158.4$5.73
Shelby County$120 2025—$5,264—$10.31
Median next door$135$171$4,255170.6$5.98

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Tipton 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/tipton-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.
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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.