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.
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.
TN median $65 · 7th highest of 87
TN median $189 · 2nd lowest of 4
TN median $5,131 · 31st lowest of 93
TN median 162.2 · 6th lowest of 32
TN median $8.40 · 3rd lowest of 71
TN median 28% · 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton County | $156 | $172 | $4,367 | 152.0 | $4.12 |
| Crittenden County, AR | $109 | $157 | $4,236 | 174.2 | $7.15 |
| Mississippi County, AR | $169 | $184 | $4,584 | 174.5 | $3.74 |
| Fayette County | $105 | $125 | $4,273 | 159.5 | $6.22 |
| Haywood County | $152 | $205 | $3,625 | 170.6 | $4.81 |
| Lauderdale County | $135 | — | $3,838 | 158.4 | $5.73 |
| Shelby County | $120 2025 | — | $5,264 | — | $10.31 |
| Median next door | $135 | $171 | $4,255 | 170.6 | $5.98 |
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. 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-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.