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Warren County, Tennessee

Warren County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $115 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,580 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 167.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47177. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Warren County runs $115 per acre, up 69.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. The census value of land and buildings was $6,580 per acre in 2022, after a 90.4 percent rise from 2017 to 2022, 13.7 percent a year. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 3.6 bushels per acre a year over 2009-2025, with a median of 167.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 73.6 in 2012. Drought weeks were 145 of 1357 from 2000-2025, worst year 2008 with 50 weeks, and 28 weeks from 2021-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 45 percent, 13 percent, 27 percent, 22 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, 2020-2025. Solar and wind, operating and proposed, are 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$115/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 22nd highest of 87
Cash rent, irrigated
$245/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,580/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 17th highest of 93
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
167.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 178.5
TN median 162.2 · 8th highest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.90
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · 19th lowest of 71
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 38th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$49$115 dry

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$115/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+69.1%nominal, $68 to $115
Irrigated, 2024$245/ac
Pasture, 2026$56/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.64$115 ÷ 178.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,580/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,569/ac
Census 2017$3,456/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+90.4%+13.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.34%$89 ÷ $6,580; cropland 60% of land in farms

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025142.0200.8171.9median 167.9

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

Median, 2009–2025167.9 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025178.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 73.6 bu/ac44% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+3.6 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.055.811.421.00: 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$5.90
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.30claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.28$47.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 22
Worst year2007ratio 5.81
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 26% · other 22% · heat and drought 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202518504

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, 2000–2025145 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202528 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.5 °F1991–2020 normal 66.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.58 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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, 20222% of cropland1,758 ac
Farmed no-till, 202237% of cropland32,905 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland8,063 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,2924,78939

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

CRP enrolled, 202539 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202838 ac
Cattle and calves, 202231,722+1.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Warren County$115$245 2024$6,580167.9$5.90
Cannon County$94—$6,095158.8$5.15
Coffee County$131—$5,382167.2$4.28
DeKalb County$106—$4,806—$3.89
Grundy County$54—$4,988—$6.67
Sequatchie County$49 2025—$4,508—$17.98
Van Buren County$26 2025—$4,510——
White County$57—$6,261165.8$7.05
Median next door$94—$4,988165.8$5.91

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. Warren 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/warren-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.