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Weakley County, Tennessee

Weakley County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $145 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,680 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47183. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Weakley County runs $145 per acre in 2026, up 9.8 percent since 2014. Census land value stood at $4,680 per acre in 2022, up 29.4 percent from 2017, 5.3 percent a year. The corn yield trend over 2008-2025 is 2.9 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 157.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 62.5 in 2012. Heat and drought caused 48 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and its share moved differently across the decades: 63 percent in 1989-1999, 24 percent in 2000-2009, 65 percent in 2010-2019, 42 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 70.8 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$145/ac
2026 county average
TN median $65 · 11th highest of 87
Land and buildings
$4,680/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TN median $5,131 · 41st lowest of 93
Rent as % of land value
2.91%
$136 dry rent ÷ $4,680 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
157.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 159.3
TN median 162.2 · 11th lowest of 32
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.57
2016–2025, closed crop years
TN median $8.40 · tied for 14th lowest of 71
Farmland rented
42%
2022 census, rented from others
TN median 28% · 13th highest of 94

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$98$145 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$145/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+9.8%nominal, $132 to $145
Pasture, 2026$49/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.91$145 ÷ 159.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,680/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,976/ac
Census 2017$3,616/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.4%+5.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.91%$136 ÷ $4,680; cropland 67% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024117.0182.8158.7median 157.3

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

Median, 2008–2025157.3 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025159.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 62.5 bu/ac40% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.9 bu/ac a year±2.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.113.831.961.00: 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$5.57
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.66claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.78$87.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 25
Worst year2012ratio 3.83
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 48% · excess moisture 25% · area plans 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255215

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, 2000–2025101 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201221 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.8 °F1991–2020 normal 69.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.34 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 20223% of cropland4,953 ac
Farmed no-till, 202270% of cropland138,737 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland6,547 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213,40842,1039,472

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

CRP enrolled, 20259,472 ac5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,126 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$125/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202213,219−5.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202242%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Weakley County$145—$4,680157.3$5.57
Graves County, KY$170—$5,523154.0$5.52
Hickman County, KY$180—$5,670175.2$6.73
Carroll County$127—$3,459152.4$4.63
Gibson County$153$175 2023$4,365154.9$6.24
Henry County$141—$4,384169.9$6.53
Obion County$178—$4,192167.6$6.78
Median next door$162—$4,375161.3$6.39

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. Weakley 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/weakley-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.