Brunswick County, Virginia
Brunswick County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,749 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Brunswick County sits at $30 per acre in 2025, down 9.1 percent from 2014. Land and buildings carry a census value of $2,749 per acre, up 9.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 1.8 percent a year. The July nightly low has warmed 0.87 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 69.5 F runs above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.2 F. Drought weeks in severe category or worse fell to 0 for 2021-2025, against 89 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2019 county surveys in the state to compare
VA median $4,596 · 2nd lowest of 86
VA median $8.45 · 24th lowest of 67
VA median 33% · 23rd lowest of 90
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County | $30 2025 | — | $2,749 | — | $5.98 |
| Northampton County, NC | $116 | — | $3,568 | 122.0 | $5.08 |
| Warren County, NC | $48 | — | $4,721 | — | $17.61 |
| Dinwiddie County | $72 | — | $3,339 | — | $4.91 |
| Greensville County | $96 | — | $2,861 | — | $9.82 |
| Lunenburg County | $43 | — | $3,724 | — | $7.51 |
| Mecklenburg County | $38 | $95 2023 | $3,268 | — | $9.77 |
| Nottoway County | $37 | — | $4,440 | — | $8.40 |
| Median next door | $48 | — | $3,568 | 122.0 1 co. | $8.40 |
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. Brunswick County, Virginia. 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/virginia/brunswick-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.