Buchanan County, Virginia
Buchanan County, VA: land and buildings $4,490 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Buchanan County had 8,501 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Buchanan County shows no operating or proposed solar or wind, and no irrigated harvested cropland as of the 2022 census. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $4,490 per acre, with a change of 85.7 percent from 2017-2022, or 13.2 percent a year. July nightly lows have moved from a 1991-2020 normal of 62.5 F to 63.6 F in 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.42 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been light in this county: 52 of 1357 weeks fell into severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 0 such weeks from 2021-2025.
VA median $4,596
VA median 33%
Cash rent
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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Buchanan County | — | $4,490 |
| Pike County, KY | — | $1,983 |
| Dickenson County | — | $2,612 |
| Russell County | $37 | $3,381 |
| Tazewell County | $40 | $3,488 |
| McDowell County, WV | — | $4,027 |
| Mingo County, WV | — | $1,361 |
| Median next door | $39 2 co. | $2,997 |
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. Buchanan 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/buchanan-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.