Fauquier County, Virginia
Fauquier County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $65 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,962 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 152.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51061. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $65 per acre, up 47.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $7,962 per acre, with that value up 8.2 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 3.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 152.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 97.9 in 2010. Heat and drought drove 77 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share rose from 66 percent in 2000-2009 to 69 percent in 2010-2019 to 86 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed to a 67.4 F average low over 2017-2026, above the 65.3 F normal, with irrigation covering just 2 percent of harvested cropland.
VA median $47 · 27th highest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 11th highest of 86
VA median 145.9 · 4th highest of 25
VA median $8.45 · 22nd lowest of 67
VA median 33% · 32nd 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauquier County | $65 | $7,962 | 152.2 | $5.21 |
| Clarke County | $35 | $9,610 | — | $14.02 |
| Culpeper County | $58 | $7,957 | 146.1 | $6.30 |
| Loudoun County | $37 | $12,276 | — | $14.81 |
| Prince William County | $49 | $12,336 | — | — |
| Rappahannock County | $31 | $7,465 | — | — |
| Stafford County | $66 | $16,854 | — | $8.15 |
| Warren County | $36 | $8,337 | — | — |
| Median next door | $37 | $9,610 | 146.1 1 co. | $11.09 |
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. Fauquier 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/fauquier-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.