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Floyd County, Virginia

Floyd County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $41 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,519 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.68 since 1990. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Floyd County is $41 per acre in 2026, up 20.6 percent from 2016. Land value is $4,519 per acre in 2022, up 18.9 percent from 2017, 3.5 percent a year. July nights average 62.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 61 F normal, with warming of 0.68 F per decade since 1976; no July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or higher at night. Drought has covered severe levels or worse for 56 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst in 2002 at 32 weeks, and only 6 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$41/ac
2026 county average
VA median $47 · tied for 30th lowest of 84
Land and buildings
$4,519/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596 · 43rd lowest of 86
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 29% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
33%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33% · 43rd lowest of 90

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$26$41 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$41/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.6%nominal, $34 to $41
Pasture, 2026$29/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,519/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,622/ac
Census 2017$3,802/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+18.9%+3.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 29% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1990. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1990–20250.68$812,441 paid
Largest causes of loss, 1990–2024heat and drought 34% · freeze 31% · hail 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020254320

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, 2000–202556 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200232 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.3 °F1991–2020 normal 61.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.68 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 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, 20221% of cropland409 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland1,719 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland1,077 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202108548

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

CRP enrolled, 202548 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202810 ac
Cattle and calves, 202224,407−10.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202233%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Floyd County$41$4,519——
Carroll County$45$3,866—$58.69
Franklin County$55$4,475136.7$20.45
Montgomery County$47$5,743——
Patrick County$43$3,929—$40.83
Pulaski County$48$3,976——
Roanoke County$20$6,876——
Median next door$46$4,226136.7 1 co.$40.83

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Floyd 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/floyd-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.