Franklin County, Virginia
Franklin County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $55 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,475 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 136.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Franklin County averages $55 per acre in 2026, up 34.1 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $4,475 per acre, up 24.2 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nightly lows average 66.2 F over 2017-2026, against a 64.9 F normal for 1991-2020, and the 2020s is the first decade to reach 66 F. Heat and drought caused 50 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, with the share by period at 29 percent for 1989-1999, 58 percent for 2000-2009, 56 percent for 2010-2019, and 41 percent for 2020-2025. No cropland here is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity operates in the county, though 12 MW of solar has been proposed to EIA.
VA median $47 · 35th highest of 84
too few 2012 county surveys in the state to compare
VA median $4,596 · 42nd lowest of 86
VA median 145.9 · 8th lowest of 25
VA median $8.45 · 16th highest of 67
VA median 33% · 37th highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | $55 | — | $4,475 | 136.7 | $20.45 |
| Bedford County | $28 | — | $5,539 | — | $25.43 |
| Floyd County | $41 | — | $4,519 | — | — |
| Henry County | $32 | — | $3,027 | — | $25.38 |
| Patrick County | $43 | — | $3,929 | — | $40.83 |
| Pittsylvania County | $41 | $60 2024 | $3,197 | — | $24.39 |
| Roanoke County | $20 | — | $6,876 | — | — |
| Median next door | $37 | — | $4,224 | — | $25.41 |
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. Franklin 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/franklin-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.