Giles County, Virginia
Giles County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,670 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Giles County runs $30 per acre in 2026, up 1.7 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $3,670 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 19.4 percent, 3.6 percent a year. No cropland here is irrigated, so the county depends on rainfall, and drought weeks have been limited: 38 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, with 5 such weeks from 2021-2025. July nights have warmed, averaging 61.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 60.5 F normal for 1991-2020, part of a 0.51 F per decade warming trend since 1976. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
VA median $47 · 9th lowest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 21st lowest of 86
VA median 33% · 45th 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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2010. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Giles County | $30 | $3,670 |
| Bland County | $47 | $2,949 |
| Craig County | $44 | $4,219 |
| Montgomery County | $47 | $5,743 |
| Pulaski County | $48 | $3,976 |
| Mercer County, WV | $47 | $2,733 |
| Monroe County, WV | $37 | $3,501 |
| Summers County, WV | $24 2023 | $2,702 |
| Median next door | $47 | $3,501 |
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. Giles 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/giles-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.