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Greene County, Virginia

Greene County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,303 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County is $45 per acre. Land value in 2022 was $8,303 per acre, up 27.1 percent from 2017-2022. July nights average 65.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 64.1 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.72 F per decade, warming. The 2020s is the first decade the July average low reached 66 F. None of the harvested cropland is irrigated, and drought weeks ran 51 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 12 from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$45/ac
2026 county average
VA median $47 · tied for 40th lowest of 84
Land and buildings
$8,303/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596 · 10th highest of 86
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
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
26%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33% · 25th lowest of 90

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$25$45 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$45/ac
Pasture, 2025$24/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,303/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,880/ac
Census 2017$6,531/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.1%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 1992–2025heat and drought 78% · excess moisture 12% · other 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250253

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, 2000–202551 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200225 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.9 °F1991–2020 normal 64.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.72 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland221 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland1,143 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland678 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213357227

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

CRP enrolled, 2025227 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202851 ac23% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$89/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20227,289+2.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Greene County$45$8,303——
Albemarle County$33$9,048—$32.16
Madison County$56$6,994151.7$6.03
Orange County$76$6,611149.2$5.14
Page County$53$8,837122.9$20.60
Rockingham County$111$9,531149.6$27.15
Median next door$56$8,837149.4$20.60

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. Greene 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/greene-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.