Greensville County, Virginia
Greensville County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $96 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,861 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 116.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Greensville County runs $96 per acre in 2026, up 49.2 percent from 2016. Land carries a census value of $2,861 per acre, with that value up 5.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nights average 69.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 68.5 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.81 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities since 1989 total $28.3 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 61 percent overall; by period that share ran 68 percent in 1989-1999, 70 percent in 2000-2009, 56 percent in 2010-2019, and 56 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks have run light lately: zero weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 89 of 1357 weeks since 2000.
VA median $47 · 8th highest of 84
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
VA median $4,596 · tied for 3rd lowest of 86
VA median $8.45 · 31st highest of 67
VA median 33% · 44th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensville County | $96 | $2,861 | — | $9.82 |
| Northampton County, NC | $116 | $3,568 | 122.0 | $5.08 |
| Brunswick County | $30 2025 | $2,749 | — | $5.98 |
| Dinwiddie County | $72 | $3,339 | — | $4.91 |
| Emporia City | — | — | — | — |
| Southampton County | $100 | $3,618 | — | $3.24 |
| Sussex County | $81 | $2,861 | — | $5.06 |
| Median next door | $91 | $3,339 | 122.0 1 co. | $5.06 |
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. Greensville 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/greensville-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.