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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$96/ac
2026 county average
VA median $47 · 8th highest of 84
Cash rent, irrigated
$62/ac
2013 county average
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,861/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596 · tied for 3rd lowest of 86
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
116.0 bu/ac
14 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.82
2016–2025, closed crop years
VA median $8.45 · 31st highest of 67
Farmland rented
33%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33% · 44th lowest of 90

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$48$96 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$96/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+49.2%nominal, $64 to $96
Irrigated, 2013$62/ac
Pasture, 2023$29/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,861/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,029/ac
Census 2017$2,712/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+5.5%+1.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 47% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2008201020122014201620182020202277.0149.4median 116.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2022116.0 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2010: 29.8 bu/ac26% of median
Trend, 2008–2022+4.6 bu/ac a year±3.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.411.940.981.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$9.82
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.77claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.85$28.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 16
Worst year2016ratio 1.94
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 61% · excess moisture 24% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250410

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, 2000–202589 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.9 °F1991–2020 normal 68.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.81 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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, 20222% of cropland270 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland7,359 ac
Cover crops, 202228% of cropland5,007 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021202,3241,346

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,346 ac7.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028108 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$82/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025319.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022751−28.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202233%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Greensville County$96$2,861—$9.82
Northampton County, NC$116$3,568122.0$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$3,339122.0 1 co.$5.06

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. 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-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.