Farmland Atlas · county record

Henrico County, Virginia

Henrico County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $44 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,750 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Henrico County had 7,927 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Non-irrigated cash rent in Henrico County runs $44 per acre. Land value sits at $7,750 per acre in 2022, up 27.8 percent from 2017, 5 percent a year. July nightly lows average 69.5 F over 2017-2026, against a 68.4 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.55 F per decade, warming. Severe drought weeks dropped to 0 for 2021-2025, versus 60 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$44/ac
2026 county average
VA median $47
Land and buildings
$7,750/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596
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
$8.35
2016–2025, closed crop years
VA median $8.45
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33%

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2026$44/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,750/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,578/ac
Census 2017$6,066/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.8%+5.0% 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 1994. 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$8.35
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.56claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1994–20250.87$9.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1994–2025heat and drought 69% · excess moisture 16% · other 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250420

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, 2000–202560 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200242 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.5 °F1991–2020 normal 68.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 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
Farmed no-till, 202286% of cropland5,339 ac
Cover crops, 202222% of cropland1,374 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210570

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202520 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022258−46.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Henrico County$44$7,750—$8.35
Charles City County$77$4,221137.7$4.62
Chesterfield County$42$8,136—$20.55
Goochland County$45$7,139—$10.99
Hanover County$52$6,759—$6.23
New Kent County$80$5,501—$3.83
Richmond City————
Median next door$52$6,759137.7 1 co.$6.23

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. Henrico 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/henrico-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.