Highland County, Virginia
Highland County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,382 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Highland County averages $30 per acre in 2025. The census value of land and buildings was $3,382 per acre in 2022, up 5.8 percent from 2017, or 1.1 percent a year. Cropland irrigation is limited, at 1 percent of harvested cropland in the 2022 census. July nights have warmed, from a 1991-2020 normal of 57.9 F to 59.4 F in 2017-2026, a trend of 0.51 F per decade since 1976, and no July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above at night. Drought weeks have run higher recently: 34 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 48 weeks total for 2000-2025.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
VA median $4,596 · 13th lowest of 86
VA median 33% · 42nd 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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland County | $30 2025 | $3,382 | — | — |
| Augusta County | $105 | $7,594 | 146.2 | $12.19 |
| Bath County | $45 | $4,314 | — | — |
| Pendleton County, WV | $35 | $3,163 | — | — |
| Pocahontas County, WV | $37 | $3,089 | — | — |
| Median next door | $41 | $3,739 | 146.2 1 co. | $12.19 1 co. |
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. Highland 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/highland-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.