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King William County, Virginia

King William County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $68 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,203 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in King William County is $68 per acre for 2026, up 3 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $4,203 per acre, up 3.9 percent from 2017, 0.8 percent a year. Heat and drought account for 75 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, and that share was 91 percent in 1989-1999, 73 percent in 2000-2009, 76 percent in 2010-2019, and 69 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed to 69.8 F over 2017-2026 against a 68.1 F normal, and the county carries 4 percent of harvested cropland irrigated.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$68/ac
2026 county average
VA median $47 · 24th highest of 84
Land and buildings
$4,203/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596 · 33rd lowest of 86
Rent as % of land value
1.77%
$75 dry rent ÷ $4,203 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
150.4 bu/ac
14 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.18
2016–2025, closed crop years
VA median $8.45 · 21st lowest of 67
Farmland rented
35%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33% · 38th highest of 90

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$61$68 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$68/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+3.0%nominal, $66 to $68

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,203/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,734/ac
Census 2017$4,046/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+3.9%+0.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.77%$75 ÷ $4,203; cropland 61% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022122.0195.1175.0median 150.4

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

Median, 2008–2022150.4 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2010: 46.3 bu/ac31% of median
Trend, 2008–2022+4.6 bu/ac a year±3.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720221.085.010.391.00: 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$5.18
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.43claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.70$25.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 19
Worst year2010ratio 5.01
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 75% · excess moisture 12% · price decline (revenue policies) 5%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, 2000–202562 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200242 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.8 °F1991–2020 normal 68.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.81 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Farmed no-till, 202287% of cropland30,768 ac
Cover crops, 202238% of cropland13,367 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021049074

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

CRP enrolled, 202574 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202850 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202530 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,821−16.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
King William County$68$4,203—$5.18
Caroline County$64$4,710148.8$6.71
Hanover County$52$6,759—$6.23
King and Queen County$83$3,460133.6$5.03
New Kent County$80$5,501—$3.83
Median next door$72$5,106141.2 2 co.$5.63

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. King William 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/king-william-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.