Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Pittsylvania County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $41 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,197 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 92.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $41 per acre, up 28.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Heat and drought account for 43 percent of the $99.4 million paid out in indemnities since 1989, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 stands at 1.57, above the 1.49 mark for the full 1989-2025 record. July nightly lows average 67.3 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 66.1 F, with warming of 0.67 F per decade since 1976. Drought weeks stayed low from 2021 to 2025, at 6. Solar operating capacity stands at 252.2 MW, with 155 MW more proposed to EIA.
VA median $47 · tied for 30th lowest of 84
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
VA median $4,596 · 7th lowest of 86
VA median $8.45 · 13th highest of 67
VA median 33% · 27th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsylvania County | $41 | $60 2024 | $3,197 | — | $24.39 |
| Caswell County, NC | $42 | $92 | $4,006 | — | $20.25 |
| Rockingham County, NC | $49 | $90 2024 | $5,089 | 104.5 | $26.24 |
| Bedford County | $28 | — | $5,539 | — | $25.43 |
| Campbell County | $32 | — | $3,656 | — | $29.15 |
| Danville City | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin County | $55 | — | $4,475 | 136.7 | $20.45 |
| Halifax County | $38 | — | $3,199 | — | $14.36 |
| Henry County | $32 | — | $3,027 | — | $25.38 |
| Median next door | $38 | $92 1 co. | $4,006 | 120.6 2 co. | $25.38 |
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. Pittsylvania 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/pittsylvania-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.