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Prince Edward County, Virginia

Prince Edward County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,021 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 105.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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July nights average 68.4 F over 2017-2026 against a 66.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.71 F per decade, warming. Drought weeks were 65 of 1357 from 2000-2025, and zero from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$31/ac

2026 county average
VA median $47 · 10th lowest of 84

Land and buildings

$4,021/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596 · 30th lowest of 86

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, 2009–2020 median

105.0 bu/ac

9 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$17.29

2016–2025, closed crop years
VA median $8.45 · 17th highest of 67

Farmland rented

13%

2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33% · 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$31/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+17.3%nominal, $26 to $31

Pasture, 2026$28/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,021/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,203/ac

Census 2017$2,848/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+41.2%+7.1% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

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

Median, 2009–2020105.0 bu/ac9 published years

Lowest published year2012: 38.0 bu/ac36% of median

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$17.29

Loss ratio, 2016–20251.02claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.22$6.2 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 65% · excess moisture 15% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202565 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200241 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.4 °F1991–2020 normal 66.7 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.71 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September24.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 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 cropland376 ac

Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland3,567 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland485 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025700 ac4.7% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028217 ac31% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$62/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 202510 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20228,732−17.3% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202213%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Prince Edward County	$31	$4,021	—	$17.29
Amelia County	$44	$4,304	126.7	$9.26
Appomattox County	$33	$3,591	—	$15.09
Buckingham County	$30	$4,400	—	$14.96
Charlotte County	$39	$3,223	102.2	$12.59
Cumberland County	$43	$4,678	—	$10.53
Lunenburg County	$43	$3,724	—	$7.51
Nottoway County	$37	$4,440	—	$8.40
Median next door	$39	$4,304	114.5 2 co.	$10.53

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. Prince Edward 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/prince-edward-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.

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