Prince George County, Virginia
Prince George County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $64 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,187 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51149. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $64 per acre, up 32.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Cropland is mostly dry: 3 percent irrigated in the 2022 census, groundwater's share of irrigation water was 0 percent in 2015. July nights average 70.4 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.4 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.52 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought have driven crop insurance losses, at 69 percent of the $9.5 million paid out from 1989-2025, though that share has moved down across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019 before rising again in 2020-2025. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 61 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with none of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
VA median $47 · 29th highest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 32nd lowest of 86
VA median $8.45 · 17th lowest of 67
VA median 33% · 41st 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince George County | $64 | $4,187 | — | $4.95 |
| Charles City County | $77 | $4,221 | 137.7 | $4.62 |
| Chesterfield County | $42 | $8,136 | — | $20.55 |
| Dinwiddie County | $72 | $3,339 | — | $4.91 |
| Hopewell City | — | — | — | — |
| Petersburg City | — | — | — | — |
| Surry County | $80 | $2,949 | 143.7 | $3.53 |
| Sussex County | $81 | $2,861 | — | $5.06 |
| Median next door | $77 | $3,339 | 140.7 2 co. | $4.91 |
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 George 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-george-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.