Pulaski County, Virginia
Pulaski County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,976 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51155. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pulaski County stands at $48 per acre, up 50 percent from 2014 to 2026. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $3,976 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 of 13 percent, 2.5 percent a year. July nightly lows have averaged 62 F over 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.7 F, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.51 F per decade, warming. Drought weeks were 5 from 2021-2025, against 52 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates in the county now, though 150 MW solar has been proposed to EIA.
VA median $47 · 40th highest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 29th lowest of 86
VA median 33% · 32nd 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. 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County | $48 | $3,976 | — |
| Bland County | $47 | $2,949 | — |
| Carroll County | $45 | $3,866 | $58.69 |
| Floyd County | $41 | $4,519 | — |
| Giles County | $30 | $3,670 | — |
| Montgomery County | $47 | $5,743 | — |
| Radford City | — | — | — |
| Wythe County | $62 | $4,284 | $4.16 |
| Median next door | $46 | $4,075 | $31.43 2 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. Pulaski 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/pulaski-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.