Farmland Atlas · county record

Suffolk City, Virginia

Suffolk City, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $103 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,816 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 128.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51800. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Suffolk City runs $103 per acre in 2026, up 33.8 percent from 2016. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, so the corn yield line depends on rain and heat. The trend rises 3.4 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2024, but the median sits at 128.7 bushels per acre against a worst year of 40.1 in 2010. July nights average 69.9 F over 2017-2026, above the 68.9 F normal for 1991-2020. Drought weeks stayed low in 2021-2025, at 4.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$103/ac
2026 county average
VA median $47 · 6th highest of 84
Land and buildings
$4,816/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596 · 39th highest of 86
Rent as % of land value
1.76%
$85 dry rent ÷ $4,816 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
128.7 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 132.3
VA median 145.9 · 4th lowest of 25
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
VA median $8.45 · 9th lowest of 67
Farmland rented
62%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33% · 3rd highest of 90

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$66$103 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$103/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+33.8%nominal, $77 to $103
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.78$103 ÷ 132.3 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,816/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,521/ac
Census 2017$4,127/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.7%+3.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.76%$85 ÷ $4,816; cropland 78% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202493.0152.8127.2median 128.7

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

Median, 2008–2024128.7 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024132.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 40.1 bu/ac31% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.4 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.292.190.241.00: 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$3.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.40claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.55$23.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 18
Worst year2010ratio 2.19
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · excess moisture 28% · wind 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250290

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, 2000–202574 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200229 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.9 °F1991–2020 normal 68.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% 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, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202224% of cropland12,987 ac
Farmed no-till, 202258% of cropland32,108 ac
Cover crops, 202227% of cropland14,997 ac
201520202025339308291249224208234220189205210

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

CRP enrolled, 2025210 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20285 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$70/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202553.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022608+15.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202262%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Suffolk City$103$4,816128.7$3.89
Camden County, NC$120 2025$4,007166.1$2.58
Gates County, NC$112$4,274130.1$4.57
Chesapeake City$79 2025$5,707156.3$4.88
Isle of Wight County$105$3,877—$4.26
Portsmouth City————
Southampton County$100$3,618—$3.24
Median next door$105$4,007156.3$4.26

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. Suffolk City, 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/suffolk-city
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.
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"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.