Sussex County, Virginia
Sussex County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $81 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,861 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 124.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51183. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $81 per acre, up 32.8 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land is valued at $2,861 per acre under the 2022 census, with a 3.1 percent change from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields have a median of 124.2 bushels per acre from 2008-2024, with 2010 low at 55.3. Heat and drought drove 71 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and that share was 88 percent in 1989-1999, 71 percent in 2000-2009, 64 percent in 2010-2019, and 68 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 69.9 F over 2017-2026, above the 68.5 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.72 F per decade, warming. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.
VA median $47 · 15th highest of 84
VA median $4,596 · tied for 3rd lowest of 86
VA median $8.45 · 19th lowest of 67
VA median 33% · 13th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex County | $81 | $2,861 | — | $5.06 |
| Dinwiddie County | $72 | $3,339 | — | $4.91 |
| Greensville County | $96 | $2,861 | — | $9.82 |
| Prince George County | $64 | $4,187 | — | $4.95 |
| Southampton County | $100 | $3,618 | — | $3.24 |
| Surry County | $80 | $2,949 | 143.7 | $3.53 |
| Median next door | $80 | $3,339 | 143.7 1 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. Sussex 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/sussex-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.