Westmoreland County, Virginia
Westmoreland County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $109 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,735 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 145.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51193. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Westmoreland County runs $109 per acre in 2026, up 51.4 percent from 2016. Land value carries $5,735 per acre in the 2022 census, and rent sits at 1.55 percent of that value. Corn yields hold a median of 145.9 bushels per acre over 2008-2025, trending up 3 bushels per acre a year, with a worst year of 40.1 in 2010. Heat and drought drove 78 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share stayed above 70 percent in every decade-length period listed. Drought weeks were fewer in 2021-2025 than in the worst single year, 2002. Irrigation covers 5 percent of harvested cropland, so most of this county's yield story runs on rain.
VA median $47 · 3rd highest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 29th highest of 86
VA median 145.9 · 13th lowest of 25
VA median $8.45 · 7th lowest of 67
VA median 33% · 27th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland County | $109 | $5,735 | 145.9 | $3.70 |
| Essex County | $95 | $4,252 | 140.6 | $4.77 |
| King George County | $55 2024 | $6,250 | — | $5.26 |
| Northumberland County | $93 | $3,890 | 142.3 | $3.90 |
| Richmond County | $94 | $3,544 | 135.3 | $3.07 |
| Median next door | $94 | $4,071 | 140.6 | $4.34 |
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. Westmoreland 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/westmoreland-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.