Hardy County, West Virginia
Hardy County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,212 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hardy County stands at $45 per acre, up 18.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so yield rides on rainfall and heat. Corn's median 2008-2016 was 161.3 bushels per acre, with 2010 falling to 116.8. July nights average 61.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 60 F normal, warming at 0.37 F per decade since 1976. Heat and drought caused 70 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.09, above the 0.73 ratio for the full 1989-2025 period. Drought weeks in severe or worse conditions ran 29 of 2021-2025, against 51 of 1357 weeks for 2000-2025. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.
WV median $30 · 7th highest of 30
WV median $3,215 · 9th highest of 47
WV median $14.36 · 3rd lowest of 7
WV median 20% · 5th highest of 48
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy County | $45 | $4,212 | — | $10.27 |
| Frederick County, VA | $34 | $7,861 | 136.3 | $47.13 |
| Rockingham County, VA | $111 | $9,531 | 149.6 | $27.15 |
| Shenandoah County, VA | $69 | $7,334 | 146.2 | $29.88 |
| Grant County | $27 | $3,008 | — | — |
| Hampshire County | $43 | $3,713 | — | $55.58 |
| Pendleton County | $35 | $3,163 | — | — |
| Median next door | $39 | $5,524 | 146.2 | $38.51 |
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. Hardy County, West 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/west-virginia/hardy-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.