Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Madison County, Tennessee
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2023, Madison County's rent was the same as the Tennessee average and 0.8 times the US average.
- It is the 3rd highest of the 6 Tennessee counties NASS published for 2023.
- From 2016 to 2023 it rose 21.9%, from $160 to $195 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Madison figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Madison into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Madison County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $182 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $189 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $197 | $245 |
| 2023 | $195 | $197 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $187 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $180 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $185 | $216 |
| 2019 | $185 | $180 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $165 | $215 |
| 2017 | $180 | $170 | $212 |
| 2016 | $160 | $165 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $165 | $209 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $165 | $208 |
Every Tennessee county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $125 an acre in Fayette County to $223 an acre in Lake County.
- Under $172 (1 county)
- $172 to under $205 (1 county)
- $205 to under $223 (1 county)
- $223 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (91 counties, $167 an acre combined)
NASS combined Anderson County, Bedford County, Benton County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County, Campbell County, Cannon County, Carroll County, Carter County, Cheatham County, Chester County, Claiborne County, Clay County, Cocke County, Coffee County, Crockett County, Cumberland County, Davidson County, Decatur County, DeKalb County, Dickson County, Dyer County, Fentress County, Franklin County, Gibson County, Giles County, Grainger County, Greene County, Grundy County, Hamblen County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardeman County, Hardin County, Hawkins County, Henderson County, Henry County, Hickman County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Knox County, Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Lincoln County, Loudon County, Macon County, Madison County, Marion County, Marshall County, Maury County, McMinn County, McNairy County, Meigs County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Moore County, Morgan County, Obion County, Overton County, Perry County, Pickett County, Polk County, Putnam County, Rhea County, Roane County, Robertson County, Rutherford County, Scott County, Sequatchie County, Sevier County, Shelby County, Smith County, Stewart County, Sullivan County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Unicoi County, Union County, Van Buren County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Weakley County, White County, Williamson County and Wilson County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Madison: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | $223 | 4.9% |
| 2 | Haywood County | $205 | 4.6% |
| 3 | Tipton County | $172 | 4.4% |
| 4 | Fayette County | $125 | 6.8% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.