Appalachian
Tennessee farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
West Tennessee row-crop counties differ from livestock and hay ground in the middle and east of the state. This table does not split those regions.
Tennessee farm real estate averaged $6,500 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $6,500 / acre
- +5.7% from 2025
- Cropland
- $6,400 / acre
- +5.8% from 2025
- Pasture
- $5,910 / acre
- +5.5% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $121 / acre
- +2.5% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $30 / acre
- +15.4% from 2025
Dollars per acre. A state average is not the price of a specific farm.
Annual estimates
| Series | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm real estate | $4,740 | $5,160 | $5,710 | $6,150 | $6,500 | +5.7% |
| Cropland | $4,590 | $5,060 | $5,610 | $6,050 | $6,400 | +5.8% |
| Pasture | $4,490 | $4,960 | $5,360 | $5,600 | $5,910 | +5.5% |
| Cropland cash rent | $114 | $117 | $121 | $118 | $121 | +2.5% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $187 | $197 | $197 | $189 | $182 | −3.7% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $111 | $113 | $117 | $115 | $118 | +2.6% |
| Pasture cash rent | $22 | $23 | $24.5 | $26 | $30 | +15.4% |
What the rows mean
- Farm real estate
- Average value of all land and buildings used for agricultural production, including dwellings, if sold under current market conditions with a reasonable time on the market.
- Cropland
- Average value of land used for field crops, vegetables, or hay, including idle cropland and cropland in conservation programs. Land that alternates between crops and pasture is valued as cropland.
- Pasture
- Average value of land normally grazed by livestock. Animals do not have to be on the land during the survey year.
- Cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for cropland. NASS measures this as rent expense in dollars per acre. Share rents are not included.
- Irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Non-irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Pasture cash rent
- Average cash rent for pastureland, in dollars per acre.
Counties
- Bedford County $6,187 2022 census
- Lincoln County $5,222 2022 census
- Robertson County $7,424 2022 census
Nearby states
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Sources
- Land Values 2026 Summary, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, released 2026-07-31. Text tables. ESMIS archive.
- Quick Stats cash rent expense, dollars per acre, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
State and U.S. survey estimates. Blank cells were not published. Year-over-year rent changes in this file are calculated from those estimates. Land-value changes are the percents printed in the summary. Rent changes are calculated from the published yearly estimates. U.S. government figures are public domain and were not adjusted. A blank or “withheld” cell was not published.