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2021 Planted Acreage for Corn, Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Soybeans and Wheat in Tennessee by County

Compiled by:

Becky Bowling, Extension Specialist

Aaron Smith, Crop Marketing Specialist

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

2021 Planted Acreage in Tennessee by County 2

Figure 1. Corn, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

For the 2021 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified corn acres planted in Tennessee totaled 950,790 acres. Current reported acreage (acres will be added between now and the final report) is 32.8 percent more acres of corn in 2021 than 2020’s 715,736 acres. Final reported acreage for the 2021 crop year will be published in January/February of 2022. The top five counties for corn planted acres in Tennessee were Obion, Gibson, Weakley, Dyer and Henry Counties. The top five counties planted 35 percent of Tennessee’s total corn acres.

Figure 2. Top Five Counties, Corn, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon

Unicoi Cheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock Houston

Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

0 to 10,000 10,000 to 25,000 25,000 to 50,000 50,000 + NA

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon

Unicoi Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Obion (1) 81,520 acres

Gibson (2) 81,212 acres

Weakley (3) 74,446 acres

Dyer (4) 52,840 acres

Henry (5) 40,043 acres

Robertson


Table 1: Total Acres Planted, Corn, Tennessee Counties, 2021 (August Crop Data)

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

STATE 950,790 9% HAMBLEN 2,629 0% MOORE 117 0%

ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON 734 0% MORGAN 374 0%

BEDFORD 6,648 0% HANCOCK 106 0% OBION 81,520 13%

BENTON 7,134 1% HARDEMAN 13,148 11% OVERTON 1,202 0%

BLEDSOE 2,909 0% HARDIN 8,150 16% PERRY 2,077 0%

BLOUNT 1,133 0% HAWKINS 1,142 0% PICKETT 313 0%

BRADLEY 2,197 0% HAYWOOD 34,765 29% POLK 4,073 2%

CAMPBELL 75 0% HENDERSON 11,739 0% PUTNAM 1,402 0%

CANNON 4,072 0% HENRY 40,043 8% RHEA 1,437 0%

CARROLL 38,936 6% HICKMAN 3,895 0% ROANE 100 0%

CARTER 161 0% HOUSTON 466 0% ROBERTSON 37,149 0%

CHEATHAM 1,544 0% HUMPHREYS 5,809 23% RUTHERFORD 10,073 0%

CHESTER 2,824 4% JACKSON 400 0% SCOTT - 0%

CLAIBORNE 1,315 0% JEFFERSON 490 0% SEQUATCHIE 1,081 0%

CLAY 2,772 0% JOHNSON 782 0% SEVIER 26 0%

COCKE 830 0% KNOX 514 0% SHELBY 11,674 6%

COFFEE 21,516 1% LAKE 12,471 30% SMITH 3,561 1%

CROCKETT 28,016 17% LAUDERDALE 21,962 11% STEWART 2,262 0%

CUMBERLAND 698 0% LAWRENCE 29,013 3% SULLIVAN 343 0%

DAVIDSON 1,099 0% LEWIS 486 0% SUMNER 11,687 0%

DECATUR 3,812 0% LINCOLN 17,699 16% TIPTON 36,747 18%

DEKALB 2,919 0% LOUDON 3,031 2% TROUSDALE 2,580 0%

DICKSON 1,946 7% MACON 4,979 0% UNICOI - 0%

DYER 52,840 21% MADISON 30,714 14% UNION - 0%

FAYETTE 23,797 15% MARION 2,460 0% VAN BUREN 960 0%

FENTRESS 991 0% MARSHALL 4,486 0% WARREN 12,711 0%

FRANKLIN 23,296 3% MAURY 8,835 1% WASHINGTON 2,125 0%

GIBSON 81,212 7% MCMINN 5,127 0% WAYNE 4,466 0%

GILES 15,337 23% MCNAIRY 9,318 4% WEAKLEY 74,446 6%

GRAINGER 298 0% MEIGS 1,614 0% WHITE 3,934 0%

GREENE 3,826 0% MONROE 5,486 2% WILLIAMSON 2,181 0%

GRUNDY 2,885 4% MONTGOMERY 18,913 2% WILSON 1,730 9%


Figure 3. Cotton, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

For the 2021 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified cotton acres planted in Tennessee

totaled 267,396 acres. Current reported acreage (acres will be added between now and the final

report) is 4.9 percent more acres in 2021 than 2020’s 254,949 acres. Final reported acreage for the

2021 crop year will be published in January/February of 2022. The top five counties for cotton

planted acres in Tennessee were Haywood, Crockett, Fayette, Lauderdale and Gibson Counties.

The top five counties planted 59 percent of Tennessee’s total cotton acres.

Figure 4. Top Five Counties, Cotton, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

Dyer

Polk Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Haywood (1) 52,829 acres

Crockett (2) 32,064 acres

Lauderdale (4) 24,398 acres


Fayette (3) 30,282 acres

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Acres Planted

0 to 5,000

5,000 to 10,000

10,000 to 15,000

15,000+

NA


Table 2: Total Acres Planted, Cotton, Tennessee Counties, 2021 (August Crop Data)

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

STATE 267,396 0% HAMBLEN - 0% MOORE - 0% ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON - 0% MORGAN - 0% BEDFORD - 0% HANCOCK - 0% OBION 1,279 37% BENTON 73 0% HARDEMAN 9,739 1% OVERTON - 0% BLEDSOE - 0% HARDIN 536 0% PERRY - 0% BLOUNT - 0% HAWKINS - 0% PICKETT - 0% BRADLEY - 0% HAYWOOD 52,829 0% POLK - 0% CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 2,032 15% PUTNAM - 0% CANNON - 0% HENRY 1,049 0% RHEA - 0% CARROLL 15,195 8% HICKMAN - 0% ROANE - 0% CARTER - 0% HOUSTON - 0% ROBERTSON - 0% CHEATHAM - 0% HUMPHREYS - 0% RUTHERFORD 387 0% CHESTER 1,931 8% JACKSON - 0% SCOTT - 0% CLAIBORNE - 0% JEFFERSON - 0% SEQUATCHIE - 0% CLAY - 0% JOHNSON - 0% SEVIER - 0% COCKE - 0% KNOX - 0% SHELBY 10,485 10% COFFEE 241 0% LAKE 4,436 19% SMITH - 0% CROCKETT 32,064 12% LAUDERDALE 24,398 7% STEWART - 0% CUMBERLAND - 0% LAWRENCE - 0% SULLIVAN - 0% DAVIDSON - 0% LEWIS - 0% SUMNER - 0% DECATUR - 0% LINCOLN 6,924 5% TIPTON 17,257 15% DEKALB - 0% LOUDON - 0% TROUSDALE - 0% DICKSON - 0% MACON - 0% UNICOI - 0% DYER 12,258 41% MADISON 13,085 4% UNION - 0% FAYETTE 30,282 18% MARION - 0% VAN BUREN - 0% FENTRESS - 0% MARSHALL - 0% WARREN - 0% FRANKLIN 5,108 2% MAURY - 0% WASHINGTON - 0% GIBSON 18,405 3% MCMINN - 0% WAYNE 120 0% GILES 1,236 29% MCNAIRY 5,488 0% WEAKLEY 556 0% GRAINGER - 0% MEIGS - 0% WHITE - 0% GREENE - 0% MONROE - 0% WILLIAMSON - 0% GRUNDY - 0% MONTGOMERY - 0% WILSON - 0%


Figure 5. Grain Sorghum, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

For the 2021 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified grain sorghum acres planted in

Tennessee totaled 10,665 acres. Current reported acreage (acres will be added between now and

the final report) is 138.2 percent more acres in 2021 than 2020’s 4,477 acres. Final reported acreage

for the 2021 crop year will be published in January/February of 2022. The top five counties for grain

sorghum planted acres in Tennessee were Fayette, Haywood, Hardin, Obion and Crockett Counties.

The top five counties planted 64 percent of Tennessee’s total grain sorghum acres.

Figure 6. Top Five Counties, Grain Sorghum, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

Hardin (3) 1,531 acres


Fayette (1) 1,887 acres

Polk

Carroll Humphreys

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Bedford

Crockett (5) 865 acres

Marion

Obion (4) 975 acres

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

0 to 100 100 to 200

NA 500+

200 to 499


Table 3: Total Acres Planted, Grain Sorghum, Tennessee Counties, 2021 (August Crop Data)

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

STATE 10,665 9% HAMBLEN - 0% MOORE - 0%

ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON - 0% MORGAN - 0%

BEDFORD 7 0% HANCOCK - 0% OBION 975 31%

BENTON 108 0% HARDEMAN - 0% OVERTON - 0%

BLEDSOE - 0% HARDIN 1,531 38% PERRY - 0%

BLOUNT - 0% HAWKINS - 0% PICKETT - 0%

BRADLEY - 0% HAYWOOD 1,615 0% POLK - 0%

CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 234 0% PUTNAM - 0%

CANNON - 0% HENRY 549 0% RHEA - 0%

CARROLL 67 0% HICKMAN - 0% ROANE - 0%

CARTER - 0% HOUSTON - 0% ROBERTSON 136 0%

CHEATHAM - 0% HUMPHREYS - 0% RUTHERFORD 139 0%

CHESTER - 0% JACKSON - 0% SCOTT - 0%

CLAIBORNE - 0% JEFFERSON 68 0% SEQUATCHIE - 0%

CLAY - 0% JOHNSON - 0% SEVIER - 0%

COCKE - 0% KNOX - 0% SHELBY 499 2%

COFFEE - 0% LAKE 55 0% SMITH - 0%

CROCKETT 865 0% LAUDERDALE 114 0% STEWART - 0%

CUMBERLAND - 0% LAWRENCE - 0% SULLIVAN - 0%

DAVIDSON 20 0% LEWIS - 0% SUMNER 15 0%

DECATUR 59 0% LINCOLN - 0% TIPTON 232 0%

DEKALB - 0% LOUDON - 0% TROUSDALE - 0%

DICKSON - 0% MACON - 0% UNICOI - 0%

DYER - 0% MADISON 269 0% UNION - 0%

FAYETTE 1,887 2% MARION 146 0% VAN BUREN - 0%

FENTRESS - 0% MARSHALL - 0% WARREN 136 0%

FRANKLIN - 0% MAURY - 0% WASHINGTON - 0%

GIBSON 234 0% MCMINN - 0% WAYNE - 0%

GILES 8 0% MCNAIRY 503 0% WEAKLEY 70 0%

GRAINGER - 0% MEIGS - 0% WHITE - 0%

GREENE 40 0% MONROE - 0% WILLIAMSON 4 0%

GRUNDY - 0% MONTGOMERY 79 0% WILSON - 0%


Figure 7. Soybean, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

For the 2021 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified soybean acres planted in

Tennessee totaled 1,473,367 acres. Current reported acreage (acres will be added between now

and the final report) is 5.2 percent more acres in 2021 than 2020’s 1,400,470 acres. Final reported

acreage for the 2021 crop year will be published in January/February of 2022. The top five counties

for soybean planted acres in Tennessee were Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Lauderdale and Haywood

Counties. The top five counties planted 32 percent of Tennessee’s total soybean acres.

Figure 8. Top Five Counties, Soybeans, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

0 to 10,000

10,000 to 25,000

25,000 to 50,000

50,000 to 100,000

100,000+

NA

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale


Gibson (2) 100,462 acres Obion (3)

98,123 acres

Lauderdale (4) 81,764 acres



Table 4: Total Acres Planted, Soybeans, Tennessee Counties, 2021 (August Crop Data)

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

STATE 1,473,367 6% HAMBLEN 2,395 0% MOORE 212 0%

ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON 33 0% MORGAN 376 0%

BEDFORD 10,973 0% HANCOCK 29 0% OBION 98,123 7%

BENTON 11,061 0% HARDEMAN 28,453 8% OVERTON 3,262 0%

BLEDSOE 1,631 0% HARDIN 27,989 5% PERRY 1,062 0%

BLOUNT 3,864 0% HAWKINS 240 0% PICKETT 884 0%

BRADLEY 1,769 0% HAYWOOD 76,010 14% POLK 3,865 0%

CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 34,204 0% PUTNAM 2,327 0%

CANNON 5,897 0% HENRY 43,930 3% RHEA 1,913 0%

CARROLL 32,398 3% HICKMAN 5,974 0% ROANE 57 0%

CARTER 93 0% HOUSTON 167 0% ROBERTSON 52,916 1%

CHEATHAM 2,929 0% HUMPHREYS 4,551 12% RUTHERFORD 12,277 1%

CHESTER 11,021 1% JACKSON 2,862 0% SCOTT 70 0%

CLAIBORNE 259 0% JEFFERSON 1,472 0% SEQUATCHIE 715 0%

CLAY 2,273 0% JOHNSON - 0% SEVIER 54 0%

COCKE 722 0% KNOX 386 0% SHELBY 34,274 10%


CROCKETT 51,379 5% LAUDERDALE 81,764 8% STEWART 3,352 0%

CUMBERLAND 207 0% LAWRENCE 25,452 3% SULLIVAN 98 0%

DAVIDSON 1,063 0% LEWIS 511 0% SUMNER 13,256 0%

DECATUR 9,202 0% LINCOLN 20,034 7% TIPTON 75,153 5%

DEKALB 7,562 0% LOUDON 4,180 0% TROUSDALE 1,515 0%

DICKSON 2,534 0% MACON 7,238 0% UNICOI - 0%


FAYETTE 50,884 7% MARION 4,088 0% VAN BUREN 519 0%

FENTRESS 1,180 0% MARSHALL 7,636 0% WARREN 20,180 0%

FRANKLIN 26,031 2% MAURY 13,487 2% WASHINGTON 2,224 0%

GIBSON 100,462 4% MCMINN 7,230 0% WAYNE 4,422 2%

GILES 13,506 10% MCNAIRY 22,341 0% WEAKLEY 74,770 6%

GRAINGER 849 0% MEIGS 932 0% WHITE 4,412 0%

GREENE 4,620 0% MONROE 6,058 1% WILLIAMSON 5,516 0%

GRUNDY 2,793 0% MONTGOMERY 20,537 2% WILSON 3,528 0%


Figure 9. Wheat, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2021(August Crop Data)

For the 2021 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified wheat acres planted in Tennessee

totaled 320,212 acres. Current reported acreage (acres will be added between now and the final

report) is 39.8 percent more acres in 2021 than 2020’s 229,078 acres. Final reported acreage for

the 2021 crop year will be published in January/February of 2022. The top five counties for wheat

planted acres in Tennessee were Gibson, Robertson, Weakley, Dyer and Obion Counties. The top

five counties planted 46 percent of Tennessee’s total wheat acres.

Figure 10. Top Five Counties, Wheat, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2021 (August Crop Data)

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon


Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Weakley (3) 24,552 acres

Robertson (2) 38,780 acres



Obion (5) 15,937 acres

Haywood

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon



Van Buren

Sequatchie Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

5,000 to 15,000

15,000 to 25,000

0 to 5,000

25,000+

NA

Table 5: Total Acres Planted, Wheat, Tennessee Counties, 2019 (August Crop Data)

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

TOTAL

ACRES

PERCENT

IRRIGATED

STATE 320,212 1% HAMBLEN 344 0% MOORE - 0%

ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON - 0% MORGAN - 0%

BEDFORD 2,637 0% HANCOCK - 0% OBION 15,937 1%

BENTON 119 0% HARDEMAN 3,659 12% OVERTON 601 0%

BLEDSOE 466 0% HARDIN 1,603 0% PERRY 56 0%

BLOUNT 852 0% HAWKINS 14 0% PICKETT 6 0%

BRADLEY 349 0% HAYWOOD 12,533 0% POLK 159 0%

CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 2,785 0% PUTNAM 140 0%

CANNON 402 0% HENRY 10,519 1% RHEA - 0%

CARROLL 10,824 2% HICKMAN 592 0% ROANE - 0%

CARTER 105 0% HOUSTON - 0% ROBERTSON 38,780 0%

CHEATHAM 739 0% HUMPHREYS - 0% RUTHERFORD 2,383 0%

CHESTER 404 0% JACKSON 55 0% SCOTT - 0%

CLAIBORNE - 0% JEFFERSON 711 0% SEQUATCHIE - 0%

CLAY 482 0% JOHNSON - 0% SEVIER 442 0%

COCKE 41 0% KNOX - 0% SHELBY 2,872 0%


CROCKETT 14,371 2% LAUDERDALE 6,649 4% STEWART 978 0%

CUMBERLAND 74 0% LAWRENCE 5,509 0% SULLIVAN - 0%

DAVIDSON 568 0% LEWIS - 0% SUMNER 6,833 0%

DECATUR 58 0% LINCOLN 6,251 0% TIPTON 8,400 3%

DEKALB 893 0% LOUDON 1,278 0% TROUSDALE 997 0%

DICKSON 347 0% MACON 1,127 0% UNICOI - 0%


FAYETTE 7,233 10% MARION 715 0% VAN BUREN - 0%

FENTRESS - 0% MARSHALL 705 0% WARREN 2,858 0%

FRANKLIN 6,694 2% MAURY 1,784 0% WASHINGTON 32 0%

GIBSON 48,066 0% MCMINN 571 0% WAYNE 1,175 0%

GILES 667 0% MCNAIRY 327 0% WEAKLEY 24,552 2%

GRAINGER 335 0% MEIGS 41 0% WHITE 714 0%

GREENE 41 0% MONROE 1,759 0% WILLIAMSON 781 0%

GRUNDY 161 0% MONTGOMERY 8,349 0% WILSON 330 0%

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