Farmland Atlas · county record

Baker County, Florida

Baker County, FL: land and buildings $8,182 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.13 since 1998. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in Baker County stood at $8,182 per acre in 2022, up 78.3 percent from 2017, or 12.3 percent a year. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.47 F per decade warming, reaching a 2017-2026 average of 72 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.1 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$8,182/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 21st highest of 61
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$0.33
1995–2002, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · lowest of 52
Farmland rented
9%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 8th lowest of 62

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,182/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,483/ac
Census 2017$4,588/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+78.3%+12.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 1995–2002$0.33
Loss ratio, 1995–20020.13claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20020.13$160,869 paid
Largest causes of loss, 1998–2001heat and drought 56% · other 34% · excess moisture 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202533386

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025160 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201138 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.0 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September32.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202257%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland21 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland202 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland251 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025298 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,684−32.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Baker County——$8,182—$0.33
Bradford County$17 2025—$6,042——
Clay County——$6,932——
Columbia County$35$129 2023$7,637—$20.09
Duval County——$13,486——
Nassau County——$4,919——
Union County——$4,651——
Charlton County, GA——$3,119——
Clinch County, GA——$4,072—$18.36
Ware County, GA$83 2025—$3,041130.8$21.02
Median next door$35 1 co.—$4,919130.8 1 co.$20.09

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Baker County, Florida. 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/florida/baker-county
Every 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.