Dixie County, Florida
Dixie County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $53 an acre (2012); land and buildings $4,694 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.70 since 2000. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dixie County stood at $53 per acre in 2012, and census market value of land and buildings reached $4,694 per acre in 2022, up 26.1 percent over 2017-2022, or 4.7 percent a year. All irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015, covering 35 percent of harvested cropland; the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.76 F per decade warming, with the 2017-2026 average at 74.2 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 72.4 F.
too few 2012 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 13th lowest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 14th highest of 52
FL median 33% · 28th highest of 62
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1998. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie County | — | — | $4,694 | $9.55 |
| Gilchrist County | $55 | $86 | $6,666 | $11.99 |
| Lafayette County | $49 2024 | $166 2023 | $4,741 | $13.33 |
| Levy County | $58 | $133 2023 | $6,275 | $5.14 |
| Taylor County | — | — | $4,478 | — |
| Median next door | $57 2 co. | $86 1 co. | $5,508 | $11.99 |
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. Dixie 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/dixie-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.