Farmland Atlas · county record

Franklin County, Florida

Franklin County, FL: land and buildings $6,207 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Franklin County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land in Franklin County carried a census market value of $6,207 per acre in 2022, up 219.5 percent from 2012, or 12.3 percent a year. The July average nightly low ran 73.7 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.9 F, with a warming trend of 0.51 F per decade since 1976. Severe drought touched 125 of 1357 weeks in 2000-2025, or 9.2 percent, with 2000 the worst year at 36 weeks; 24 of those drought weeks fell in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$6,207/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645
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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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,207/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,943/ac
Change 2012 to 2022+219.5%+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— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253612

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, 2000–2025125 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200036 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.7 °F1991–2020 normal 72.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September33.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 114% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20227%
Farmed no-till, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 2022none reported

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 2022327

Next door

CountyLand value
Franklin County$6,207
Gulf County—
Liberty County$4,646
Wakulla County$9,146
Median next door$6,896 2 co.

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. Franklin 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/franklin-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.