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Gilchrist County, Florida

Gilchrist County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $55 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,666 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Gilchrist County stands at $55 per acre in 2026, down 19.1 percent from 2016. The July nightly low trend since 1976 shows warming at 0.72 F per decade, with the 2017-2026 average at 73.3 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.7 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$55/ac
2026 county average
FL median $44 · 6th highest of 21
Cash rent, irrigated
$86/ac
2026 county average
FL median $343 · lowest of 5
Land and buildings
$6,666/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 30th highest of 61
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.99
2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 10th highest of 52
Farmland rented
49%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 11th highest of 62

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$47$55 dry$123$86 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$55/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−19.1%nominal, $68 to $55
Irrigated, 2026$86/ac
Pasture, 2026$49/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,666/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,332/ac
Census 2017$5,321/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.3%+4.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 56% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

202020251.501.460.900.802.140.511.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$11.99
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.44claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.20$19.5 million paid
Worst year2024ratio 2.14
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 34% · excess moisture 32% · wind 24%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025354

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, 2000–2025122 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200035 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.72 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September35.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% 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, 202256%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland14 ac
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland7,983 ac
Cover crops, 202218% of cropland11,023 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021378850

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025224.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202237,733+34.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202249%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Gilchrist County$55$86$6,666$11.99
Alachua County$43$164$8,209$6.68
Columbia County$35$129 2023$7,637$20.09
Dixie County——$4,694$9.55
Lafayette County$49 2024$166 2023$4,741$13.33
Levy County$58$133 2023$6,275$5.14
Suwannee County$52$143 2025$6,499$9.13
Median next door$47$164 1 co.$6,387$9.34

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. Gilchrist 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/gilchrist-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.