Farmland Atlas · county record

Glades County, Florida

Glades County, FL: land and buildings $4,623 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.15 since 1996. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Glades County carried 92 percent of its harvested cropland under irrigation in 2022, drawing 7 percent of that water from groundwater. Land and buildings were valued at $4,623 per acre in 2022, up 7.3 percent from 2017. The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 was 74.2 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.8 F, continuing a warming trend of 0.64 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$4,623/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 9th lowest 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
$4.43
2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 13th lowest of 52
Farmland rented
14%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 12th lowest of 62

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,623/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,056/ac
Census 2017$4,308/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+7.3%+1.4% 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

20072012201720220.460.000.012.082.661.162.051.00: claims equal premium

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. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$4.43
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.46claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.15$27.5 million paid
Worst year2023ratio 2.66
Largest causes of loss, 1996–2025wind 55% · freeze 18% · excess moisture 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202519355

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, 2000–2025179 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200735 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.2 °F1991–2020 normal 72.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.64 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September37.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202292%
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland3,655 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 202264,634−0.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202214%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Glades County——$4,623$4.43
Charlotte County$27—$8,300$11.60
Hendry County$42$310 2025$4,646$5.66
Highlands County$52 2023$352$5,657$3.95
Okeechobee County$41—$5,713$4.60
Median next door$41$352 1 co.$5,685$5.13

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. Glades 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/glades-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.