Lafayette County, Florida
Lafayette County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $49 an acre (2024); land and buildings $4,741 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lafayette County runs $49 per acre in 2024, up 8.9 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent in 2023 is $166 per acre, and 59 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, drawing 100 percent of its water from groundwater. July nights average 73.2 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.5 F, with a warming trend of 0.64 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance indemnities for 1998-2025 total $9.4 million, with wind the largest cause at 39 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 3 percent in 2000-2009 to 27 percent in 2010-2019 to 24 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $4,741 per acre in 2022, up 56.8 percent from 2017.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 14th lowest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 9th highest of 52
FL median 33% · 5th highest of 62
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
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 1989. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette County | $49 2024 | $166 2023 | $4,741 | $13.33 |
| Dixie County | — | — | $4,694 | $9.55 |
| Gilchrist County | $55 | $86 | $6,666 | $11.99 |
| Madison County | $22 | $278 2024 | $4,506 | $7.64 |
| Suwannee County | $52 | $143 2025 | $6,499 | $9.13 |
| Taylor County | — | — | $4,478 | — |
| Median next door | $52 | $86 1 co. | $4,694 | $9.34 |
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. Lafayette 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/lafayette-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.