Farmland Atlas · county record

Liberty County, Florida

Liberty County, FL: land and buildings $4,646 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in Liberty County stood at $4,646 per acre in 2022, up 18.6 percent from 2017, a pace of 3.5 percent a year. July nights average 72.5 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.5 F, with warming since 1976 at 0.5 F per decade. Drought weeks ran 140 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 25 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Crop insurance indemnities from 2001-2020 totaled $437,552, with other causes at 54 percent the largest driver; heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 0 percent in 2000-2009 to 12 percent in 2020-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$4,646/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · tied for 10th 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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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
1%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 2nd lowest of 62

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,646/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,705/ac
Census 2017$3,916/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+18.6%+3.5% 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

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.

Largest causes of loss, 2001–2020other 54% · excess moisture 37% · heat and drought 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253712

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, 2000–2025140 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200037 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202525 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.5 °F1991–2020 normal 71.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September33.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland62 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland33 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021060

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20221,220−7.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Liberty County—$4,646—
Calhoun County$54 2024$4,502$25.92
Franklin County—$6,207—
Gadsden County—$4,409$14.23
Gulf County———
Leon County—$7,248—
Wakulla County—$9,146—
Median next door—$6,207$20.08 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. Liberty 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/liberty-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.