Suwannee County, Florida
Suwannee County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,499 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12121. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
FL median $44 · 7th highest of 21
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 28th lowest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 15th highest of 52
FL median 33% · 27th lowest of 62
Irrigated ground is 35 percent of harvested cropland in Suwannee County, all of it from groundwater. Irrigated rent is $143 per acre; non-irrigated is $52 per acre. Non-irrigated rent rose 13 percent from 2016 to 2026. The county paid $26.1 million in crop insurance indemnities from 1989 through 2025. Wind caused 37 percent of those claims. Heat and drought went from 29 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999 to 36 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over ten closed crop years 2016-2025 was 1.21. Land value rose 47.1 percent from 2017 to 2022.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Florida county rate, side by side: Florida cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Suwannee County: its grids, county values and record.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Florida average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
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.
Rain so far this year in Florida, county by county
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suwannee County | $52 | $143 2025 | $6,499 | $9.13 |
| Columbia County | $35 | $129 2023 | $7,637 | $20.09 |
| Gilchrist County | $55 | $86 | $6,666 | $11.99 |
| Hamilton County | $65 | n/a | $4,547 | $15.19 |
| Lafayette County | $49 2024 | $166 2023 | $4,741 | $13.33 |
| Madison County | $22 | $278 2024 | $4,506 | $7.64 |
| Median next door | $45 | $86 1 co. | $4,741 | $13.33 |
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. Suwannee County, Florida. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/florida/suwannee-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.