Farmland Atlas · county record

Taylor County, Florida

Taylor County, FL: land and buildings $4,478 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land in Taylor County, FL was valued at $4,478 per acre in 2022, up 22.7 percent over 2017-2022, or 4.2 percent a year. The July average nightly low ran 73.9 F during 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 72 F, with a warming trend of 0.65 F per decade since 1976. Severe drought or worse touched 99 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, or 7.3 percent, with 2000 the worst year at 30 weeks; 17 of those weeks fell in 2021-2025. Solar operating capacity stands at 5.1 MW; wind operating is 0 MW, and nothing is proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$4,478/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 3rd 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
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 17th lowest of 62

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,478/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,805/ac
Census 2017$3,650/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+22.7%+4.2% 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

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.

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025305

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, 2000–202599 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200030 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202517 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.9 °F1991–2020 normal 72.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.65 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September34.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 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
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland107 ac
Cover crops, 2022none reported

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20255.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,906−41.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Taylor County——$4,478—
Dixie County——$4,694$9.55
Jefferson County$44 2025—$5,049$11.45
Lafayette County$49 2024$166 2023$4,741$13.33
Madison County$22$278 2024$4,506$7.64
Median next door$22 1 co.—$4,718$10.50

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. Taylor 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/taylor-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.