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Washington County, Florida

Washington County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $44 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,787 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12133. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Washington County, FL runs $44 per acre in 2026, down 13.9 percent from 2016. Land carries a census value of $4,787 per acre, up 25.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.6 percent a year. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 sits at 1.14, above the 1989-2025 figure of 1.04. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, and July nightly lows have warmed 0.3 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$44/ac

2026 county average
FL median $44 · 11th lowest of 21

Land and buildings

$4,787/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 15th lowest of 61

Rent as % of land value

—

not shown: cropland is 24% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

—

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$24.54

2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 4th highest of 52

Farmland rented

16%

2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 14th lowest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$44/ac

Change 2016 to 2026−13.9%nominal, $51 to $44

Pasture, 2024$9/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,787/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,874/ac

Census 2017$3,820/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+25.3%+4.6% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 24% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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 1989. 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$24.54

Loss ratio, 2016–20251.14claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.04$16.4 million paid

Worst year2024ratio 1.86

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 35% · excess moisture 31% · wind 24%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025150 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201134 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202527 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.9 °F1991–2020 normal 72.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.30 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September32.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% 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, 20222%

Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland120 ac

Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland810 ac

Cover crops, 20226% of cropland788 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025124 ac1.3% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$80/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 202574.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20229,212+58.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Washington County	$44	—	$4,787	$24.54
Bay County	—	—	$5,992	—
Holmes County	$48	—	$4,558	$34.24
Jackson County	$58	$164 2023	$4,146	$26.42
Walton County	$41	—	$5,504	$16.52
Median next door	$48	—	$5,031	$26.42

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. Washington 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/washington-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.

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