Appling County, Georgia
Appling County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $101 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,332 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 130.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Appling County runs $101 per acre, up 20.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated ground rents higher, at $254 per acre in 2025, and 90 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. Corn yields show a trend of 1.9 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2020, with a median of 130 bushels per acre and a worst year of 79 in 2008. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved the same direction across every period given: 67 percent in 1989-1999, 45 percent in 2000-2009, 33 percent in 2010-2019, and 11 percent in 2020-2025. Land value, per the Census operator estimate, sits at $3,332 per acre, up 2.6 percent from 2017 to 2022.
GA median $58 · tied for 19th highest of 103
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 38th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 18th highest of 85
GA median 24% · 28th highest of 138
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | $101 | $254 2025 | $3,332 | $18.41 |
| Bacon County | $88 | $200 | $3,663 | $22.61 |
| Jeff Davis County | $111 | $224 | $3,127 | $18.64 |
| Pierce County | $119 | — | $3,076 | $20.75 |
| Tattnall County | $61 | $220 | $3,656 | $15.48 |
| Toombs County | $68 | $242 | $3,365 | $14.11 |
| Wayne County | $76 | — | $3,579 | $13.77 |
| Median next door | $82 | $222 | $3,472 | $17.06 |
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. Appling County, Georgia. 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/georgia/appling-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.