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Bacon County, Georgia

Bacon County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $88 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,663 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The county logged 190 weeks in severe drought or worse across 2000-2025, with 2011 reaching 52 weeks, though 2021-2025 saw only 12 such weeks. The July nightly low trend runs 0.65 F per decade warming since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 72.8 F against a 71.4 F normal.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$88/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 27th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$200/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 8th lowest of 39
Land and buildings
$3,663/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 11% from 2017 while next door rose a median 19%
Corn yield, 2010–2022 median
138.1 bu/ac
8 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$22.61
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 5th highest of 85
Farmland rented
21%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 58th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$51$88 dry

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$88/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.8%nominal, $69 to $88
Irrigated, 2026$200/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,663/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,896/ac
Census 2017$4,116/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 11% from 2017 while the 5 counties next door rose a median 19%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202267.6150.0117.3145.0143.996.6159.2132.3median 138.1

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2010–2022138.1 bu/ac8 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2010: 67.6 bu/ac49% of median

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.582.630.541.00: claims equal premium

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$22.61
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.11claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.15$116.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 21
Worst year2007ratio 2.63
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 34% · excess moisture 23% · wind 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025285212

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, 2000–2025190 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.8 °F1991–2020 normal 71.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.65 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.8 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, 202221%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland2,191 ac
Farmed no-till, 202231% of cropland11,580 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland257 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211763,923292

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

CRP enrolled, 2025292 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202867 ac23% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$88/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20227,406+134.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Bacon County$88$200$3,663—$22.61
Appling County$101$254 2025$3,332—$18.41
Coffee County$108$231$4,133158.6$17.86
Jeff Davis County$111$224$3,127—$18.64
Pierce County$119—$3,076—$20.75
Ware County$83 2025—$3,041130.8$21.02
Median next door$110$228 2 co.$3,127144.7 2 co.$18.64

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. Bacon 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/bacon-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.