Baker County, Georgia
Baker County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $106 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,716 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13007. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
GA median $58 · tied for 16th highest of 105
GA median $231 · 5th highest of 39
GA median $4,057 · 54th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 25th highest of 85
GA median 24% · 66th highest of 138
Irrigated cropland rents $271 per acre and non-irrigated $106 per acre in 2026, a gap that has held without clear direction since 2009. Irrigation covers 57 percent of harvested cropland, drawing 93 percent of its water from groundwater. Heat and drought caused 52 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, but that share has moved down each decade since: 66 percent in 1989-1999, 60 percent in 2000-2009, 52 percent in 2010-2019, 40 percent in 2020-2025. Corn yields trended up 1.3 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 191.1 bushels per acre. Census land value reached $3,716 per acre in 2022, up 67.2 percent from 2017.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Georgia county rate, side by side: Georgia cash rent by county.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County | $106 | $271 | $3,716 | 191.1 | $16.56 |
| Calhoun County | $87 | $225 | $2,997 | 216.2 | $10.51 |
| Decatur County | $117 | $266 | $3,951 | n/a | $12.44 |
| Dougherty County | n/a | n/a | $4,051 | n/a | $17.02 |
| Early County | $87 | $261 | $3,557 | n/a | $16.45 |
| Miller County | $96 | $259 | $3,973 | 198.8 | $15.11 |
| Mitchell County | $112 | $260 | $4,002 | n/a | $11.52 |
| Median next door | $96 | $260 | $3,962 | 207.5 2 co. | $13.78 |
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. Baker County, Georgia. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/baker-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.