County farm facts

Bartow County, Georgia

Bartow County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,089 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 192.4 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13015. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

$46

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 16 surveys since 2009; up 7% from $43 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

As of Oct 16, cropland rent in Bartow County runs $46 an acre in 2026, up 7.0% from $43 in 2016 and tied for 41st lowest of 105 in Georgia. The census value of land and buildings was $7,089 an acre in 2022, up 17.7% from 2017 and 20th highest of 135. The corn yield trend sits at 192.4 bu, highest of 12.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$46/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · tied for 41st lowest of 105
Cash rent, irrigated
n/a
last published 2010, more than three survey years old
Land and buildings
$7,089/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · GA farm real estate 2026: $4,950 (land and buildings, state survey)
GA median $4,057 · 20th highest of 135
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
192.4 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 162.9 (all practices)
GA median 138.2 · highest of 12
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.83
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · lowest of 85
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 63rd lowest of 138
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Feeder cattle futures

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Georgia cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Bartow County, Georgia

Drought, year by year

20002005201020152020202534500

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, 2000–2025222 of 1,357 weeks16% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202512 weeks
2026 so far11 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 68.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual24.1 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 24.9 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMar 24, Nov 7middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days228middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,635middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,665

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025130.0146.5119.0156.5199.4162.9median 159.7

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

14-yr trend (projected 2026)192.4 bu/acall practices county yields, 11 years, R² 0.38; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield162.9 bu/acall practices
Median, 2009–2025159.7 bu/ac12 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2014: 116.1 bu/ac73% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+3.8 bu/ac a year±3.0 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$37$46 dry

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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$46/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+7.0%nominal, $43 to $46
Irrigated, 2010$102/ac
Pasture, 2026$36/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.24$46 ÷ 192.4 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 20254.8%$39 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (162.9 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.90 Georgia price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

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 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,089/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,430/ac
Census 2017$6,025/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+17.7%+3.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 15% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Georgia cropland, 2026 state survey$4,670/ac+3.3% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Georgia farm real estate, 2026$4,950/acland and buildings, state average
Georgia pasture, 2026$5,100/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Georgia average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Bartow County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Bartow County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$5.83
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.68claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.48$2.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · excess moisture 36% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

19861991199620012006201120162021991,710967

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

CRP enrolled, 2025967 ac4.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$20/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202215%
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland5,228 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland614 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20252.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202218,065+12.4% since 2017
Milk cows, 20223head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 20226,695head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202278head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Bartow County$46$7,089n/a$5.83
Cherokee County$47$9,874n/an/a
Cobb Countyn/a$21,524n/an/a
Floyd County$49 2025$5,568n/a$6.37
Gordon County$34$6,746129.5$15.11
Paulding Countyn/a$7,949n/an/a
Polk County$54$5,165n/a$11.04
Median next door$47$7,348129.5 1 co.$11.04

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Bartow County, Georgia. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/bartow-county
Every 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).