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Berrien County, Georgia

Berrien County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $103 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,188 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 158.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Berrien County runs $103 per acre in 2026, up 36.4 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $269 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent has moved from 2.20 in 2009 to 2.61 in 2026, rising. Census land value sits at $4,188 per acre, up 33.9 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 1 bushels per acre a year across 2010-2025, with a median of 158.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 101.8 in 2024. Crop insurance loss ratio for 2016-2025 is 1.55, higher than the 1.29 ratio across 1989-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$103/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 18th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$269/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 7th highest of 39
Land and buildings
$4,188/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 61st highest of 135
Corn yield, 2010–2025 median
158.7 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 162.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$19.34
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 11th highest of 85
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 51st highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$53$103 dry$122$269 irrigated

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$103/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.4%nominal, $76 to $103
Irrigated, 2026$269/ac
Pasture, 2026$55/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,188/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,653/ac
Census 2017$3,128/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.9%+6.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 38% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20102012201420162018202020222024110.0173.9168.6median 158.7

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

Median, 2010–2025158.7 bu/ac13 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025162.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 101.8 bu/ac64% of median
Trend, 2010–2025+1.0 bu/ac a year±3.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.873.390.711.00: 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$19.34
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.55claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.29$136.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium19 of 30
Worst year2024ratio 3.39
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025wind 33% · heat and drought 26% · excess moisture 25%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025314510

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, 2000–2025183 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201145 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.9 °F1991–2020 normal 70.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202238%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland4,363 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland3,233 ac
Cover crops, 202212% of cropland8,478 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211522,674689

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

CRP enrolled, 2025689 ac1.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202833 ac5% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$93/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20229,419−18.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Berrien County$103$269$4,188—$19.34
Atkinson County$120$265$3,362—$18.64
Coffee County$108$231$4,133158.6$17.86
Cook County$101$243$4,057—$15.26
Irwin County$113$220$3,053175.6$17.14
Lanier County$87—$4,152—$21.84
Lowndes County$92$182 2024$3,938—$18.57
Tift County$111$256$4,310—$16.43
Median next door$108$243$4,057167.1 2 co.$17.86

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. Berrien 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/berrien-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.
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"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.