Brantley County, Georgia
Brantley County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,316 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 76.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Brantley County runs $48 per acre, against a census land value of $3,316 per acre. Corn yields have a median of 76.9 bushels per acre from 2008-2024, with 2009 as the worst year at 50. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved 49 percent, 24 percent, 15 percent, 4 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025, while freeze and frost remains the largest single cause of indemnities overall at 35 percent. July nights have warmed at 0.71 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average low of 72.5 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 71.2 F. Drought weeks have run 174 of 1357 since 2000, with just 12 weeks in 2021-2025. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.
GA median $58 · tied for 44th lowest of 103
GA median $4,057 · 37th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 2nd highest of 85
GA median 24% · 41st lowest 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brantley County | $48 | $3,316 | — | $26.87 |
| Camden County | — | $3,536 | — | — |
| Charlton County | — | $3,119 | — | — |
| Glynn County | — | $32,706 | — | — |
| Pierce County | $119 | $3,076 | — | $20.75 |
| Ware County | $83 2025 | $3,041 | 130.8 | $21.02 |
| Wayne County | $76 | $3,579 | — | $13.77 |
| Median next door | $97 2 co. | $3,328 | 130.8 1 co. | $20.75 |
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. Brantley 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/brantley-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.