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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$48/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · tied for 44th lowest of 103
Land and buildings
$3,316/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 37th lowest of 135
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
76.9 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 89.7 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$26.87
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 2nd highest of 85
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 41st lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50202120222023202420252026$35$48 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$48/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,316/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,893/ac
Census 2017$2,919/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+13.6%+2.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202460.050.0101.276.973.390.9111.788.555.8median 76.9

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

Median, 2008–202476.9 bu/ac9 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2020–202489.7 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 50.0 bu/ac65% of median

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$26.87
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.22claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.27$11.2 million paid
Worst year2024ratio 1.38
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 35% · excess moisture 22% · wind 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025244312

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, 2000–2025174 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201143 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.5 °F1991–2020 normal 71.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.71 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September30.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202232%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland54 ac
Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland83 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland252 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102180

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20221,914−12.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims 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$3,041130.8$21.02
Wayne County$76$3,579—$13.77
Median next door$97 2 co.$3,328130.8 1 co.$20.75

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. 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-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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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.