Farmland Atlas · county record

Brooks County, Georgia

Brooks County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $106 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,723 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13027. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$106/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · tied for 16th highest of 105
Cash rent, irrigated
$223/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 17th lowest of 39
Land and buildings
$4,723/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 49th highest of 135
Corn yield, 2008-2025 median
143.6 bu/ac
11 published years, all practices · trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.23
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 28th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 52nd highest of 138
Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Georgia cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

Non-irrigated rent rose 28.5 percent from 2016 to 2026 to reach $106 per acre, while the 2022 land value was $4,723 per acre, a 35.1 percent gain from 2017. July nightly lows trend at 0.53 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average is 71.8 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 70.9 F.

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Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$70$106 dry$118$223 irrigated

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$106/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+28.5%nominal, $83 to $106
Irrigated, 2026$223/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2025)

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

Land and buildings, 2022$4,723/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,303/ac
Census 2017$3,496/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.1%+6.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 23% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024138.0129.0140.8141.6191.6143.6154.1146.3118.6175.8190.6median 143.6

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

15-yr trendCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2025 county yield190.6 bu/acall practices
Median, 2008–2025143.6 bu/ac11 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2020: 118.6 bu/ac83% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.9 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.623.040.561.00: 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$11.23
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.22claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.98$76.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 28
Worst year2024ratio 3.04
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 26% · wind 25% · excess moisture 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020254114

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, 2000–2025193 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200041 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202520 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.8 °F1991–2020 normal 70.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% 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, 202223%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland2,073 ac
Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland21,199 ac
Cover crops, 202222% of cropland26,915 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202143620,4405,250

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,250 ac4.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029851 ac16% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$101/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025300 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202213,163−25.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Brooks County$106$223$4,723n/a$11.23
Jefferson County, FL$44 2025n/a$5,049n/a$11.45
Madison County, FL$22$278 2024$4,506n/a$7.64
Colquitt County$120$255$4,183193.7$12.32
Cook County$101$243$4,057n/a$15.26
Lowndes County$92$182 2024$3,938n/a$18.57
Thomas County$121$252$4,110123.9$10.20
Median next door$101$252$4,147158.8 2 co.$11.89

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. Brooks 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/brooks-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.

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.