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Bryan County, Georgia

Bryan County, GA: land and buildings $3,570 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.84 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Bryan County's clearest signal is heat. The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 sits at 73.4 F, above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.6 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.52 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 at 44 percent, and its share ran 51 percent in 1989-1999, 53 percent in 2000-2009, 52 percent in 2010-2019, then 6 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks tell a similar story: 177 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, with 2011 the worst year at 45 weeks, while 2021-2025 saw 8 such weeks. Census land value stands at $3,570 per acre, up 16 percent from 2017-2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$3,570/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 50th lowest of 135
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.73
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 7th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 52nd lowest of 138

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,570/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,932/ac
Census 2017$3,077/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.0%+3.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

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$8.73
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.84$3.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 44% · excess moisture 27% · other 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202520450

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, 2000–2025177 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201145 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.4 °F1991–2020 normal 72.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland507 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021036254

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

CRP enrolled, 202554 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20251.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022992+80.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Bryan County——$3,570$8.73
Bulloch County$79$194$3,810$9.44
Chatham County——$4,753—
Effingham County$32—$4,398$13.29
Evans County$57 2023—$3,486$10.06
Liberty County——$3,406—
Median next door$55 2 co.$194 1 co.$3,810$10.06

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. Bryan 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/bryan-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.
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.