Bulloch County, Georgia
Bulloch County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $79 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,810 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 140.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Bulloch County is $79 per acre in 2026, up 17 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $194 per acre, a multiple of 2.46 over non-irrigated in 2026, versus 2.06 in 2009; the direction of that multiple shows no clear direction. Only 16 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation, per the 2022 census, with 39 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Heat and drought have driven crop insurance losses for decades, but the share of indemnities they cause has moved from 71 percent in 1989-1999, to 62 percent in 2000-2009, to 50 percent in 2010-2019, to 9 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $3,810 per acre in 2022, up 33 percent from 2017.
GA median $58 · 36th highest of 103
GA median $231 · 5th lowest of 39
GA median $4,057 · 56th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 11th lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 7th highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulloch County | $79 | $194 | $3,810 | — | $9.44 |
| Bryan County | — | — | $3,570 | — | $8.73 |
| Candler County | $75 | — | $2,728 | — | $11.94 |
| Effingham County | $32 | — | $4,398 | — | $13.29 |
| Emanuel County | $69 | $148 2025 | $2,816 | 135.9 | $10.06 |
| Evans County | $57 2023 | — | $3,486 | — | $10.06 |
| Jenkins County | $74 | — | $2,983 | — | $11.02 |
| Screven County | $57 | $183 | $2,834 | 164.3 | $11.67 |
| Median next door | $69 | $183 1 co. | $2,983 | 150.1 2 co. | $11.02 |
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. Bulloch 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/bulloch-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.