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Candler County, Georgia

Candler County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $75 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,728 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$75/ac

2026 county average
GA median $58 · tied for 41st highest of 103

Cash rent, irrigated

$110/ac

2011 county average
too few 2011 county surveys in the state to compare

Land and buildings

$2,728/ac

2022 census · read with care: fell 14% from 2017 while next door rose a median 31%

Corn yield, median

—

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$11.94

2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 32nd lowest of 85

Farmland rented

21%

2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 56th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$75/ac

Change 2014 to 2026+43.3%nominal, $52 to $75

Irrigated, 2011$110/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,728/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,383/ac

Census 2017$3,160/ac

Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 14% from 2017 while the 4 counties next door rose a median 31%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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$11.94

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.70claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.91$51.0 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium7 of 25

Worst year2002ratio 2.35

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 41% · excess moisture 24% · other 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025168 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200245 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.8 °F1991–2020 normal 71.2 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.35 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 115% 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, 202211%

Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland250 ac

Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland3,640 ac

Cover crops, 202212% of cropland3,371 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,308 ac5.2% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028305 ac23% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$64/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 202551 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20223,214+9.8% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Candler County	$75	—	$2,728	—	$11.94
Bulloch County	$79	$194	$3,810	—	$9.44
Emanuel County	$69	$148 2025	$2,816	135.9	$10.06
Evans County	$57 2023	—	$3,486	—	$10.06
Tattnall County	$61	$220	$3,656	—	$15.48
Median next door	$69	$207 2 co.	$3,571	135.9 1 co.	$10.06

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. Candler 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/candler-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.

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