Clay County, Georgia
Clay County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $83 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,401 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 191.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13061. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clay County runs $83 per acre in 2026, up 36.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rented for $173 per acre in 2020, a multiple of 3.06 over non-irrigated rent that year, compared with 2.94 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Heat and drought account for 61 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share moved from 49 percent in 1989-1999 to 69 percent in 2000-2009 to 69 percent in 2010-2019 to 53 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks at severe level or worse fell from a 2000-2025 share of 19.3 percent to 9 weeks in 2021-2025. Census land value stood at $3,401 per acre in 2022, up 43.7 percent from 2017, and irrigation covers 55 percent of harvested cropland.
GA median $58 · tied for 31st highest of 103
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 42nd lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 38th lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 53rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | $83 | — | $3,401 | — | $12.61 |
| Barbour County, AL | $59 | $131 2023 | $2,617 | — | $10.05 |
| Henry County, AL | $52 | $129 2025 | $3,328 | — | $17.29 |
| Calhoun County | $87 | $225 | $2,997 | 216.2 | $10.51 |
| Early County | $87 | $261 | $3,557 | — | $16.45 |
| Quitman County | — | — | $3,653 | — | $11.09 |
| Randolph County | $63 | $207 | $2,912 | — | $9.77 |
| Median next door | $63 | $225 | $3,163 | 216.2 1 co. | $10.80 |
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. Clay 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/clay-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.