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Dodge County, Georgia

Dodge County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $82 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,010 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 170.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Dodge County runs $82 per acre in 2026, up 30.4 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $212 per acre, a multiple of 2.60 in 2026 and 2.60 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Corn yield trend is 4.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, median 170.4 bushels per acre, with a worst year of 116 in 2009. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 63 percent, 75 percent, 46 percent, 23 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Land value is $3,010 per acre in the 2022 census, up 15.8 percent from 2017. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW each.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$82/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 33rd highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$212/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 12th lowest of 39
Land and buildings
$3,010/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · tied for 23rd lowest of 135
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
170.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 210.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.21
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 37th highest of 85
Farmland rented
10%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 10th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$39$82 dry$100$212 irrigated

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$82/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+30.4%nominal, $63 to $82
Irrigated, 2026$212/ac
Pasture, 2025$30/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,010/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,202/ac
Census 2017$2,600/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+15.8%+3.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 38% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024123.0229.0median 170.4

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

Median, 2008–2025170.4 bu/ac14 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025210.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 116.0 bu/ac68% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.8 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2011201620211.060.160.481.091.061.340.622.690.561.00: 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$14.21
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.30claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.21$38.3 million paid
Worst year2024ratio 2.69
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · excess moisture 18% · wind 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025454

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, 2000–2025207 of 1,357 weeks15% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200045 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.1 °F1991–2020 normal 71.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202238%
Drained by tile, 20224% of cropland1,090 ac
Farmed no-till, 202215% of cropland4,088 ac
Cover crops, 202218% of cropland4,712 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202196920,0822,458

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,458 ac11.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028512 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$69/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20226,905+3.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202210%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Dodge County$82$212$3,010$14.21
Bleckley County$81$197$2,967$10.47
Laurens County$48$187$2,459$15.82
Pulaski County$142$216$3,436$8.75
Telfair County$59 2024—$2,451$23.77
Wheeler County——$3,641$34.68
Wilcox County$125$205$2,832$9.77
Median next door$103$201$2,900$13.15

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. Dodge 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/dodge-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.