Dooly County, Georgia
Dooly County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $75 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,211 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.06 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dooly County averages $75 per acre in 2026, up 18.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent stood at $229 per acre in 2022, and the irrigated-to-non-irrigated multiple has moved with no clear direction, from 2.31 in 2009 to 2.99 in 2022. Thirty percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, with 87 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Heat and drought drove 62 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, though that share fell to 41 percent in 2020-2025 after running higher in 1989-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2019. July nights have warmed, averaging 72.1 F over 2017-2026 against a 70.9 F normal for 1991-2020. Census land value reached $3,211 per acre in 2022, up 9.9 percent from 2017.
GA median $58 · 40th highest of 103
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 32nd lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 35th lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 9th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dooly County | $75 | — | $3,211 | — | $12.38 |
| Crisp County | $83 | $242 2025 | $3,063 | — | $6.79 |
| Houston County | $59 | — | $5,027 | — | $8.54 |
| Macon County | $89 | $196 | $3,435 | 181.8 | $9.24 |
| Pulaski County | $142 | $216 | $3,436 | — | $8.75 |
| Sumter County | $65 | $222 2025 | $3,216 | — | $13.15 |
| Wilcox County | $125 | $205 | $2,832 | — | $9.77 |
| Median next door | $86 | $205 | $3,326 | 181.8 1 co. | $9.00 |
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. Dooly 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/dooly-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.