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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$75/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 40th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$229/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,211/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 32nd lowest of 135
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.38
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 35th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
40%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 9th highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$62$75 dry$142$229 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$75/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.1%nominal, $64 to $75
Irrigated, 2022$229/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,211/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,345/ac
Census 2017$2,922/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+9.9%+1.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 30% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920241.646.510.731.00: 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$12.38
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.93claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.06$201.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium17 of 37
Worst year1990ratio 6.51
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 62% · excess moisture 11% · wind 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202550524

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, 2000–2025256 of 1,357 weeks19% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.1 °F1991–2020 normal 70.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202230%
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland7,890 ac
Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland16,687 ac
Cover crops, 202230% of cropland46,029 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202119114,6686,449

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,449 ac4.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028842 ac13% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$85/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20222,867+51.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202240%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims 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$3,435181.8$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$3,326181.8 1 co.$9.00

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. 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-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.