Early County, Georgia
Early County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $87 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,557 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13099. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
GA median $58 · tied for 28th highest of 105
GA median $231 · 10th highest of 39
GA median $4,057 · 47th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 27th highest of 85
GA median 24% · 48th highest of 138
Irrigated ground makes up 43 percent of the harvested cropland in Early County, and that's changed the risk picture. Non-irrigated rent is $87 per acre in 2026, but irrigated rent is $261. The county's seen heat and drought in 50 percent of all crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989 to 2025, though that share has fallen from 64 percent in 1989-1999 to 44 percent in 2020-2025. Corn yields have trended up 2.3 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 194.1 bushels per acre. The loss ratio over the last ten crop years is 1.2, meaning indemnities have paid out more than the premiums collected.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Georgia county rate, side by side: Georgia cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Early County: its grids, county values and record.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Georgia average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
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.
Rain so far this year in Georgia, county by county
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early County | $87 | $261 | $3,557 | n/a | $16.45 |
| Henry County, AL | $52 | $129 2025 | $3,328 | n/a | $17.18 |
| Houston County, AL | $61 | $203 2025 | $3,685 | n/a | $20.54 |
| Baker County | $106 | $271 | $3,716 | 191.1 | $16.56 |
| Calhoun County | $87 | $225 | $2,997 | 216.2 | $10.51 |
| Clay County | $83 | n/a | $3,401 | n/a | $12.61 |
| Miller County | $96 | $259 | $3,973 | 198.8 | $15.11 |
| Seminole County | $108 | $274 | $3,993 | 206.1 | $13.24 |
| Median next door | $87 | $265 | $3,685 | 202.5 | $15.11 |
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. Early County, Georgia. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/early-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.