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Franklin County, Georgia

Franklin County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,127 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 151.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Franklin County averages $34 per acre in 2026, up 38.8 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $7,127 per acre, up 24 percent from 2017, 4.4 percent a year. Cropland here is mostly dry-farmed, with only 3 percent irrigated as of the 2022 census. July nights have warmed from a 68.9 F normal to 70.1 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.37 F per decade trend since 1976. Drought weeks ran 274 of 1357 from 2000-2025, but only 14 from 2021-2025, and the median corn yield for 2013-2025 was 151.1 bushels per acre against a low of 100 in 2020.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$34/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · tied for 17th lowest of 103
Land and buildings
$7,127/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 19th highest of 135
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.23
$34 ÷ 148.8 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2013–2025 median
151.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 148.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 59th highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$23$34 dry

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$34/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+38.8%nominal, $25 to $34
Pasture, 2026$31/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.23$34 ÷ 148.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,127/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,412/ac
Census 2017$5,748/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.0%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 30% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025171.4118.0157.1100.0151.1117.5162.2153.4141.8median 151.1

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

Median, 2013–2025151.1 bu/ac9 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025148.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2020: 100.0 bu/ac66% of median

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025area plans 31% · heat and drought 20% · excess moisture 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202532530

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, 2000–2025274 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200853 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.1 °F1991–2020 normal 68.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.37 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland123 ac
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland3,891 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland812 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,20894

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

CRP enrolled, 202594 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20253 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202219,584−8.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Franklin County$34$7,127—
Banks County$28$6,926—
Hart County$40$7,267$13.90
Madison County$36$7,085—
Stephens County$40$7,529—
Oconee County, SC$33$7,485—
Median next door$36$7,267$13.90 1 co.

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. Franklin 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/franklin-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.