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.
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.
GA median $58 · tied for 17th lowest of 103
GA median $4,057 · 19th highest of 135
GA median 24% · 59th 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
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.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims 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-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.