Grady County, Georgia
Grady County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $113 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,955 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 149.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13131. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland in Grady County rents for $303 per acre in 2026, non-irrigated for $113 per acre. That gap has not moved in one direction: the irrigated multiple was 2.55 in 2009 and 2.68 in 2026, with no clear direction. Irrigation covers 23 percent of harvested cropland, and 66 percent of that water comes from groundwater. Heat and drought once drove crop insurance losses hard: 69 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 62 percent in 2000-2009, 42 percent in 2010-2019, and 26 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.04, above the 1989-2025 figure of 0.84. Census land value sits at $3,955 per acre, up 5.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.
GA median $58 · tied for 8th highest of 103
GA median $231 · highest of 39
GA median $4,057 · 61st lowest of 135
GA median 181.3 · 5th lowest of 18
GA median $13.24 · 9th lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 57th lowest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady County | $113 | $303 | $3,955 | 149.6 | $8.85 |
| Gadsden County, FL | — | — | $4,409 | — | $14.23 |
| Leon County, FL | — | — | $7,248 | — | — |
| Decatur County | $117 | $266 | $3,951 | — | $12.44 |
| Mitchell County | $112 | $260 | $4,002 | — | $11.52 |
| Thomas County | $121 | $252 | $4,110 | 123.9 | $10.20 |
| Median next door | $117 | $260 | $4,110 | 123.9 1 co. | $11.98 |
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. Grady 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/grady-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.