Farmland Atlas · county record

Hancock County, Georgia

Hancock County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $29 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,478 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value rose 18.5 percent over 2017-2022, at 3.4 percent a year. The July average nightly low ran 70.8 F over 2017-2026, up from the 1991-2020 normal of 69.9 F, with a warming trend of 0.48 F per decade since 1976. Severe drought or worse covered the county during 279 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, though only 4 such weeks fell in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$29/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · tied for 8th lowest of 103
Land and buildings
$2,478/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 7th lowest of 135
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 13% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
8%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 5th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30201520202025$19$29 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$29/ac
Pasture, 2024$24/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,478/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,424/ac
Census 2017$2,092/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+18.5%+3.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 13% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2006. 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, 2006–2025wind 33% · excess moisture 30% · heat and drought 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202538520

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, 2000–2025279 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.8 °F1991–2020 normal 69.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% 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, 20228%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland361 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland461 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211751,27875

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

CRP enrolled, 202575 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20223,132−27.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Hancock County$29$2,478—
Baldwin County—$2,901—
Glascock County—$2,364$9.46
Greene County$17$5,412—
Putnam County$40$4,713—
Taliaferro County$58$4,828—
Warren County$21 2023$2,933$11.14
Washington County$57$2,691$10.06
Median next door$48$2,933$10.06

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. Hancock 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/hancock-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.