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Jones County, Georgia

Jones County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,562 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13169. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Jones County runs $25 per acre in 2025, against a census land value of $3,562 per acre in 2022. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. Drought pressure has eased in recent years: 6 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 282 of 1357 weeks (20.8 percent) over 2000-2025, with the worst year, 2012, at 52 weeks. July nightly lows have warmed since 1976 at 0.6 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average of 71 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.8 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$25/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,562/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 48th lowest of 135
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 28% 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
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 50th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$10$2020212022202320242025$19$25 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, 2025$25/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,562/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,176/ac
Census 2017$2,806/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.9%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 28% 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

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202541522

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, 2000–2025282 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.0 °F1991–2020 normal 69.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.60 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland45 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland324 ac
Cover crops, 202213% of cropland1,008 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021043248

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

CRP enrolled, 202548 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 20222,808+2.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Jones County$25 2025—$3,562—
Baldwin County——$2,901—
Bibb County——$8,544—
Jasper County——$4,573—
Monroe County$36 2023—$4,275$19.07
Putnam County$40—$4,713—
Twiggs County—$221$2,361$18.61
Wilkinson County$41 2024—$2,292—
Median next door$40 1 co.$221 1 co.$4,275$18.84 2 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. Jones 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/jones-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.