Lamar County, Georgia
Lamar County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,215 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.49 since 1997. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13171. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
GA median $58 · tied for 20th lowest of 105
GA median $4,057 · 43rd highest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 13th lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 36th highest of 138
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lamar County is $35 per acre for 2026, unchanged from 2016 to 2026, 0 percent. Census land value was $5,215 per acre in 2022, up 49 percent from 2017, or 8.3 percent a year. July nights average 70.4 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 68.8 F, and the trend since 1976 is 0.46 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities for 1997-2025 closed crop years total $1.2 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 72 percent; that share ran 86 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, and 84 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks fell to 4 in 2021-2025, down from 306 of 1357 weeks, 22.5 percent, over 2000-2025.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Georgia county rate, side by side: Georgia cash rent by county.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar County | $35 | $5,215 | $9.51 |
| Butts County | $26 2024 | $5,127 | n/a |
| Monroe County | $36 2023 | $4,275 | $19.07 |
| Pike County | $45 2025 | $6,000 | n/a |
| Spalding County | $27 | $6,320 | n/a |
| Upson County | $35 | $3,824 | n/a |
| Median next door | $31 2 co. | $5,127 | $19.07 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. Lamar County, Georgia. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/lamar-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.