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Lowndes County, Georgia

Lowndes County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $92 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,938 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13185. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$92/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 24th highest of 105
Cash rent, irrigated
$182/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,938/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 28% from 2017 while next door rose a median 34%
Corn yield
n/a
county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$18.57
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 17th highest of 85
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 54th highest of 138
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Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$50$92 dry$88$182 irrigated

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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$92/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+32.4%nominal, $70 to $92
Irrigated, 2024$182/ac
Pasture, 2024$50/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2023)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,938/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,538/ac
Census 2017$5,451/ac
Read with careThe 2022 census value fell 28% from 2017 while the 7 counties next door rose a median 34%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

2011201620210.740.340.871.700.632.062.791.621.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$18.57
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.59claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.20$32.2 million paid
Worst year2024ratio 2.79
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025wind 40% · excess moisture 23% · heat and drought 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025313813

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, 2000–2025167 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201138 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.5 °F1991–2020 normal 70.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland331 ac
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland7,104 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland1,820 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213754,741795

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

CRP enrolled, 2025795 ac3.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029128 ac16% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$104/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202558.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,282−36.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Lowndes County$92$182 2024$3,938$18.57
Hamilton County, FL$65n/a$4,547$15.19
Madison County, FL$22$278 2024$4,506$7.64
Berrien County$103$269$4,188$19.34
Brooks County$106$223$4,723$11.23
Cook County$101$243$4,057$15.26
Echols County$95n/a$3,971$17.82
Lanier County$87n/a$4,152$21.84
Median next door$95$243$4,188$15.26

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. Lowndes 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/lowndes-county
Every 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.