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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 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$92/ac

2026 county average
GA median $58 · 24th highest of 103

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, median

—

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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

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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$92/ac

Change 2014 to 2026+32.4%nominal, $70 to $92

Irrigated, 2024$182/ac

Pasture, 2024$50/ac

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 care— the 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 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 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

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, 2022— NASS 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

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

CRP enrolled, 2025795 ac3.3% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028172 ac22% 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

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Lowndes County	$92	$182 2024	$3,938	$18.57
Hamilton County, FL	$65	—	$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	$95	—	$3,971	$17.82
Lanier County	$87	—	$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 2026-09-20, 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. 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.

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