Madison County, Georgia
Madison County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,085 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13195. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
GA median $58 · tied for 25th lowest of 105
GA median $4,057 · 21st highest of 135
GA median 24% · 64th lowest of 138
Non-irrigated ground in Madison County rents for $36 per acre in 2026, up 24.6 percent from 2016. Land value was $7,085 per acre in 2022, a rise of 25.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.6 percent a year. Just 3 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census. July nights average 70.4 F over 2017-2026, against a 68.9 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 is 0.57 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought caused 66 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2025, with shares of 65 percent for 2010-2019 and 64 percent for 2020-2025; drought weeks fell from 303 of 1357 across 2000-2025 to 16 in 2021-2025.
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 1989. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County | $36 | $7,085 | n/a |
| Banks County | $28 | $6,926 | n/a |
| Clarke County | n/a | $19,535 | n/a |
| Elbert County | $37 | $4,492 | n/a |
| Franklin County | $34 | $7,127 | n/a |
| Hart County | $40 | $7,267 | $13.90 |
| Jackson County | $32 2024 | $8,356 | n/a |
| Oglethorpe County | $34 | $5,655 | n/a |
| Median next door | $34 | $7,127 | $13.90 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. Madison 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/madison-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.