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Marion County, Georgia

Marion County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,843 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 130.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13197. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Marion County, GA sits at $36 per acre in 2026, up 4.3 percent from 2016. The county spent 266 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2012 recording 52 such weeks, while 2021-2025 saw only 12.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$36/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 27th lowest of 103
Land and buildings
$2,843/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 15th lowest of 135
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: about 17% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
130.0 bu/ac
11 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.65
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 30th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
15%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 27th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$26$36 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, 2026$36/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+4.3%nominal, $35 to $36

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,843/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,246/ac
Census 2017$2,375/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.7%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 17% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024110.0133.081.0156.7181.4102.5130.088.4150.0119.1141.3median 130.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024130.0 bu/ac11 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2011: 81.0 bu/ac62% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+1.0 bu/ac a year±5.0 (95% interval)

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$11.65
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.77claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.83$5.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 66% · excess moisture 16% · area plans 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025485212

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, 2000–2025266 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.34 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202217%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland1,371 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland346 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213343,635826

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

CRP enrolled, 2025826 ac6.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$34/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20223,375−45.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202215%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Marion County$36—$2,843$11.65
Chattahoochee County——$8,235—
Schley County$45—$3,858$19.80
Stewart County—$152$3,010$21.02
Sumter County$65$222 2025$3,216$13.15
Talbot County——$2,460—
Taylor County$50 2025$160 2023$3,338$26.67
Webster County$35—$2,772$16.35
Median next door$45$152 1 co.$3,216$19.80

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Marion 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/marion-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

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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.