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McDuffie County, Georgia

McDuffie County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $78 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,810 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13189. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in McDuffie County runs $78 per acre in 2026, up 49 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent stood at $149 per acre in 2012, and only 11 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. July nights average 71 F for 2017-2026 against a 70 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.48 F per decade since 1976. Drought was severe or worse for 262 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, but only 2 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$78/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 37th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$149/ac
2012 county average
too few 2012 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,810/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 11th lowest of 135
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 42nd lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$31$78 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$78/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+49.0%nominal, $52 to $78
Irrigated, 2012$149/ac
Pasture, 2026$32/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,810/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,866/ac
Census 2017$2,994/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−6.1%−1.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 11% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Loss ratio, 1995–20220.01$24,681 paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202531522

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, 2000–2025262 of 1,357 weeks19% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20252 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.0 °F1991–2020 normal 70.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September22.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% 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, 202211%
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland351 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland142 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213811,5060

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2021$45/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20228,710+27.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
McDuffie County$78—$2,810——
Columbia County$26 2025—$6,571——
Jefferson County$35$203$3,547203.2$8.13
Lincoln County$23—$3,791——
Richmond County——$4,332——
Warren County$21 2023—$2,933—$11.14
Wilkes County$24—$3,614——
Median next door$24$203 1 co.$3,703203.2 1 co.$9.64 2 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. McDuffie 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/mcduffie-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.