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Murray County, Georgia

Murray County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $43 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,452 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13213. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Murray County averages $43 per acre in 2026, up 34.4 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $6,452 per acre in 2022, up 27.3 percent from 2017, or 4.9 percent a year. The July nightly low has moved from a 67.3 F normal to 68.5 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.39 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance shows a loss ratio of 1.01 across 1995-2025, rising to 1.16 over 2016-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause of indemnities at 54 percent; heat and drought's share was 37 percent in 2000-2009, 23 percent in 2010-2019, and 52 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$43/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 35th lowest of 103
Land and buildings
$6,452/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 29th highest of 135
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 37% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$16.52
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 26th highest of 85
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 34th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50201520202025$34$43 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$43/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.4%nominal, $32 to $43
Pasture, 2026$35/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,452/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,288/ac
Census 2017$5,068/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.3%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 37% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$16.52
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.16claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.01$2.9 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025excess moisture 54% · heat and drought 41% · freeze 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202521501

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, 2000–2025189 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.5 °F1991–2020 normal 67.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% 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
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland2,696 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland401 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,0301,030

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,030 ac8.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$22/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20259.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20229,369+6.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Murray County$43$6,452—$16.52
Fannin County—$10,817——
Gilmer County$44$8,092——
Gordon County$34$6,746129.5$15.11
Whitfield County$28$6,983——
Bradley County, TN$38$8,324—$23.58
Polk County, TN$57 2025$6,300—$19.10
Median next door$36$7,538129.5 1 co.$19.10

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. Murray 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/murray-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.