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Peach County, Georgia

Peach County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $60 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,440 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.93 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13225. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated land dominates Peach County, with 73 percent of harvested cropland under irrigation and 96 percent of that water drawn from groundwater. Irrigated cash rent stands at $197 per acre, while non-irrigated rent held flat at $60 per acre from 2016 to 2026, a change of 0 percent.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$60/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 50th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$197/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,440/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 30th highest of 135
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.48
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 4th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 55th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$43$60 dry$106$197 irrigated

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$60/ac
Change 2016 to 20260.0%nominal, $60 to $60
Irrigated, 2023$197/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,440/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,999/ac
Census 2017$5,766/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+11.7%+2.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 73% 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

20082013201820231.281.970.481.00: claims equal premium

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$7.48
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.97claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.93$32.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 18
Worst year2018ratio 1.97
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 47% · heat and drought 22% · excess moisture 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202546526

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, 2000–2025268 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.0 °F1991–2020 normal 70.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202273%
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland3,285 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland181 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212172,098208

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

CRP enrolled, 2025208 ac0.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202812 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$64/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202510.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,249−39.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Peach County$60$197 2023$6,440—$7.48
Crawford County$49 2024—$5,223—$12.57
Houston County$59—$5,027—$8.54
Macon County$89$196$3,435181.8$9.24
Taylor County$50 2025$160 2023$3,338—$26.67
Median next door$74 2 co.$196 1 co.$4,231181.8 1 co.$10.91

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. Peach 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/peach-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.