Pierce County, Georgia
Pierce County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $119 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,076 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 159.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13229. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pierce County runs $119 per acre in 2026, up 41.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent was $248 per acre in 2022, and the irrigated-to-non-irrigated multiple was 2.36 that year against 1.86 in 2009, with no clear direction over time. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 0.5 bushels per acre a year across 2011-2023, with a median of 159.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 119.6 in 2019. Crop insurance closed years 1989-2025 paid $81.8 million, led by excess moisture and flood at 32 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities ran 44 percent in 1989-1999, 23 percent in 2000-2009, 28 percent in 2010-2019, and 9 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value stood at $3,076 per acre in 2022, up 6.9 percent from 2017.
GA median $58 · 6th highest of 103
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 29th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 9th highest of 85
GA median 24% · 26th highest of 138
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | $119 | — | $3,076 | — | $20.75 |
| Appling County | $101 | $254 2025 | $3,332 | — | $18.41 |
| Bacon County | $88 | $200 | $3,663 | — | $22.61 |
| Brantley County | $48 | — | $3,316 | — | $26.87 |
| Ware County | $83 2025 | — | $3,041 | 130.8 | $21.02 |
| Wayne County | $76 | — | $3,579 | — | $13.77 |
| Median next door | $82 | $200 1 co. | $3,332 | 130.8 1 co. | $21.02 |
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. Pierce 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/pierce-countyEvery 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.