Farmland Atlas · county record

Pike County, Georgia

Pike County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2025); land and buildings $6,000 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13231. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value itself rose 22.5 percent over 2017-2022, at 4.1 percent a year. The July nightly low trend runs 0.44 F per decade warming since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 70.5 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 69 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$45/ac

2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare

Land and buildings

$6,000/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 35th highest of 135

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 25% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

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under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

16%

2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 29th lowest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2025$45/ac

Change 2013 to 2025+64.8%nominal, $27 to $45

Pasture, 2024$29/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,000/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,650/ac

Census 2017$4,897/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+22.5%+4.1% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 25% 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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 1995–2024freeze 50% · heat and drought 37% · other 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025304 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.0 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September24.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland403 ac

Cover crops, 20226% of cropland578 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025300 ac5.2% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028247 ac82% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$43/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 20223,919−22.6% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Pike County	$45 2025	$6,000	—
Lamar County	$35	$5,215	$9.51
Meriwether County	$44	$4,592	$38.71
Spalding County	$27	$6,320	—
Upson County	$35	$3,824	—
Median next door	$35	$4,904	$24.11 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. Pike 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/pike-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.

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