Spalding County, Georgia
Spalding County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,320 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13255. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
The 2022 census puts land and buildings at $6,320 per acre, up 23.4 percent over 2017-2022, or 4.3 percent a year. Non-irrigated cash rent runs $27 per acre for 2026. July nightly lows have warmed at 0.45 F per decade since 1976, reaching a 2017-2026 average of 70.8 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 69.3 F. Severe drought or worse covered the county during 303 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, though only 7 such weeks fell in 2021-2025.
GA median $58 · 4th lowest of 103
GA median $4,057 · 32nd highest of 135
GA median 24% · 32nd lowest of 138
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
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.
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding County | $27 | $6,320 | — |
| Butts County | $26 2024 | $5,127 | — |
| Clayton County | — | $6,922 | — |
| Coweta County | $29 | $6,209 | — |
| Fayette County | — | $10,668 | — |
| Henry County | — | $8,949 | — |
| Lamar County | $35 | $5,215 | $9.51 |
| Meriwether County | $44 | $4,592 | $38.71 |
| Pike County | $45 2025 | $6,000 | — |
| Median next door | $35 | $6,105 | $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. Spalding 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/spalding-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.