Farmland Atlas · county record

Stewart County, Georgia

Stewart County, GA: irrigated cash rent $152 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,010 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.25 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13259. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The July average nightly low ran 70.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 70 F, with a warming trend of 0.33 F per decade since 1976. Census land value reached $3,010 per acre in 2022, up 45.5 percent from 2017, and 101 MW of solar capacity is operating in the county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$152/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · lowest of 39
Land and buildings
$3,010/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · tied for 23rd lowest of 135
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$21.02
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · tied for 7th highest of 85
Farmland rented
18%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 38th lowest of 138

Cash rent

Irrigated, 2026$152/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,010/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,963/ac
Census 2017$2,069/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+45.5%+7.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

202120230.840.951.051.00: 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$21.02
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.25claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.25$24.8 million paid
Worst year2023ratio 1.05
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 66% · excess moisture 12% · area plans 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025523

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, 2000–2025267 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.7 °F1991–2020 normal 70.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202216%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland1,580 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland867 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,6991,474

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,474 ac8.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028245 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$74/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025101 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,070+7.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202218%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Stewart County—$152$3,010$21.02
Barbour County, AL$59$131 2023$2,617$10.05
Russell County, AL$42—$2,820$10.88
Chattahoochee County——$8,235—
Marion County$36—$2,843$11.65
Quitman County——$3,653$11.09
Randolph County$63$207$2,912$9.77
Webster County$35—$2,772$16.35
Median next door$42$207 1 co.$2,843$10.99

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. Stewart 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/stewart-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.