Sumter County, Georgia
Sumter County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $65 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,216 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 189.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13261. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Sumter County averages $65 per acre in 2026, up 22.6 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent runs $222 per acre in 2025, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent has moved from 3.41 in 2010 to 4.55 in 2022, direction rising. Fifty-three percent of harvested cropland is irrigated as of the 2022 census, with 72 percent of irrigation water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Heat and drought accounted for 54 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, with the share at 50 percent in 1989-1999, 59 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, and 39 percent in 2020-2025. Land value, per the operators' own estimate, sits at $3,216 per acre in 2022, up 12.5 percent from 2017.
GA median $58 · 47th highest of 103
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 33rd lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 41st lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 68th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter County | $65 | $222 2025 | $3,216 | — | $13.15 |
| Crisp County | $83 | $242 2025 | $3,063 | — | $6.79 |
| Dooly County | $75 | — | $3,211 | — | $12.38 |
| Lee County | $74 | $270 | $3,563 | — | $14.69 |
| Macon County | $89 | $196 | $3,435 | 181.8 | $9.24 |
| Marion County | $36 | — | $2,843 | — | $11.65 |
| Schley County | $45 | — | $3,858 | — | $19.80 |
| Terrell County | $77 | $234 | $3,290 | 180.8 | $15.81 |
| Webster County | $35 | — | $2,772 | — | $16.35 |
| Median next door | $74 | $234 | $3,251 | 181.3 2 co. | $13.54 |
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. Sumter 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/sumter-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.