Talbot County, Georgia
Talbot County, GA: land and buildings $2,460 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13263. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.
Stands out against its own record
With half the county or more in severe drought (D2) or worse in 2026 so far, the most since 2012 (52 weeks).
U.S. Drought Monitor weekly maps, 2000 to 2026 (40 maps this year)
GA median 24% · 3rd lowest of 138
Grain and prices within 50 miles
Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.
Georgia cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts
Weather and the season
Rain so far this year in Georgia, county by county
Drought, year by year
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Crops
Corn yield
Land rent, value, sales
Cash rent
Every published Georgia county rate, side by side: Georgia cash rent by county.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Georgia average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
Programs and risk
Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Talbot County.
PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Talbot County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid over total premium, each closed crop year since 1992; a year with under $1,000,000 of premium has no bar. Above the dashed line, claims were more than premium.
Conservation Reserve Program
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
What farms here look like
USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talbot County | n/a | n/a | $2,460 | n/a |
| Chattahoochee County | n/a | n/a | $8,235 | n/a |
| Harris County | n/a | n/a | $4,181 | n/a |
| Marion County | $36 | n/a | $2,843 | $11.65 |
| Meriwether County | $44 | n/a | $4,592 | $38.71 |
| Muscogee County | n/a | n/a | $4,700 | n/a |
| Taylor County | $50 2025 | $160 2023 | $3,338 | $26.67 |
| Upson County | $35 | n/a | $3,824 | n/a |
| Median next door | $36 | n/a | $4,181 | $26.67 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year; one more than three survey years old shows n/a.
Not on this page yet
- This year's growing degree days and first fall freeze for the county. The normals above are here; the current year is not yet.
- County crop condition and harvest pace. USDA publishes them by state, not by county, so the state line stands in.
- Recorded farm sale prices. We read county deed records for Illinois and Wisconsin so far, not Georgia.
- Number of farms and farm size, from the 2022 Census of Agriculture county tables.
- Soils, slope, wetlands and flood zones for one field. Those load at the field in Field Scout, not on a county page.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Talbot County, Georgia. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/talbot-countySources and terms
Every figure is a county average from the sources below, not an appraisal of any farm. "Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: USDA NASS county corn yields. Loss ratio and claims: USDA RMA Summary of Business. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).