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Tattnall County, Georgia

Tattnall County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $61 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,656 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13267. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$61/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 49th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$220/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · tied for 14th lowest of 39
Land and buildings
$3,656/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 53rd lowest of 135
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
169.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 172.1 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.48
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 32nd highest of 85
Farmland rented
23%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 68th lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$53$61 dry$99$220 irrigated

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, 2026$61/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+13.0%nominal, $54 to $61
Irrigated, 2026$220/ac
Pasture, 2024$49/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,656/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,778/ac
Census 2017$3,874/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−5.6%−1.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 26% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024169.0189.1165.5median 169.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025169.0 bu/ac13 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025172.1 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2015: 143.1 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+0.4 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1998200320082013201820230.661.910.821.00: 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$15.48
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.78claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.91$118.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 28
Worst year2002ratio 1.91
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 44% · other 20% · heat and drought 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202527522

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, 2000–2025188 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20252 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.4 °F1991–2020 normal 71.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.42 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202226%
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland4,300 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland6,935 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland4,278 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,36711,477834

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

CRP enrolled, 2025834 ac1.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028200 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$66/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20254.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202211,043−20.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202223%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Tattnall County$61$220$3,656$15.48
Appling County$101$254 2025$3,332$18.41
Candler County$75—$2,728$11.94
Evans County$57 2023—$3,486$10.06
Liberty County——$3,406—
Long County——$4,019—
Toombs County$68$242$3,365$14.11
Wayne County$76—$3,579$13.77
Median next door$75$242 1 co.$3,406$13.77

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. Tattnall 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/tattnall-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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