Taylor County, Georgia
Taylor County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $50 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,338 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13269. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Taylor County averages $50 per acre in 2025, up 16.3 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent was $160 per acre in 2023. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $27.6 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 47 percent; heat and drought's share of losses has moved from 70 percent in 1989-1999, to 62 percent in 2000-2009, to 36 percent in 2010-2019, to 14 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 265 of 1357 (19.5 percent) from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 52 weeks, and only 7 weeks from 2021-2025. July nights have warmed from a 69.7 F normal to 70.7 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.4 F per decade trend since 1976.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 39th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 3rd highest of 85
GA median 24% · 62nd 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor County | $50 2025 | $160 2023 | $3,338 | — | $26.67 |
| Crawford County | $49 2024 | — | $5,223 | — | $12.57 |
| Macon County | $89 | $196 | $3,435 | 181.8 | $9.24 |
| Marion County | $36 | — | $2,843 | — | $11.65 |
| Peach County | $60 | $197 2023 | $6,440 | — | $7.48 |
| Schley County | $45 | — | $3,858 | — | $19.80 |
| Talbot County | — | — | $2,460 | — | — |
| Upson County | $35 | — | $3,824 | — | — |
| Median next door | $45 | $196 1 co. | $3,824 | 181.8 1 co. | $11.65 |
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. Taylor 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/taylor-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.