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Terrell County, Georgia

Terrell County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $77 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,290 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 180.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13273. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 was 72.2 F, above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.8 F, on a warming trend of 0.51 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$77/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 38th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$234/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 19th highest of 39
Land and buildings
$3,290/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 34th lowest of 135
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
180.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 194.8 · irrigated and dryland combined
GA median 181.3 · 9th lowest of 18
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.81
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 31st highest of 85
Farmland rented
35%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 21st highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$54$77 dry$150$234 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$77/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.4%nominal, $65 to $77
Irrigated, 2026$234/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,290/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,364/ac
Census 2017$2,803/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+17.4%+3.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 35% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025143.0204.6median 180.8

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

Median, 2009–2025180.8 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025194.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 143.0 bu/ac79% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+2.8 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.333.670.661.00: 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$15.81
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.11claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.19$122.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium15 of 31
Worst year2000ratio 3.67
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · excess moisture 12% · area plans 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025527

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, 2000–2025248 of 1,357 weeks18% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.2 °F1991–2020 normal 70.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland381 ac
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland18,974 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland8,154 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202115416,47311,705

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,705 ac11.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028969 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$71/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202577.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,614−32.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Terrell County$77$234$3,290180.8$15.81
Calhoun County$87$225$2,997216.2$10.51
Dougherty County——$4,051—$17.02
Lee County$74$270$3,563—$14.69
Randolph County$63$207$2,912—$9.77
Sumter County$65$222 2025$3,216—$13.15
Webster County$35—$2,772—$16.35
Median next door$65$225$3,107216.2 1 co.$13.92

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. Terrell 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/terrell-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.
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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.