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Thomas County, Georgia

Thomas County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $121 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,110 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 123.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13275. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$121/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 3rd highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$252/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 15th highest of 39
Land and buildings
$4,110/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 66th highest of 135
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
123.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 176.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
GA median 181.3 · lowest of 18
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.20
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 19th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 63rd highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$69$121 dry$158$252 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$121/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+50.3%nominal, $81 to $121
Irrigated, 2026$252/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,110/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,344/ac
Census 2017$3,640/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.9%+2.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 16% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202494.0202.2median 123.9

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

Median, 2008–2025123.9 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025176.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 30.1 bu/ac24% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+6.7 bu/ac a year±2.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.192.950.461.00: 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$10.20
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.23claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.86$49.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 23
Worst year2024ratio 2.95
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025wind 35% · heat and drought 25% · excess moisture 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020254614

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, 2000–2025212 of 1,357 weeks16% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200046 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.0 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202216%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland1,211 ac
Farmed no-till, 202215% of cropland13,542 ac
Cover crops, 202224% of cropland22,622 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211986,2294,300

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,300 ac5.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028360 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$109/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202214,605+43.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Thomas County$121$252$4,110123.9$10.20
Jefferson County, FL$44 2025—$5,049—$11.45
Leon County, FL——$7,248——
Brooks County$106$223$4,723—$11.23
Colquitt County$120$255$4,183193.7$12.32
Grady County$113$303$3,955149.6$8.85
Mitchell County$112$260$4,002—$11.52
Median next door$113$258$4,453171.7 2 co.$11.45

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. Thomas 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/thomas-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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