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Toombs County, Georgia

Toombs County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $68 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,365 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 182.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13279. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The July average nightly low measured 72.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.4 F, with a warming trend of 0.39 F per decade since 1976. Land values reached $3,365 per acre in 2022, a 21 percent gain from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$68/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 46th highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$242/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 18th highest of 39
Land and buildings
$3,365/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 41st lowest of 135
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
182.5 bu/ac
10 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 38th highest of 85
Farmland rented
21%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 61st lowest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$45$68 dry$171$242 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$68/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+43.6%nominal, $47 to $68
Irrigated, 2026$242/ac
Pasture, 2023$55/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,365/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,371/ac
Census 2017$2,780/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.0%+3.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 64% 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

200820102012201420162018202020222024164.0168.2210.0199.7148.5185.0180.0194.1177.1191.9median 182.5

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

Median, 2008–2025182.5 bu/ac10 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2013: 148.5 bu/ac81% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+0.8 bu/ac a year±2.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.841.950.821.00: 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$14.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.75claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.92$70.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 24
Worst year2003ratio 1.95
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 31% · other 22% · heat and drought 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202532524

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, 2000–2025201 of 1,357 weeks15% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 115% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 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, 20222% of cropland512 ac
Farmed no-till, 202226% of cropland7,738 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland1,580 ac
198619911996200120062011201620214,94920,265358

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

CRP enrolled, 2025358 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028173 ac48% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$63/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20227,259+12.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202221%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Toombs County$68$242$3,365—$14.11
Appling County$101$254 2025$3,332—$18.41
Emanuel County$69$148 2025$2,816135.9$10.06
Jeff Davis County$111$224$3,127—$18.64
Montgomery County$81—$3,312—$14.09
Tattnall County$61$220$3,656—$15.48
Treutlen County$75—$2,356—$18.61
Median next door$78$222 2 co.$3,220135.9 1 co.$16.95

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. Toombs 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/toombs-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.