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Wayne County, Georgia

Wayne County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $76 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,579 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 110.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13305. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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July nightly lows have warmed at 0.64 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 72.8 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 71.7 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$76/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 39th highest of 103
Land and buildings
$3,579/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 51st lowest of 135
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: about 36% 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, 2008–2025 median
110.0 bu/ac
8 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · 41st highest of 85
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 32nd highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$40$76 dry

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$76/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+67.8%nominal, $45 to $76

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,579/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,746/ac
Census 2017$2,080/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+72.1%+11.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 36% 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

20082010201220142016201820202022202485.076.096.5177.7135.7123.692.0132.8median 110.0

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

Median, 2008–2025110.0 bu/ac8 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2010: 76.0 bu/ac69% of median

Crop insurance record

200520102015202020252.850.711.00: 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$13.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.01claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.96$46.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 21
Worst year2005ratio 2.85
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 37% · heat and drought 21% · wind 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202524527

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, 2000–2025177 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.8 °F1991–2020 normal 71.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.64 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 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, 20226% of cropland1,294 ac
Farmed no-till, 202224% of cropland5,314 ac
Cover crops, 202225% of cropland5,502 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212252,378154

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

CRP enrolled, 2025154 ac0.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202847 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$62/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20252.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20224,474−32.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Wayne County$76—$3,579$13.77
Appling County$101$254 2025$3,332$18.41
Brantley County$48—$3,316$26.87
Glynn County——$32,706—
Long County——$4,019—
McIntosh County——$2,056—
Pierce County$119—$3,076$20.75
Tattnall County$61$220$3,656$15.48
Median next door$81$220 1 co.$3,332$19.58

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. Wayne 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/wayne-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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