Webster County, Georgia
Webster County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,772 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13307. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Webster County averages $35 per acre in 2026, down 23.9 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent was $168 per acre in 2022. Land value stands at $2,772 per acre in 2022, up 13.5 percent from 2017, or 2.6 percent a year. Heat and drought account for 60 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, with that share at 57 percent in 1989-1999, 84 percent in 2000-2009, 62 percent in 2010-2019, and 38 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low has warmed at 0.49 F per decade since 1976, and drought weeks fell from 253 of 1357 weeks countywide in 2000-2025 to 4 weeks in 2021-2025.
GA median $58 · tied for 20th lowest of 103
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 10th lowest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 29th highest of 85
GA median 24% · 13th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster County | $35 | — | $2,772 | — | $16.35 |
| Marion County | $36 | — | $2,843 | — | $11.65 |
| Randolph County | $63 | $207 | $2,912 | — | $9.77 |
| Stewart County | — | $152 | $3,010 | — | $21.02 |
| Sumter County | $65 | $222 2025 | $3,216 | — | $13.15 |
| Terrell County | $77 | $234 | $3,290 | 180.8 | $15.81 |
| Median next door | $64 | $207 | $3,010 | 180.8 1 co. | $13.15 |
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. Webster 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/webster-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.