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Wilcox County, Georgia

Wilcox County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $125 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,832 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 186.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13315. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Wilcox County reached $125 per acre in 2026, up 86.6 percent from 2016, against a Census land value of $2,832 per acre in 2022. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.47 F per decade, with the 2017-2026 average at 72.4 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 71.3 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$125/ac
2026 county average
GA median $58 · 2nd highest of 103
Cash rent, irrigated
$205/ac
2026 county average
GA median $231 · 10th lowest of 39
Land and buildings
$2,832/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 13th lowest of 135
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
186.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 184.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
GA median $13.24 · tied for 14th lowest of 85
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 34th highest of 138

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$59$125 dry$144$205 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$125/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+86.6%nominal, $67 to $125
Irrigated, 2026$205/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,832/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,439/ac
Census 2017$2,608/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+8.6%+1.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 50% 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

200820102012201420162018202020222024146.0181.3203.5207.5202.3190.0164.2183.0186.2176.9197.0median 186.2

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

Median, 2008–2025186.2 bu/ac11 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025184.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 146.0 bu/ac78% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+0.5 bu/ac a year±2.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.732.690.331.00: 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$9.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.07claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.00$64.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 31
Worst year2018ratio 2.69
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · wind 19% · excess moisture 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025444

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, 2000–2025224 of 1,357 weeks17% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200044 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.4 °F1991–2020 normal 71.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 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, 20221% of cropland614 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland5,506 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland2,672 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211879,2902,030

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,030 ac4.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028448 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$80/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20228,807+65.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Wilcox County$125$205$2,832$9.77
Ben Hill County$95$273$3,024$17.35
Crisp County$83$242 2025$3,063$6.79
Dodge County$82$212$3,010$14.21
Dooly County$75—$3,211$12.38
Pulaski County$142$216$3,436$8.75
Telfair County$59 2024—$2,451$23.77
Turner County$91$284$3,300$10.66
Median next door$87$245$3,063$12.38

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. Wilcox 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/wilcox-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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"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.