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Wilkes County, Georgia

Wilkes County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,614 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13317. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$24/ac

2026 county average
GA median $58 · 3rd lowest of 105

Land and buildings

$3,614/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057 · 52nd lowest of 135

Rent as % of land value

n/a

not shown: cropland is 22% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

n/a

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

n/a

under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

28%

2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24% · 43rd highest of 138

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Georgia cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

In Wilkes County, non-irrigated cash rent is $24 per acre in 2026, up 9.3 percent from 2016. July nights average 70.9 F for 2017-2026, against a 69.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 is 0.47 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2025 total $341,598, with heat and drought the largest cause at 68 percent, a share that holds steady at 68 percent for 2020-2025. Drought weeks at severe level or worse ran 301 of 1357 from 2000-2025, worst year 2008 with 53 weeks, but only 7 weeks from 2021-2025. Solar and wind operating and proposed both are 0 MW.

Cash rent

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Georgia county rate, side by side: Georgia cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$24/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+9.3%nominal, $22 to $24

Pasture, 2026$21/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,614/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,777/ac

Census 2017$3,447/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+4.8%+1.0% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 22% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025heat and drought 68% · price decline (revenue policies) 15% · wind 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025301 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200853 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.9 °F1991–2020 normal 69.7 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September22.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland610 ac

Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland1,913 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland454 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025273 ac2.7% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac0% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$15/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202211,740−14.8% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Wilkes County	$24	$3,614	n/a
Elbert County	$37	$4,492	n/a
Lincoln County	$23	$3,791	n/a
McDuffie County	$78	$2,810	n/a
Oglethorpe County	$34	$5,655	n/a
Taliaferro County	$58	$4,828	n/a
Warren County	$21 2023	$2,933	$11.14
Median next door	$37	$4,142	$11.14 1 co.

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. Wilkes County, Georgia. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/georgia/wilkes-county

Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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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