Allendale County, South Carolina
Allendale County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $38 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,964 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 91.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Allendale County stands at $38 per acre in 2026, up 17.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents higher, at $78 per acre in 2025, and 68 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater as of 2015. July nightly lows average 71.6 F over 2017-2026, against a 70.7 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.43 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance shows heat and drought as the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 33 percent, though that share ran higher in 2000-2009 at 53 percent than in 2020-2025 at 25 percent. Census land value reached $2,964 per acre in 2022, up 34.4 percent from 2017.
SC median $40 · 17th lowest of 38
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · 8th lowest of 46
SC median 119.2 · 3rd lowest of 17
SC median $15.63 · 19th lowest of 37
SC median 21% · 5th lowest of 46
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale County | $38 | $78 2025 | $2,964 | 91.0 | $15.63 |
| Burke County, GA | $48 | $182 | $2,857 | 191.1 | $10.40 |
| Screven County, GA | $57 | $183 | $2,834 | 164.3 | $11.67 |
| Bamberg County | $39 | $147 | $3,550 | 128.4 | $8.09 |
| Barnwell County | $44 | $72 | $3,749 | — | $6.64 |
| Hampton County | $49 | $105 | $3,227 | 131.5 | $11.98 |
| Median next door | $48 | $147 | $3,227 | 147.9 | $10.40 |
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. Allendale County, South Carolina. 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/south-carolina/allendale-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.