Darlington County, South Carolina
Darlington County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $47 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,794 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 111.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Darlington County averages $47 per acre in 2026, up 16 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent runs $101 per acre in 2025, but irrigation covers only 4 percent of harvested cropland, with 68 percent of that water from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought account for 43 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.98, close to breakeven on premium paid. The July nightly low has warmed from a 70.6 F normal to 72.2 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.61 F per decade trend since 1976. Census land value sits at $2,794 per acre, up 7.6 percent from 2017 to 2022.
SC median $40 · tied for 12th highest of 38
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · 4th lowest of 46
SC median 119.2 · 7th lowest of 17
SC median $15.63 · 17th lowest of 37
SC median 21% · 5th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington County | $47 | $101 2025 | $2,794 | 111.2 | $14.59 |
| Chesterfield County | $48 | — | $3,318 | — | $15.22 |
| Florence County | $47 | — | $3,382 | 103.3 | $24.01 |
| Kershaw County | — | — | $3,888 | — | $16.38 |
| Lee County | $52 | — | $2,655 | 131.8 | $11.15 |
| Marlboro County | $60 | — | $2,752 | 119.2 | $12.90 |
| Median next door | $50 | — | $3,318 | 119.2 | $15.22 |
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. Darlington 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/darlington-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.