Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Orangeburg County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $50 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,291 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 139.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Orangeburg County runs $50 per acre in 2026, up 25.3 percent since 2016. Irrigated land rents at $115 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated has moved from 1.74 in 2009 to 2.32 in 2026, a rising premium for water. Only 24 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated as of the 2022 census, with 72 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved from 57 percent in 1989-1999, to 62 percent in 2000-2009, to 36 percent in 2010-2019, to 20 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $3,291 per acre, up 9 percent from 2017 to 2022.
SC median $40 · tied for 8th highest of 38
SC median $111 · 3rd highest of 7
SC median $3,802 · 13th lowest of 46
SC median 119.2 · highest of 17
SC median $15.63 · 6th lowest of 37
SC median 21% · 9th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg County | $50 | $115 | $3,291 | 139.6 | $10.36 |
| Aiken County | $41 | $111 | $5,606 | — | $20.51 |
| Bamberg County | $39 | $147 | $3,550 | 128.4 | $8.09 |
| Barnwell County | $44 | $72 | $3,749 | — | $6.64 |
| Berkeley County | $27 | — | $3,279 | 85.1 | $49.36 |
| Calhoun County | $54 | $105 | $3,395 | — | $5.81 |
| Clarendon County | $54 | $150 2023 | $3,051 | 136.1 | $14.43 |
| Colleton County | $43 | — | $3,789 | 89.2 | $28.50 |
| Dorchester County | $45 | — | $3,959 | 109.4 | $14.50 |
| Lexington County | $33 | $120 | $6,537 | — | $10.15 |
| Median next door | $43 | $111 | $3,749 | 109.4 | $14.43 |
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. Orangeburg 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/orangeburg-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.