Georgia → Madison

Madison County, Georgia

Pasture here rented for $35 an acre in 2026, right at the Georgia median. That's the 50th percentile among the 58 Georgia counties reporting that year, and the 69th percentile nationally.

The record, computed from 16 archived USDA survey years, 2008–2026
as of 2026-10-012026 surveymethodcompare your own rate

Across Georgia's counties, the middle half of county averages in 2026 runs $27 to $44.38 an acre. Individual leases spread wider than county averages do, because grass, water, fencing and term length all move the price. An offer far outside this band should come with a reason the other side can say out loud.

Since 2008, this county's rate has fallen 26 percent: $47 then, $35 in 2026. A lease left alone over that stretch has been repricing itself by default.

The counties next door

The comparison made at the kitchen table is with the neighbors. This year, rates across the county line go from $22.50 to $38 an acre. Every bordering county NASS tracks is listed at its most recent published rate.

County$/acre
Jackson$38
Franklin$31
Banks$29.50
Hart$28.50
Oglethorpe$27
Elbert$22.50

Every year on record

Year$/acre
2008$47
2009$25.50
2010$23.50
2011$23
2012$24
2013$20
2014$19.50
2016$19.50
2017$26.50
2019$25.50
2020$27.50
2021$26
2022$29.50
2023$29.50
2025$28
2026$35

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Planned: the Madison County negotiation packet. A one-page brief to hand across the table, lease terms as ranchers contribute them (water, fencing, maintenance, term length) and the stocking-rate bridge between dollars per acre and per-head rates. The rates, the history and the neighbors table above stay free. What's free today.

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