Baxter County, Arkansas
Baxter County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,094 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Baxter County averages $26 per acre in 2026, down 13.6 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $3,094 per acre in the 2022 census, up 15 percent from 2017, or 2.8 percent a year. None of the county's harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. Drought has touched the county in 92 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 28 weeks, and 28 weeks fell in that category again from 2021-2025. July nights average 68.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.2 F, with no clear direction in the trend since 1976.
AR median $30 · tied for 17th lowest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 18th lowest of 75
AR median 29% · 32nd highest of 75
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
Crop insurance record
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter County | $26 | $3,094 |
| Fulton County | $32 | $2,239 |
| Izard County | $28 | $2,778 |
| Marion County | $30 | $2,692 |
| Searcy County | $19 | $2,700 |
| Stone County | $30 | $2,891 |
| Ozark County, MO | $32 | $2,762 |
| Median next door | $30 | $2,731 |
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. Baxter County, Arkansas. 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/arkansas/baxter-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.