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Clark County, Arkansas

Clark County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,036 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.44 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Clark County averages $40 per acre in 2026, up 146.9 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carried a census value of $3,036 per acre in 2022, up 25.4 percent from 2017, 4.6 percent a year. The July average nightly low has moved from 70.3 F over 1991-2020 to 71.6 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.57 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance shows $15.0 million in indemnities over 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood as the largest cause at 63 percent; the loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 1.59, up from 1.44 over the full 1989-2025 record.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$40/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · 16th highest of 61
Land and buildings
$3,036/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 16th lowest of 75
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 29% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$25.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · 5th highest of 41
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 13th lowest of 75

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$18$40 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$40/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+146.9%nominal, $16 to $40
Pasture, 2026$13/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,036/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,848/ac
Census 2017$2,421/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.4%+4.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 29% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$25.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.59claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.44$15.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 63% · heat and drought 23% · price decline (revenue policies) 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257320

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025134 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201132 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202518 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.6 °F1991–2020 normal 70.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.57 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland409 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland140 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021559,244227

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 2025227 ac1.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$28/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20256 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20227,852−33.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Clark County$40$3,036$25.11
Dallas County$14$2,085—
Hot Spring County$26$3,629—
Montgomery County$29$3,481—
Nevada County$19$2,507—
Ouachita County—$2,230—
Pike County$38$3,015—
Median next door$26$2,761—

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Clark 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/clark-county
Every 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.