Farmland Atlas · county record

Conway County, Arkansas

Conway County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,149 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05029. Figures as of 2026-10-14.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$25/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · tied for 13th lowest of 61
Land and buildings
$3,149/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth · AR cropland 2026: $3,850 (state survey)
AR median $3,631 · 21st lowest of 75
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: cropland is 38% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, 2008-2024 median
141.8 bu/ac
8 published years, all practices · rent-per-bushel trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.92
2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · 18th lowest of 41
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 34th lowest of 75
Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Arkansas cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

Non-irrigated ground in Conway County rents for $24 per acre in 2026, up 58.1 percent from 2016. The median corn yield over 2008-2024 was 141.8 bushels per acre, though the county saw 93.4 in the worst year of 2011. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 totaled $11.3 million, with excess moisture and flood causing 67 percent of those claims. The loss ratio hit 1.12 for the ten closed crop years 2016-2025, above the long-term average of 0.95. July nights have warmed 0.38 F per decade since 1976 and averaged 70.8 F in 2017-2026, compared to the 1991-2020 normal of 69.9 F.

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Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$26$25 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Arkansas county rate, side by side: Arkansas cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$25/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+58.1%nominal, $16 to $25
Pasture, 2026$14/ac

Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Conway County: its grids, county values and record.

Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2024)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,149/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,587/ac
Census 2017$2,541/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+23.9%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 38% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Arkansas cropland, 2026 state survey$3,850/ac+3.5% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Arkansas farm real estate, 2026$4,350/acland and buildings, state average
Arkansas pasture, 2026$3,500/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Arkansas average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024142.0150.0136.893.4128.7161.4141.7157.1median 141.8

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Trend for rent per bushelCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2024 county yield157.1 bu/acall practices
Median, 2008–2024141.8 bu/ac8 published years
Lowest published year2011: 93.4 bu/ac66% of median

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$11.92
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.12claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.95$11.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 67% · heat and drought 25% · freeze 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020259280

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, 2000–202594 of 1,304 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201228 weeks
Last five years, 2020–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.8 °F1991–2020 normal 69.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Rain so far this year in Arkansas, county by county

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland4,311 ac
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland10,748 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland495 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212893,949297

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

CRP enrolled, 2025297 ac0.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–202956 ac19% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$46/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202225,693−29.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Conway County$25n/a$3,149$11.92
Faulkner County$26$100$4,679$19.03
Perry County$27n/a$3,212$24.13
Pope County$19n/a$3,861$22.71
Van Buren County$21n/a$3,436n/a
Yell County$26n/a$3,691$16.16
Median next door$26$100 1 co.$3,691$20.87

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. Conway County, Arkansas. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arkansas/conway-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.