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Crawford County, Arkansas

Crawford County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,236 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Crawford County, AR stands at $31 per acre in 2026, up 34.8 percent since 2016. Land value reached $4,236 per acre in 2022, a gain of 38.1 percent from 2017. July nightly lows are warming at 0.55 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 70.3 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 69 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$31/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · tied for 27th highest of 61
Land and buildings
$4,236/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · tied for 15th highest of 75
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: about 21% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.22
2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · 19th highest of 41
Farmland rented
29%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 36th highest of 75

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30201520202025$29$31 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$31/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.8%nominal, $23 to $31
Pasture, 2026$23/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,236/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,001/ac
Census 2017$3,068/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+38.1%+6.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 21% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

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$14.22
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.79claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.90$9.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 60% · heat and drought 31% · freeze 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252280

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, 2000–2025120 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201228 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.3 °F1991–2020 normal 69.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202221%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland64 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland3,943 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland430 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202107240

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2023$79/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202229,635+16.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Crawford County$31$4,236$14.22
Franklin County$27$3,245—
Madison County$53$4,232—
Sebastian County$35$4,298$20.11
Washington County$53$7,460—
Adair County, OK$42$3,426—
Sequoyah County, OK$18$3,093$10.69
Median next door$38$3,829$15.40 2 co.

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. Crawford 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/crawford-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.