Cross County, Arkansas
Cross County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $140 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,223 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05037. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
AR median $30 · 3rd highest of 61
AR median $158 · 5th lowest of 27
AR median $3,631 · 18th highest of 75
AR median $13.59 · 16th lowest of 41
AR median 29% · 5th highest of 75
In Cross County, non-irrigated cash rent is $140 per acre in 2026, up 79.5 percent from 2014. Irrigated rent is $149 per acre, and the irrigated multiple was 1.31 in 2009 and 1.06 in 2026, with no clear direction over that span. Land value is $4,223 per acre, up 25.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.6 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $205.1 million paid out over 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 77 percent; heat and drought's share fell from 27 percent in 1989-1999 to 24 percent in 2000-2009, then to 7 percent in 2010-2019 and 10 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 83 percent of harvested cropland, drawing 92 percent from groundwater.
Cash rent
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.
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 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross County | $140 | $149 | $4,223 | n/a | $11.49 |
| Crittenden County | $109 | $157 | $4,236 | 174.2 | $7.15 |
| Jackson County | $114 2025 | $185 | $4,007 | 168.9 | $24.25 |
| Poinsett County | $110 | $184 | $4,440 | 180.1 | $7.51 |
| St. Francis County | $136 | $152 | $3,503 | 179.0 | $8.46 |
| Woodruff County | $127 | $155 | $3,916 | 165.7 | $15.87 |
| Median next door | $119 | $157 | $4,007 | 174.2 | $8.46 |
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. Cross County, Arkansas. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arkansas/cross-countyEvery 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.