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Greene County, Arkansas

Greene County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $105 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,818 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County averages $105 per acre in 2026, up 150 percent from 2014. Irrigated rent runs $192 per acre, a multiple of 1.83 over non-irrigated, versus 1.67 in 2009; the direction of that multiple shows no clear direction. Eighty-two percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 97 percent of that irrigation water comes from groundwater. Census land value sits at $4,818 per acre, up 13.7 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$105/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · 9th highest of 61
Cash rent, irrigated
$192/ac
2026 county average
AR median $158 · 2nd highest of 27
Land and buildings
$4,818/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 4th highest of 75
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
176.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 190.7 · irrigated and dryland combined
AR median 180.1 · 8th lowest of 21
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · 15th lowest of 41
Farmland rented
73%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 12th highest of 75

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$60$105 dry$100$192 irrigated

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$105/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+150.0%nominal, $42 to $105
Irrigated, 2026$192/ac
Pasture, 2026$20/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,818/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,418/ac
Census 2017$4,239/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+13.7%+2.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 82% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024153.0193.6190.2median 176.0

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

Median, 2008–2025176.0 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025190.7 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 110.3 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.9 bu/ac a year±1.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.612.771.931.00: claims equal premium

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$10.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.29claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.25$151.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 23
Worst year2019ratio 2.77
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 82% · heat and drought 6% · freeze 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202512219

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, 2000–2025107 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201221 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.6 °F1991–2020 normal 70.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202282%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland10,899 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland17,796 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland9,900 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213045,1571,747

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,747 ac1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028171 ac10% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$84/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20226,323−12.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202273%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Greene County$105$192$4,818176.0$10.77
Clay County$42 2025$195$4,788183.0$7.12
Craighead County$55 2023$159$4,451184.4$9.27
Lawrence County$90$150$4,609—$16.05
Randolph County$35$172$4,053—$12.49
Dunklin County, MO$131 2025$203 2024$6,938173.0$8.36
Median next door$63 2 co.$166$4,609183.0$9.27

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. Greene 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/greene-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.