Farmland Atlas · county record

Howard County, Arkansas

Howard County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,175 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05061. Figures as of 2026-10-14.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$32/ac

2026 county average
AR median $30 · tied for 24th highest of 61

Land and buildings

$4,175/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth · AR cropland 2026: $3,850 (state survey)
AR median $3,631 · 19th highest of 75

Rent as % of land value

n/a

not shown: cropland is 25% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

n/a

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

n/a

under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

19%

2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 12th lowest of 75

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Arkansas cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

Freeze and frost damage has been the main insurance claim in Howard County, running 58 percent of indemnities from 1989 through 2023. July nights have warmed 0.56 F per decade since 1976, and 31 Julys since 1900 have had average lows at or above 70 F. Non-irrigated cash rent is $32 per acre in 2026, up 18.5 percent from 2016. Census land value reached $4,175 per acre in 2022, a gain of 46.2 percent from 2017.

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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$32/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+18.5%nominal, $27 to $32

Pasture, 2026$27/ac

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,175/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,357/ac

Census 2017$2,855/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+46.2%+7.9% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 25% 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

County corn yieldFewer 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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2023freeze 58% · excess moisture 38% · other 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025153 of 1,304 weeks12% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201132 weeks

Last five years, 2020–202518 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.6 °F1991–2020 normal 69.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.56 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September27.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 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, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland221 ac

Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland133 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Solar and wind operating, 20254.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202229,976−31.9% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Howard County	$32	$4,175	n/a
Hempstead County	$30	$2,902	n/a
Little River County	$28	$2,717	$27.45
Pike County	$38	$3,015	n/a
Polk County	$31	$3,901	n/a
Sevier County	$24	$3,481	n/a
Median next door	$30	$3,015	$27.45 1 co.

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. Howard 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/howard-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.

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