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 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Howard County averages $32 per acre in 2026, up 18.5 percent from 2016. Census land and building value stood at $4,175 per acre in 2022, up 46.2 percent from 2017, a pace of 7.9 percent a year. The July nightly low averaged 70.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 69.5 F normal for 1991-2020, part of a warming trend of 0.56 F per decade since 1976. Drought was present in 154 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 32 weeks, and 19 weeks from 2021-2025. Crop insurance losses from 1989-2023 totaled $127,814, mostly from freeze and frost at 58 percent, with heat and drought at 0 percent of indemnities from 2020-2025.
AR median $30 · tied for 24th highest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 19th highest of 75
AR median 29% · 12th lowest of 75
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
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.
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard County | $32 | $4,175 | — |
| Hempstead County | $30 | $2,902 | — |
| Little River County | $28 | $2,717 | $27.45 |
| Pike County | $38 | $3,015 | — |
| Polk County | $31 | $3,901 | — |
| Sevier County | $24 | $3,481 | — |
| 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 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arkansas/howard-countyEvery 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.