Jackson County, Arkansas
Jackson County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $114 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,007 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 168.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jackson County averages $114 per acre in 2025, up 52 percent from 2014. Irrigated rent runs $185 per acre for 2026, a multiple of 1.34 over non-irrigated, versus 1.47 in 2009, with no clear direction in that multiple over time. Irrigation covers 83 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and groundwater supplies 94 percent of that water as of 2015. Crop insurance history over 1989-2025 shows $366.9 million in indemnities, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 81 percent; heat and drought shares by period were 20 percent, 30 percent, 5 percent, and 10 percent. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.51, above the 1.37 ratio for the full 1989-2025 record.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
AR median $158 · tied for 3rd highest of 27
AR median $3,631 · 24th highest of 75
AR median 180.1 · 2nd lowest of 21
AR median $13.59 · 6th highest of 41
AR median 29% · 8th highest 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | $114 2025 | $185 | $4,007 | 168.9 | $24.25 |
| Craighead County | $55 2023 | $159 | $4,451 | 184.4 | $9.27 |
| Cross County | $140 | $149 | $4,223 | — | $11.49 |
| Independence County | $29 | $143 2023 | $3,067 | — | $15.09 |
| Lawrence County | $90 | $150 | $4,609 | — | $16.05 |
| Poinsett County | $110 | $184 | $4,440 | 180.1 | $7.51 |
| White County | $31 | $118 | $3,384 | — | $30.68 |
| Woodruff County | $127 | $155 | $3,916 | 165.7 | $15.87 |
| Median next door | $100 | $153 | $4,223 | 180.1 | $15.09 |
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. Jackson 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/jackson-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.