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Mississippi County, Arkansas

Mississippi County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $169 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,584 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$169/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · highest of 61
Cash rent, irrigated
$184/ac
2026 county average
AR median $158 · tied for 5th highest of 27
Land and buildings
$4,584/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 9th highest of 75
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
174.5 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 189.8 · irrigated and dryland combined
AR median 180.1 · 6th lowest of 21
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.74
2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · lowest of 41
Farmland rented
87%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · highest of 75

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$91$169 dry$120$184 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$169/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+70.7%nominal, $99 to $169
Irrigated, 2026$184/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,584/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,849/ac
Census 2017$3,436/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.4%+5.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 74% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024159.0201.2199.7median 174.5

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

Median, 2008–2024174.5 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2020–2024189.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 137.2 bu/ac79% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+1.6 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.491.280.961.00: 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$3.74
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.58$144.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium1 of 31
Worst year2019ratio 1.28
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 70% · heat and drought 16% · wind 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202517214

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, 2000–2025113 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200121 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.1 °F1991–2020 normal 71.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.24 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202274%
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland24,340 ac
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland64,970 ac
Cover crops, 202210% of cropland49,650 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,863581

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

CRP enrolled, 2025581 ac0.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028276 ac48% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$108/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025526 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,627+360.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202287%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Mississippi County$169$184$4,584174.5$3.74
Craighead County$55 2023$159$4,451184.4$9.27
Crittenden County$109$157$4,236174.2$7.15
Poinsett County$110$184$4,440180.1$7.51
Dunklin County, MO$131 2025$203 2024$6,938173.0$8.36
Pemiscot County, MO$157$185$6,687—$5.07
Dyer County, TN$161—$4,619160.1$5.58
Lauderdale County, TN$135—$3,838158.4$5.73
Shelby County, TN$120 2025—$5,264—$10.31
Tipton County, TN$156$172$4,367152.0$4.12
Median next door$146$172$4,451173.0$7.15

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. Mississippi 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/mississippi-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.