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Nevada County, Arkansas

Nevada County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $19 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,507 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05099. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Nevada County runs $19 per acre in 2026, up 11.8 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $2,507 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 6 percent, 1.2 percent a year. That 2022 rent figure works out to 0.5 percent of that census value. On drought, the county spent 121 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, 8.9 percent of weeks, with 2011 the worst year at 33 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 10 such weeks. July nights have warmed: the 2017-2026 average low is 71.4 F against a 70.6 F normal for 1991-2020, part of a 0.5 F per decade warming trend since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$19/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · tied for 5th lowest of 61
Land and buildings
$2,507/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 4th lowest of 75
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 30% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 32nd lowest of 75

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$20$19 dry

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$19/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+11.8%nominal, $17 to $19
Pasture, 2026$32/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,507/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,897/ac
Census 2017$2,366/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+6.0%+1.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 30% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer 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. 2026, still open, is left out.

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255330

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, 2000–2025121 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201133 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.4 °F1991–2020 normal 70.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 118% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland179 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland434 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211023,112148

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

CRP enrolled, 2025148 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202835 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$26/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202219,804−1.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Nevada County$19—$2,507—
Clark County$40—$3,036$25.11
Columbia County$17—$2,902—
Hempstead County$30—$2,902—
Lafayette County$58 2025$174$2,940$18.64
Ouachita County——$2,230—
Pike County$38—$3,015—
Median next door$34$174 1 co.$2,921$21.88 2 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. Nevada 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/nevada-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.