Farmland Atlas · county record

Newton County, Arkansas

Newton County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,159 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05101. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$26/ac

2026 county average
AR median $30 · tied for 17th lowest of 61

Land and buildings

$3,159/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 22nd lowest of 75

Rent as % of land value

n/a

not shown: cropland is 16% 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

RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Farmland rented

18%

2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 10th lowest of 75

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Non-irrigated ground in Newton County rents for $26 per acre for 2026, up 27.5 percent since 2014. Census land and buildings value was $3,159 per acre in 2022, with land value up 29.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.3 percent a year. No cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. Drought reached severe or worse in 6.7 percent of weeks from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 28 weeks, and 16 weeks from 2021-2025. July nights have averaged 67.5 F over 2017-2026, against a 66.5 F normal from 1991-2020, with no clear direction in the trend since 1976.

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$26/ac

Change 2014 to 2026+27.5%nominal, $20 to $26

Pasture, 2026$25/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,159/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,206/ac

Census 2017$2,436/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+29.7%+5.3% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 16% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payoutsRMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

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, 2000–202591 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201228 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202516 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.5 °F1991–2020 normal 66.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.23 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September26.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%

Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland140 ac

Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland366 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland441 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Cattle and calves, 202214,933−24.9% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202218%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Newton County	$26	$3,159	n/a
Boone County	$36	$3,933	n/a
Carroll County	$50	$3,992	n/a
Johnson County	$24	$3,931	$11.84
Madison County	$53	$4,232	n/a
Pope County	$19	$3,861	$22.71
Searcy County	$19	$2,700	n/a
Median next door	$30	$3,932	$17.28 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. Newton County, Arkansas. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arkansas/newton-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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