Prairie County, Arkansas
Prairie County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,560 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Prairie County averages $26 per acre in 2026, down 38.1 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent is $140 per acre, and the irrigated multiple has moved from 1.53 in 2009 to 5.38 in 2026, rising. Irrigation covers 85 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, with 62 percent of irrigation water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $56.6 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 72 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities fell each period listed, from 30 percent in 1989-1999 to 14 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $3,560 per acre in 2022, up 21.9 percent from 2017.
AR median $30 · tied for 20th lowest of 61
AR median $158 · 3rd lowest of 27
AR median $3,631 · 36th lowest of 75
AR median 180.1 · 8th highest of 21
AR median $13.59 · 10th lowest of 41
AR median 29% · 20th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie County | $26 | $140 | $3,560 | 185.6 | $9.03 |
| Arkansas County | $98 2025 | $158 | $4,364 | 188.9 | $4.04 |
| Lonoke County | $30 | $174 | $3,865 | 186.2 | $10.71 |
| Monroe County | $80 2023 | $157 | $3,754 | 169.6 | $15.24 |
| White County | $31 | $118 | $3,384 | — | $30.68 |
| Woodruff County | $127 | $155 | $3,916 | 165.7 | $15.87 |
| Median next door | $31 | $157 | $3,865 | 177.9 | $15.24 |
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. Prairie 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/prairie-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.