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Pulaski County, Arkansas

Pulaski County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $39 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,602 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05119. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$39/ac

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

Land and buildings

$4,602/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 8th highest of 75

Rent as % of land value

n/a

not shown: about 41% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

n/a

county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$18.89

2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · 11th highest of 41

Farmland rented

30%

2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 34th highest of 75

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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$39/ac

Change 2014 to 2026−25.0%nominal, $52 to $39

Pasture, 2025$24/ac

Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2024)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,602/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,438/ac

Census 2017$3,929/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+17.1%+3.2% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 41% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer 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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$18.89

Loss ratio, 2016–20251.66claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.24$27.2 million paid

Worst year2020ratio 2.03

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 62% · heat and drought 25% · other 6%share of dollars paid

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, 2000–2025103 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201220 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202526 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.1 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 115% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202241%

Farmed no-till, 202228% of cropland10,871 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland426 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,426 ac8.2% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2027–2029482 ac20% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$64/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 202512.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20225,687+24.9% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Pulaski County	$39	n/a	$4,602	n/a	$18.89
Faulkner County	$26	$100	$4,679	n/a	$19.03
Grant County	$13	n/a	$3,912	n/a	n/a
Jefferson County	$83	$185	$3,494	186.2	$13.81
Lonoke County	$30	$174	$3,865	186.2	$10.71
Perry County	$27	n/a	$3,212	n/a	$24.13
Saline County	$17	n/a	$4,510	n/a	n/a
Median next door	$27	$174	$3,889	186.2 2 co.	$16.42

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. Pulaski 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/pulaski-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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