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Randolph County, Arkansas

Randolph County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,053 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent reached $35 per acre in 2026, up 52.2 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $4,053 per acre. The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 was 70.2 F, against the 1991-2020 normal of 68.9 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$35/ac
2026 county average
AR median $30 · tied for 21st highest of 61
Cash rent, irrigated
$172/ac
2026 county average
AR median $158 · 10th highest of 27
Land and buildings
$4,053/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AR median $3,631 · 23rd highest of 75
Corn yield, 2008–2020 median
169.1 bu/ac
12 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.49
2016–2025, closed crop years
AR median $13.59 · 19th lowest of 41
Farmland rented
41%
2022 census, rented from others
AR median 29% · 26th highest of 75

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$43$35 dry$116$172 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$35/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+52.2%nominal, $23 to $35
Irrigated, 2026$172/ac
Pasture, 2026$30/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,053/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,015/ac
Census 2017$2,936/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+38.0%+6.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 70% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020151.0145.0130.0112.1164.6181.1158.8173.6181.8176.2186.3185.0median 169.1

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

Median, 2008–2020169.1 bu/ac12 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2011: 112.1 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2020+4.5 bu/ac a year±2.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2011201620211.053.072.181.00: 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$12.49
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.51claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.26$57.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 15
Worst year2019ratio 3.07
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 89% · heat and drought 6% · wind 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025102117

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, 2000–2025105 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201221 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202529 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.2 °F1991–2020 normal 68.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.31 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202270%
Drained by tile, 202235% of cropland39,719 ac
Farmed no-till, 202214% of cropland15,684 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,633 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202182907218

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

CRP enrolled, 2025218 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202843 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$79/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202233,536−4.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202241%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Randolph County$35$172$4,053—$12.49
Clay County$42 2025$195$4,788183.0$7.12
Greene County$105$192$4,818176.0$10.77
Lawrence County$90$150$4,609—$16.05
Sharp County$25—$3,164——
Oregon County, MO$28—$2,560——
Ripley County, MO$74—$2,855—$16.90
Median next door$74$192$3,887179.5 2 co.$13.41

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. Randolph 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/randolph-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.