Sebastian County, Arkansas
Sebastian County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,298 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05131. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Sebastian County averages $35 per acre in 2026, up 42.9 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $4,298 per acre in 2022, up 28.6 percent from 2017, or 5.2 percent a year. Crop insurance history since 1989 shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of loss at 63 percent, and the loss ratio for the ten closed years 2016-2025 is 1.04, above the 1989-2025 figure of 0.99. Heat and drought's share of indemnities ran 31 percent, 16 percent, 21 percent, and 56 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed 0.6 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 71.1 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.8 F.
AR median $30 · tied for 21st highest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 14th highest of 75
AR median $13.59 · 9th highest of 41
AR median 29% · 30th 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
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian County | $35 | $4,298 | $20.11 |
| Crawford County | $31 | $4,236 | $14.22 |
| Franklin County | $27 | $3,245 | — |
| Logan County | $33 | $3,129 | $12.72 |
| Scott County | $23 | $3,109 | — |
| Le Flore County, OK | $22 | $2,896 | $16.13 |
| Sequoyah County, OK | $18 | $3,093 | $10.69 |
| Median next door | $25 | $3,119 | $13.47 |
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. Sebastian 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/sebastian-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.