Union County, Arkansas
Union County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $8 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,912 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05139. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Drought has pressed the county 162 of 1,357 weeks from 2000-2025, or 11.9 percent of the time, with 2011 reaching 48 weeks; the 2021-2025 period added 33 more weeks. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.4 F per decade warming, with the 2017-2026 average at 71.9 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.9 F. Solar capacity is 1.8 MW operating; wind is 0 MW with nothing proposed.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
AR median $3,631 · 13th lowest of 75
AR median 29% · 16th lowest 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County | $8 2025 | — | $2,912 | — | — |
| Ashley County | — | $170 | $4,172 | 187.8 | $8.90 |
| Bradley County | — | — | $3,664 | — | $65.66 |
| Calhoun County | $27 2025 | — | $2,591 | — | — |
| Columbia County | $17 | — | $2,902 | — | — |
| Ouachita County | — | — | $2,230 | — | — |
| Claiborne Parish, LA | $19 | — | $3,379 | — | — |
| Union Parish, LA | $27 | — | $3,928 | — | — |
| Median next door | $19 | $170 1 co. | $3,379 | 187.8 1 co. | $37.28 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. Union 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/union-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.