Van Buren County, Arkansas
Van Buren County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,436 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Van Buren County averages $21 per acre in 2026, up 44.8 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $3,436 per acre, with land value up 24.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.5 percent a year. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland. Drought has held at severe or worse for 94 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 17 weeks from 2021-2025 and the worst year, 2012, at 28 weeks. July nightly lows have moved 0.31 F per decade since 1976, with no clear direction.
AR median $30 · 8th lowest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 29th lowest of 75
AR median 29% · 19th 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren County | $21 | — | $3,436 | — |
| Cleburne County | $23 | — | $3,631 | — |
| Conway County | $25 | — | $3,149 | $11.92 |
| Faulkner County | $26 | $100 | $4,679 | $19.03 |
| Pope County | $19 | — | $3,861 | $22.71 |
| Searcy County | $19 | — | $2,700 | — |
| Stone County | $30 | — | $2,891 | — |
| Median next door | $24 | $100 1 co. | $3,390 | $19.03 |
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. Van Buren 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/van-buren-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.