Yell County, Arkansas
Yell County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,691 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 15-yr trend 139.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05149. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
AR median $30 · tied for 20th lowest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 36th highest of 75
AR median $13.59 · 13th highest of 41
AR median 29% · 37th highest of 75
Yell County's non-irrigated cash rent is $26 per acre, up 92.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value per the 2022 census is $3,691 per acre, up 37 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 6.5 percent a year. Only 7 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated. July nights have warmed 0.36 F per decade since 1976, and drought weeks stayed low from 2021-2025 at 15.
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.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yell County | $26 | $3,691 | $16.16 |
| Conway County | $25 | $3,149 | $11.92 |
| Garland County | n/a | $7,941 | n/a |
| Logan County | $33 | $3,129 | $12.72 |
| Montgomery County | $29 | $3,481 | n/a |
| Perry County | $27 | $3,212 | $24.13 |
| Pope County | $19 | $3,861 | $22.71 |
| Scott County | $23 | $3,109 | n/a |
| Median next door | $26 | $3,212 | $17.72 |
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. Yell 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/yell-countyEvery 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.