Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Acadia Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,046 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Acadia Parish runs $54 per acre in 2026, up 67.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $88 per acre, a multiple of 1.64 over non-irrigated in 2026, against 1.31 in 2009, with no clear direction in that multiple over time. Seventy percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 70 percent of that irrigation water comes from groundwater. Crop insurance losses since 1989 total $48.3 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 58 percent; heat and drought shares moved 12 percent, 21 percent, 10 percent, then 23 percent across the four listed periods. Land value reached $3,046 per acre in 2022, up 10.3 percent from 2017.
LA median $56 · 23rd lowest of 46
LA median $134 · 6th lowest of 21
LA median $3,628 · 14th lowest of 63
LA median $8.82 · 4th lowest of 43
LA median 51% · 12th highest of 63
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish | $54 | $88 | $3,046 | — | $4.93 |
| Evangeline Parish | $44 | $90 | $3,186 | — | $7.13 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | $18 | $71 | $2,980 | — | $8.14 |
| Lafayette Parish | $74 | $99 | $8,291 | — | $7.37 |
| St. Landry Parish | $89 | $90 | $3,540 | 167.4 | $12.35 |
| Vermilion Parish | $87 | $86 | $2,876 | — | $13.78 |
| Median next door | $74 | $90 | $3,186 | 167.4 1 co. | $8.14 |
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. Acadia Parish, Louisiana. 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/louisiana/acadia-parishEvery 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.