Farmland Atlas · county record

Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Ascension Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2010); land and buildings $5,985 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$46/ac
2010 county average
too few 2010 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,985/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 6th highest of 63
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.33
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 13th lowest of 43
Farmland rented
70%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 14th highest of 63

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2010$46/ac
Pasture, 2023$19/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,985/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,519/ac
Census 2017$3,626/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+65.1%+10.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1991. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$7.33
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.06claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1991–20250.83$4.6 million paid
Worst year2025ratio 0.01
Largest causes of loss, 1991–2025wind 65% · excess moisture 24% · heat and drought 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025370

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025108 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200037 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202533 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.5 °F1991–2020 normal 73.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September36.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 116% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland85 ac
Farmed no-till, 202215% of cropland3,945 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland104 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20226,029
Farmland rented from others, 202270%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Ascension Parish—$5,985$7.33
Assumption Parish—$3,251$4.98
East Baton Rouge Parish$18$8,027—
Iberville Parish$32$2,562$5.83
Livingston Parish—$6,940—
St. James Parish$63$4,097$5.01
St. John the Baptist Parish—$5,674$7.70
Median next door$32$4,886$5.42

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. Ascension 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/ascension-parish
Every 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.