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Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Beauregard Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,024 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Beauregard Parish runs $22 per acre in 2026, up 12.8 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents for $54 per acre in 2025. Census land value stands at $4,024 per acre in 2022, up 32.4 percent from 2017, or 5.8 percent a year. July nights average 73.7 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.53 F per decade, warming. Drought weeks totaled 32 in 2021-2025, against 140 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse across 2000-2025. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities at 56 percent over 1989-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$22/ac
2026 county average
LA median $56 · tied for 9th lowest of 46
Cash rent, irrigated
$54/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,024/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 20th highest of 63
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.79
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 21st lowest of 43
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 22nd lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$19$22 dry$40$54 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$22/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+12.8%nominal, $20 to $22
Irrigated, 2025$54/ac
Pasture, 2026$16/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,024/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,497/ac
Census 2017$3,039/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+32.4%+5.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 24% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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 1989. 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$8.79
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.87claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.96$3.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 56% · heat and drought 29% · wind 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202525520

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, 2000–2025140 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202532 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.7 °F1991–2020 normal 72.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.53 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September30.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 116% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20227%
Drained by tile, 20228% of cropland3,156 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland795 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland353 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202185915,697376

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

CRP enrolled, 2025376 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$39/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202228,414
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Beauregard Parish$22$54 2025$4,024$8.79
Allen Parish$31 2025$76$3,103$8.75
Calcasieu Parish$21$80$3,891$9.85
Jefferson Davis Parish$18$71$2,980$8.14
Vernon Parish$21—$5,108—
Newton County, TX——$4,395—
Median next door$21$76$3,891$8.75

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Beauregard 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/beauregard-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.