Farmland Atlas · county record

Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Bienville Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2021); land and buildings $3,628 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Bienville Parish was $20 per acre in 2021, down 4.8 percent from 2011. Land value stood at $3,628 per acre in 2022, up 42.4 percent from 2017, a 7.3 percent a year pace. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, 2022 census. July nights average 73.4 F, 2017-2026, against a 71.5 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low has warmed 0.76 F per decade since 1976. Drought hit severe or worse for 183 of 1357 weeks, 2000-2025, with 34 weeks in 2021-2025. No solar or wind operates in the parish now; 4.5 MW solar is proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$20/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,628/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 32nd lowest 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
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
23%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 10th lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20201020122014201620182020$22$20 dry

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, 2021$20/ac
Change 2011 to 2021−4.8%nominal, $21 to $20
Pasture, 2026$23/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,628/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,379/ac
Census 2017$2,547/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+42.4%+7.3% 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.

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202517520

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, 2000–2025183 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202534 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.4 °F1991–2020 normal 71.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.76 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 115% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland33 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland270 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland84 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021825290

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20222,452
Farmland rented from others, 202223%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Bienville Parish——$3,628—
Bossier Parish$38—$3,746$35.95
Claiborne Parish$19—$3,379—
Jackson Parish$35—$4,299—
Lincoln Parish$22—$3,861—
Natchitoches Parish$58$134$3,223$19.41
Red River Parish$78$125 2025$2,663$13.66
Webster Parish$22 2025—$4,320—
Winn Parish$34 2023—$2,837—
Median next door$36$134 1 co.$3,563$19.41

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. Bienville 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/bienville-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.