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.
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.
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
LA median $3,628 · 32nd lowest of 63
LA median 51% · 10th lowest 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 1991. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Claims 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.
Cite this page
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-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.