Farmland Atlas · county record

Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Caddo Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,525 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 140.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$71/ac
2026 county average
LA median $56 · 21st highest of 46
Cash rent, irrigated
$130/ac
2026 county average
LA median $134 · 10th lowest of 21
Land and buildings
$4,525/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 11th highest of 63
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
140.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 145.2 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.24
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 10th highest of 43
Farmland rented
58%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 27th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$51$71 dry$99$130 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$71/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+23.5%nominal, $58 to $71
Irrigated, 2026$130/ac
Pasture, 2026$38/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,525/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,722/ac
Census 2017$2,983/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+51.7%+8.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 39% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024141.0140.6119.6167.4105.3138.1151.1120.8139.9142.2153.5160.3median 140.8

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025140.8 bu/ac12 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025145.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2018: 105.3 bu/ac75% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+0.8 bu/ac a year±2.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20092014201920241.362.681.011.00: claims equal premium

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$14.24
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.64claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.22$44.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 17
Worst year2018ratio 2.68
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 40% · heat and drought 32% · area plans 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020259520

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, 2000–2025158 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.8 °F1991–2020 normal 72.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 117% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202239%
Farmed no-till, 202215% of cropland12,130 ac
Cover crops, 202213% of cropland10,229 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210329205

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

CRP enrolled, 2025205 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028129 ac63% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$84/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202572.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202230,477
Farmland rented from others, 202258%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Caddo Parish$71$130$4,525$14.24
Miller County, AR$32—$3,500$39.67
Bossier Parish$38—$3,746$35.95
De Soto Parish$30—$3,577—
Red River Parish$78$125 2025$2,663$13.66
Cass County, TX$18—$3,571—
Harrison County, TX$18—$4,360—
Marion County, TX——$2,245—
Panola County, TX$14—$3,130—
Median next door$30—$3,536$35.95

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. Caddo 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/caddo-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.