Farmland Atlas · county record

Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Cameron Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $12 an acre (2024); land and buildings $2,737 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$12/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$84/ac
2026 county average
LA median $134 · 4th lowest of 21
Land and buildings
$2,737/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 6th lowest of 63
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$28.19
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 4th highest of 43
Farmland rented
63%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 19th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$24$12 dry$89$84 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, 2024$12/ac
Change 2012 to 2024−50.0%nominal, $24 to $12
Irrigated, 2026$84/ac
Pasture, 2024$8/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,737/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,759/ac
Census 2017$2,478/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+10.5%+2.0% 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

202320255.402.814.061.00: 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$28.19
Loss ratio, 2016–20253.94claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20252.80$27.6 million paid
Worst year2023ratio 5.40
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 35% · wind 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202526400

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, 2000–2025151 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201140 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202550 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202676.4 °F1991–2020 normal 75.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September34.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 116% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 202248% of cropland16,234 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland1,942 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland826 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 202215,735
Farmland rented from others, 202263%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Cameron Parish$12 2024$84$2,737$28.19
Calcasieu Parish$21$80$3,891$9.85
Jefferson Davis Parish$18$71$2,980$8.14
Vermilion Parish$87$86$2,876$13.78
Jefferson County, TX$44$51$2,443$41.52
Orange County, TX——$3,994—
Median next door$32$75$2,980$11.82

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. Cameron 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/cameron-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.