Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
Evangeline Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $44 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,186 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Evangeline Parish is $44 per acre in 2026, down 57.4 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent stands at $90 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent moved from 1.49 in 2009 to 2.06 in 2026, with no clear direction overall. Irrigation covers 68 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and 90 percent of that water came from groundwater in 2015. July nights have warmed from a 72.9 F normal to a 73.7 F average for 2017-2026, part of a 0.41 F per decade trend since 1976. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has risen across each listed period: 7 percent in 1989-1999, 12 percent in 2000-2009, 18 percent in 2010-2019, and 25 percent in 2020-2025.
LA median $56 · 21st lowest of 46
LA median $134 · 7th lowest of 21
LA median $3,628 · 18th lowest of 63
LA median $8.82 · 12th lowest of 43
LA median 51% · 30th 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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evangeline Parish | $44 | $90 | $3,186 | — | $7.13 |
| Acadia Parish | $54 | $88 | $3,046 | — | $4.93 |
| Allen Parish | $31 2025 | $76 | $3,103 | — | $8.75 |
| Avoyelles Parish | $115 | $155 | $3,193 | 159.0 | $11.25 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | $18 | $71 | $2,980 | — | $8.14 |
| Rapides Parish | $114 | $143 | $3,817 | 152.3 | $10.45 |
| St. Landry Parish | $89 | $90 | $3,540 | 167.4 | $12.35 |
| Median next door | $89 | $89 | $3,148 | 159.0 | $9.60 |
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. Evangeline 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/evangeline-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.