Farmland Atlas · county record

Grant Parish, Louisiana

Grant Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $78 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,170 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 148.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Grant Parish runs $78 per acre in 2025, up 10.7 percent from 2014. Census land value sits at $3,170 per acre, up 15.8 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield has a median of 148.2 bushels per acre from 2008-2025, with a worst year of 68.8 in 2011, the same year that brought 47 weeks of severe drought or worse, the most of any year in 2000-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 26 percent in 1989-1999, 25 percent in 2000-2009, 23 percent in 2010-2019, then 49 percent in 2020-2025. Excess moisture and flood remains the largest cause of indemnities overall, at 44 percent.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$78/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$93/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,170/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 17th lowest of 63
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
148.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 157.0 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$17.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 7th highest of 43
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 26th lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100201420162018202020222024$70$78 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, 2025$78/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+10.7%nominal, $70 to $78
Irrigated, 2021$93/ac
Pasture, 2026$35/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,170/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,134/ac
Census 2017$2,738/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+15.8%+3.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 13% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024143.068.8141.7188.5172.1148.2138.8165.8183.4median 148.2

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

Median, 2008–2025148.2 bu/ac9 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025157.0 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 68.8 bu/ac46% of median

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$17.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.65claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.34$12.2 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 44% · heat and drought 35% · other 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202522470

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, 2000–2025159 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201147 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202535 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.35 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 118% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202213%
Farmed no-till, 202221% of cropland3,517 ac
Cover crops, 202214% of cropland2,426 ac
198619911996200120062011201620216001,7101,089

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,089 ac6.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028309 ac28% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$75/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20225,942
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Grant Parish$78 2025—$3,170—$17.89
La Salle Parish——$4,051——
Natchitoches Parish$58$134$3,223—$19.41
Rapides Parish$114$143$3,817152.3$10.45
Winn Parish$34 2023—$2,837——
Median next door$86 2 co.$139 2 co.$3,520152.3 1 co.$14.93 2 co.

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. Grant 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/grant-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.