Farmland Atlas · county record

Madison Parish, Louisiana

Madison Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $143 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,764 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Madison Parish sits at $143 per acre in 2026, up 17.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $159 per acre, a multiple of 1.11 over non-irrigated, and that multiple showed no clear direction against 1.19 in 2009. Corn yields carried a fitted trend of 3.2 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 176.2 bushels per acre and a low of 115 in 2009. Crop insurance losses over 1989-2025 were dominated by excess moisture and flood at 57 percent, not heat and drought, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.04. Census land values reached $3,764 per acre in 2022, up 36.9 percent from 2017. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed in the county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$143/ac
2026 county average
LA median $56 · highest of 46
Cash rent, irrigated
$159/ac
2026 county average
LA median $134 · 6th highest of 21
Land and buildings
$3,764/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 27th highest of 63
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
176.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 181.0 · irrigated and dryland combined
LA median 174.1 · 6th highest of 13
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.98
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 21st highest of 43
Farmland rented
58%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 26th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$91$143 dry$100$159 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$143/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+17.2%nominal, $122 to $143
Irrigated, 2026$159/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,764/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,467/ac
Census 2017$2,749/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.9%+6.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 52% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024144.0204.7median 176.2

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

Median, 2008–2025176.2 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025181.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 115.0 bu/ac65% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.2 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920242.002.690.521.00: 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$8.98
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.04claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.85$162.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium17 of 37
Worst year1991ratio 2.69
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · heat and drought 24% · other 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202526270

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, 2000–2025134 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201027 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202544 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.8 °F1991–2020 normal 72.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.25 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202252%
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland15,958 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,113 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021021,56620,934

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

CRP enrolled, 202520,934 ac10.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20284,546 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$133/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20222,595
Farmland rented from others, 202258%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Madison Parish$143$159$3,764176.2$8.98
East Carroll Parish$130$183$4,631178.5$6.19
Franklin Parish$78$160$3,219185.3$7.54
Richland Parish$80$148$3,401180.2$12.72
Tensas Parish$104$175$2,843172.8$7.76
Warren County, MS$155$190$2,627—$20.48
Median next door$104$175$3,219179.4$7.76

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Madison 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/madison-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.
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"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.