Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Morehouse Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $75 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,492 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 178.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Morehouse Parish stands at $75 per acre in 2026, down 16.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent runs $150 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent has moved from 1.25 in 2009 to 2.00 in 2026, direction rising. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 2.1 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 178.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 156 in 2008. Crop insurance history shows $303.7 million in indemnities from 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 65 percent, and a loss ratio of 1.32 over that span, rising to 1.47 in 2016-2025. Census land value sits at $3,492 per acre, up 9.8 percent from 2017 to 2022.
LA median $56 · 18th highest of 46
LA median $134 · 8th highest of 21
LA median $3,628 · 27th lowest of 63
LA median 174.1 · 5th highest of 13
LA median $8.82 · 9th highest of 43
LA median 51% · 16th highest 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse Parish | $75 | $150 | $3,492 | 178.3 | $14.49 |
| Ashley County, AR | — | $170 | $4,172 | 187.8 | $8.90 |
| Chicot County, AR | $159 | $165 | $4,081 | 179.4 | $7.75 |
| Ouachita Parish | $85 | $130 2023 | $4,018 | — | $12.43 |
| Richland Parish | $80 | $148 | $3,401 | 180.2 | $12.72 |
| Union Parish | $27 | — | $3,928 | — | — |
| West Carroll Parish | $98 | $176 | $3,030 | 169.1 | $11.72 |
| Median next door | $85 | $168 | $3,973 | 179.8 | $11.72 |
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. Morehouse 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/morehouse-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.