Farmland Atlas · county record

Richland Parish, Louisiana

Richland Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,401 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 180.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22083. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Richland Parish runs $80 per acre in 2026, up 34.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $148 per acre, and the irrigated premium over non-irrigated has widened, from a multiple of 1.44 in 2009 to 1.86 in 2026. Sixty-four percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, with 70 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Corn yields have trended up 3.5 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2024, with a median of 180.2 bushels per acre and a low of 108 in 2009.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$80/ac
2026 county average
LA median $56 · 15th highest of 46
Cash rent, irrigated
$148/ac
2026 county average
LA median $134 · 9th highest of 21
Land and buildings
$3,401/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 26th lowest of 63
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
180.2 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 187.2 · irrigated and dryland combined
LA median 174.1 · 2nd highest of 13
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.72
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 13th highest of 43
Farmland rented
61%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 24th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$80$80 dry$95$148 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$80/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.7%nominal, $59 to $80
Irrigated, 2026$148/ac
Pasture, 2026$46/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,401/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,296/ac
Census 2017$2,831/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.1%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 64% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024149.0202.4188.7median 180.2

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

Median, 2008–2024180.2 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2020–2024187.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 108.0 bu/ac60% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.5 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.302.641.321.00: 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$12.72
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.18claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.03$157.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium13 of 31
Worst year2000ratio 2.64
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 62% · heat and drought 23% · wind 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202524310

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, 2000–2025160 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201031 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202541 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.8 °F1991–2020 normal 72.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202264%
Drained by tile, 202210% of cropland15,030 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland10,414 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland3,649 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202137929,45819,644

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

CRP enrolled, 202519,644 ac13% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,696 ac9% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$75/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025200 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202215,722
Farmland rented from others, 202261%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Richland Parish$80$148$3,401180.2$12.72
Caldwell Parish$49$107 2023$3,147—$15.38
East Carroll Parish$130$183$4,631178.5$6.19
Franklin Parish$78$160$3,219185.3$7.54
Madison Parish$143$159$3,764176.2$8.98
Morehouse Parish$75$150$3,492178.3$14.49
Ouachita Parish$85$130 2023$4,018—$12.43
West Carroll Parish$98$176$3,030169.1$11.72
Median next door$85$160$3,492178.3$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. Richland 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/richland-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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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.