Farmland Atlas · county record

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

St. Bernard Parish, LA: land and buildings $2,086 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in St. Bernard Parish stood at $2,086 per acre in the 2022 census, up 19.1 percent from 2017, or 3.6 percent a year. July nights have averaged 76.6 F from 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 75.6 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.43 F per decade, warming. Of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, 123 were spent with at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, 9.1 percent of weeks, with 2000 the worst year at 42 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 23 such weeks. Only 1 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$2,086/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · lowest of 63
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
57%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 28th highest of 63

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,086/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,663/ac
Census 2017$1,752/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.1%+3.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2010. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025420

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, 2000–2025123 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200042 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202676.6 °F1991–2020 normal 75.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.43 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September36.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland30 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland13 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20221,701
Farmland rented from others, 202257%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyLand value
St. Bernard Parish$2,086
Orleans Parish$44,661
Plaquemines Parish$2,130
Median next door$23,396 2 co.

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. St. Bernard 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/st-bernard-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.