County farm facts

St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

St. John the Baptist Parish, LA: land and buildings $5,674 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.79 since 2006. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22095. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 16, the census value of land and buildings in St. John the Baptist Parish stood at $5,674 an acre in 2022, up 62.1% from $3,500 in 2017. That works out to 10.1% a year, and it puts the parish 7th highest of 63 in Louisiana, well over the state median of $3,628. Back in 2012 the census value was $2,910. 44% of the farmland here was rented in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
n/a
county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$5,674/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · LA farm real estate 2026: $3,950 (land and buildings, state survey)
LA median $3,628 · 7th highest of 63
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield
n/a
NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.70
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 16th lowest of 43
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 27th lowest of 63
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Louisiana cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Nearby buyers within 50 miles: 1 oilseed crusher, 1 export elevator
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Straight-line miles from the middle of St. John the Baptist Parish to each buyer’s town point (the middle of its town, not the gate), rounded. Capacity as published. Where the buyers are, not what they pay. Lists from NOPA, port and terminal pages, read Oct 28, 2026.

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Louisiana, county by county

Drought, year by year

200020052010201520202025380

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, 2000–2025113 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200038 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202523 weeks
2026 so far7 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.7 °F1991–2020 normal 73.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual37.0 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 40.3 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Corn growing degree days, May to September4,306middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 4,401

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldNASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

Every published Louisiana county rate, side by side: Louisiana cash rent by county.

Cash rentCounty not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,674/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,910/ac
Census 2017$3,500/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+62.1%+10.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Louisiana cropland, 2026 state survey$3,660/ac+2.5% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Louisiana farm real estate, 2026$3,950/acland and buildings, state average
Louisiana pasture, 2026$3,600/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Louisiana average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in St. John the Baptist Parish.

PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in St. John the Baptist Parish: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$7.70
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.98claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.79$3.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 2006–2024wind 79% · excess moisture 13% · heat and drought 6%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202101960

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY1998$45/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 2022none reported
Cattle and calves, 202228
Beef cows, 202210head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
St. John the Baptist Parishn/a$5,674$7.70
Ascension Parishn/a$5,985$7.33
Lafourche Parish$26$2,909$6.20
Livingston Parishn/a$6,940n/a
St. Charles Parish$27 2023$4,463n/a
St. James Parish$63$4,097$5.01
Tangipahoa Parish$37$7,045$31.83
Median next door$37$5,224$6.77

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/louisiana/st-john-the-baptist-parish
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).