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St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

St. Landry Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $89 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,540 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 167.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in St. Landry Parish runs $89 per acre in 2026, up 45.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent sits close behind at $90 per acre, and the irrigated multiple has fallen from 1.56 in 2009 to 1.01 in 2026. Corn yields carry a rising trend of 2.9 bushels per acre a year against a median of 167.4 bushels per acre, with 2011 a low point at 94.7. Land value is $3,540 per acre in 2022, up 21.3 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$89/ac
2026 county average
LA median $56 · 9th highest of 46
Cash rent, irrigated
$90/ac
2026 county average
LA median $134 · 8th lowest of 21
Land and buildings
$3,540/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 29th lowest of 63
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
167.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 168.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
LA median 174.1 · 3rd lowest of 13
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.35
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 15th highest of 43
Farmland rented
62%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 20th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$57$89 dry$70$90 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$89/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+45.9%nominal, $61 to $89
Irrigated, 2026$90/ac
Pasture, 2026$27/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,540/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,405/ac
Census 2017$2,919/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.3%+3.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 21% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024129.0190.0180.2median 167.4

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

Median, 2008–2025167.4 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025168.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 94.7 bu/ac57% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.9 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020251.242.760.211.00: 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$12.35
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.23claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.02$124.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium13 of 32
Worst year2018ratio 2.76
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 42% · heat and drought 21% · wind 21%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025443

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, 2000–2025131 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200044 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202540 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.9 °F1991–2020 normal 73.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September31.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 117% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202221%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland4,887 ac
Farmed no-till, 202220% of cropland35,898 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,189 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021845,0783,160

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,160 ac2.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202821 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$76/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025135 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202228,452
Farmland rented from others, 202262%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
St. Landry Parish$89$90$3,540167.4$12.35
Acadia Parish$54$88$3,046—$4.93
Avoyelles Parish$115$155$3,193159.0$11.25
Evangeline Parish$44$90$3,186—$7.13
Lafayette Parish$74$99$8,291—$7.37
Pointe Coupee Parish$85$182 2024$3,727179.3$6.62
St. Martin Parish$73$95 2025$3,630—$7.87
Median next door$73$94$3,412169.2 2 co.$7.25

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. St. Landry 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-landry-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.