St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $14 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,879 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22103. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 averages $14 per acre. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $10,879 per acre, with a land value change of 1.4 percent from 2017-2022, 0.3 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed since 1976 at 0.49 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average of 74 F runs above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.7 F. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 106 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 18 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Crop insurance indemnities from 1997-2006 totaled $113,301, with wind the largest cause at 52 percent. No solar or wind capacity operates in the county, and none is proposed to EIA.
LA median $56 · lowest of 46
LA median $3,628 · highest of 63
LA median 51% · 19th lowest of 63
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Tammany Parish | $14 | $10,879 | — |
| Jefferson Parish | — | $2,176 | — |
| Orleans Parish | — | $44,661 | — |
| Tangipahoa Parish | $37 | $7,045 | $31.83 |
| Washington Parish | $35 | $3,980 | $30.77 |
| Hancock County, MS | — | $4,177 | — |
| Pearl River County, MS | $45 | $3,891 | — |
| Median next door | $37 | $4,079 | $31.30 2 co. |
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. Tammany 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-tammany-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.