Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Tensas Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $104 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,843 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Tensas Parish runs $104 per acre in 2026, down 1 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $175 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated has moved from 1.03 in 2009 to 1.68 in 2026, direction rising. Groundwater supplies 86 percent of irrigation water as of 2015. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 46 percent of $109.0 million paid, with the loss ratio over 2016-2025 at 0.94 against 0.73 for the full 1989-2025 period. Census value of land and buildings stood at $2,843 per acre in 2022, up 1.4 percent from 2017.
LA median $56 · 6th highest of 46
LA median $134 · 4th highest of 21
LA median $3,628 · 8th lowest of 63
LA median 174.1 · 6th lowest of 13
LA median $8.82 · 17th lowest of 43
LA median 51% · 13th highest of 63
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tensas Parish | $104 | $175 | $2,843 | 172.8 | $7.76 |
| Catahoula Parish | $88 | $147 2025 | $2,908 | 174.1 | $11.89 |
| Concordia Parish | $119 | $185 | $3,245 | 169.5 | $8.82 |
| Franklin Parish | $78 | $160 | $3,219 | 185.3 | $7.54 |
| Madison Parish | $143 | $159 | $3,764 | 176.2 | $8.98 |
| Adams County, MS | $62 2023 | — | $3,265 | — | $25.25 |
| Claiborne County, MS | $102 | — | $2,979 | — | $6.06 |
| Jefferson County, MS | $50 | — | $3,384 | — | $25.33 |
| Warren County, MS | $155 | $190 | $2,627 | — | $20.48 |
| Median next door | $102 | $173 | $3,232 | 175.2 | $10.44 |
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. Tensas 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/tensas-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.