Farmland Atlas · county record

Washington Parish, Louisiana

Washington Parish, LA: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,980 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Washington Parish runs $34 per acre, up 46.8 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value stands at $3,980 per acre, up 10.2 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nights average 72.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 71.5 F normal, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.55 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved 89 percent, 86 percent, 40 percent, and 27 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025, while the loss ratio for 2016-2025 is 1.31 against 1.21 for 1995-2025. Drought weeks fell from 37 in 2000 to 18 across 2021-2025, and 4 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$35/ac
2026 county average
LA median $56 · tied for 17th lowest of 46
Land and buildings
$3,980/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
LA median $3,628 · 22nd highest of 63
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 31% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$30.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
LA median $8.82 · 3rd highest of 43
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
LA median 51% · 8th lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$25$35 dry

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$35/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+46.8%nominal, $24 to $35
Pasture, 2026$32/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,980/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,545/ac
Census 2017$3,612/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+10.2%+2.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 31% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$30.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.31claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.21$8.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025heat and drought 37% · excess moisture 33% · area plans 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025370

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, 2000–202585 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200037 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202518 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.9 °F1991–2020 normal 71.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September34.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland388 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland2,583 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland1,520 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212272,066217

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

CRP enrolled, 2025217 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$20/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025100 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202225,934
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Washington Parish$35$3,980$30.77
St. Tammany Parish$14$10,879—
Tangipahoa Parish$37$7,045$31.83
Marion County, MS$44$3,624—
Pearl River County, MS$45$3,891—
Pike County, MS$32$4,636—
Walthall County, MS$25$3,741$13.51
Median next door$35$4,264$22.67 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. Washington 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/washington-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.