Forrest County, Mississippi
Forrest County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $60 an acre (2024); land and buildings $5,040 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Forrest County averages $60 per acre in 2024, up 22.7 percent from 2012. Land value under the census stands at $5,040 per acre, up 18.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.5 percent a year. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated. Heat and drought accounted for 5 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 1989-1999 and 37 percent in 2020-2025, and the July average nightly low has moved from a 70.6 F normal to 72.1 F over 2017-2026. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 runs at 1.21, against 0.97 for the full 1989-2025 record.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
MS median $3,313 · 3rd highest of 82
MS median $10.48 · 6th lowest of 59
MS median 24% · 13th lowest of 82
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
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest County | $60 2024 | $5,040 | $6.22 |
| Covington County | $60 | $4,040 | $16.44 |
| Jones County | $42 | $4,661 | $14.78 |
| Lamar County | $35 | $4,521 | — |
| Pearl River County | $45 | $3,891 | — |
| Perry County | — | $3,656 | $7.90 |
| Stone County | $46 2025 | $3,998 | $14.09 |
| Median next door | $43 | $4,019 | $14.44 |
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. Forrest County, Mississippi. 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/mississippi/forrest-countyEvery 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.