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Grenada County, Mississippi

Grenada County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $112 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,691 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Grenada County is $112 per acre in 2026, up 23.1 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $2,691 per acre, up 22.3 percent from 2017, or 4.1 percent a year. July nights have warmed from a 70.7 F normal to a 72.4 F average in 2017-2026, with a long-term trend of 0.4 F per decade. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$112/ac
2026 county average
MS median $67 · 16th highest of 71
Land and buildings
$2,691/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · 19th lowest of 82
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2021 median
146.7 bu/ac
9 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.84
2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · 10th highest of 59
Farmland rented
23%
2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · 40th lowest of 82

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$35$112 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$112/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+23.1%nominal, $91 to $112
Pasture, 2023$22/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,691/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,828/ac
Census 2017$2,200/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+22.3%+4.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021121.0120.0128.4158.1146.7142.1160.0165.9193.8median 146.7

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

Median, 2008–2021146.7 bu/ac9 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2009: 120.0 bu/ac82% of median

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$15.84
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.40claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.08$14.9 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 1.28
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 66% · heat and drought 17% · area plans 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252713

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, 2000–2025112 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200027 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202545 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.4 °F1991–2020 normal 70.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.40 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland377 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202177413,5146,576

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,576 ac25.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028399 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$80/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20225,496−27.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202223%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Grenada County$112—$2,691—$15.84
Calhoun County$132$146$2,428155.6$5.39
Carroll County$77$197$2,905173.4$10.38
Leflore County$140$187$3,665192.1$6.70
Montgomery County$100—$2,653—$16.14
Tallahatchie County$147$204$3,576175.9$9.42
Webster County$125—$2,215150.0$5.88
Yalobusha County$104—$2,519—$7.50
Median next door$125$192$2,653173.4$7.50

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. Grenada 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/grenada-county
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.