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Humphreys County, Mississippi

Humphreys County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $153 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,509 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28053. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

$153

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 15 surveys since 2009; up 44% from $106 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

19 weeks

With half the county or more in severe drought (D2) or worse in 2026 so far, the most since 2000 (30 weeks).

U.S. Drought Monitor weekly maps, 2000 to 2026 (40 maps this year)

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Humphreys County runs $153 an acre for 2026, up 44.3% from $106 in 2016. That is tied for 4th highest of 71 in Mississippi, where the state median is $67. The census value of land and buildings was $3,509 an acre in 2022, up 7.3% from $3,270 in 2017. Corn made 198.7 bu in 2025, above the 18 year county median of 185.8 bu.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$153/ac
2026 county average
MS median $67 · tied for 4th highest of 71
Cash rent, irrigated
$203/ac
2026 county average
MS median $189 · 2nd highest of 20
Land and buildings
$3,509/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · MS farm real estate 2026: $3,650 (land and buildings, state survey)
MS median $3,313 · 31st highest of 82
Corn yield, 2021-25 average
194.4 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2025 county yield 198.7 · irrigated and dryland combined · rent-per-bushel trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.15
2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · 28th lowest of 59
Farmland rented
65%
2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · 8th highest of 82
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Humphreys County: Lake Village, AR (46 mi).

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Mississippi, county by county

Drought, year by year

200020052010201520202025300

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, 2000–2025118 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200030 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202533 weeks
2026 so far19 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.3 °F1991–2020 normal 72.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual25.2 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 26.0 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Corn growing degree days, May to September4,073middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 4,205

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024153.0206.4198.7median 185.8

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

Trend for rent per bushelCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2025 county yield198.7 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average194.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025185.8 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2011: 120.6 bu/ac65% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.6 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$77$153 dry$100$203 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Mississippi county rate, side by side: Mississippi cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$153/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+44.3%nominal, $106 to $153
Irrigated, 2026$203/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2025)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel is withheld here: it needs the county trend, and the trend is withheld (see the corn yield section). The calculator below takes your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,509/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,209/ac
Census 2017$3,270/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+7.3%+1.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 55% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Mississippi cropland, 2026 state survey$4,060/ac+2.5% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Mississippi farm real estate, 2026$3,650/acland and buildings, state average
Mississippi pasture, 2026$3,310/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Mississippi average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Humphreys County.

PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Humphreys County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.102.631.291.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1996 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$10.15
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.04claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.08$164.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 28crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Worst year2009ratio 2.63, of the 28 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 60% · heat and drought 30% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202130811,381

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,381 ac7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20291,717 ac15% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$121/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland14,395 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,392 ac
Cattle and calves, 202294
Hogs and pigs, 202260head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202265%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Humphreys County$153$203$3,509185.8$10.15
Holmes County$146$197$2,992183.9$7.67
Leflore County$140$187$3,665192.1$6.70
Sharkey County$145$175$3,746194.9$7.89
Sunflower County$123$178$4,042185.9$9.63
Washington County$172$190$4,488192.5$4.96
Yazoo County$152$195$3,216175.3$13.17
Median next door$146$189$3,706189.0$7.78

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Humphreys County, Mississippi. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/mississippi/humphreys-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).