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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; median corn yield 185.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Humphreys County runs $153 per acre in 2026, up 44.3 percent from 2016. Groundwater supplies 95 percent of irrigation water.

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: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · 31st highest of 82
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
185.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 194.4 · irrigated and dryland combined
MS median 173.4 · 6th highest of 23
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

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; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$153/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+44.3%nominal, $106 to $153
Irrigated, 2026$203/ac

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 value— about 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

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.

Median, 2008–2025185.8 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025194.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 120.6 bu/ac65% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.6 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

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 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$10.15
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.04claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.08$164.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 28
Worst year2009ratio 2.63
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 60% · heat and drought 30% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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 years, 2021–202533 weeks
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 September25.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland14,395 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland2,392 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202130811,92111,381

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,381 ac7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,144 ac28% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$121/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202294
Farmland rented from others, 202265%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims 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. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Humphreys 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/humphreys-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.