Issaquena County, Mississippi
Issaquena County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $153 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,878 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 188.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Issaquena County is $153 per acre in 2026, up 17.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $202 per acre, a multiple of 1.32 over non-irrigated this year, against 1.13 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Irrigation covers 43 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and 95 percent of that water comes from groundwater as of 2015. Crop insurance history leans on water, not heat: excess moisture and flood account for 71 percent of the $64.0 million paid out over 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 1.27, higher than the 0.93 mark for the full 1989-2025 period. Census land value sits at $2,878 per acre, up 5.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.
MS median $67 · tied for 4th highest of 71
MS median $189 · 3rd highest of 20
MS median $3,313 · 24th lowest of 82
MS median 173.4 · 4th highest of 23
MS median $10.48 · 26th highest of 59
MS median 24% · 10th highest 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issaquena County | $153 | $202 | $2,878 | 188.6 | $11.09 |
| Chicot County, AR | $159 | $165 | $4,081 | 179.4 | $7.75 |
| East Carroll Parish, LA | $130 | $183 | $4,631 | 178.5 | $6.19 |
| Sharkey County | $145 | $175 | $3,746 | 194.9 | $7.89 |
| Warren County | $155 | $190 | $2,627 | — | $20.48 |
| Washington County | $172 | $190 | $4,488 | 192.5 | $4.96 |
| Yazoo County | $152 | $195 | $3,216 | 175.3 | $13.17 |
| Median next door | $154 | $187 | $3,914 | 179.4 | $7.82 |
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. Issaquena 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/issaquena-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.