Lafayette County, Mississippi
Lafayette County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $101 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,239 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lafayette County is $101 per acre in 2026, up 132.2 percent from 2016. Median corn yield 2009-2023 is 132.5 bushels per acre, with a worst year of 96.5 in 2012. July nightly lows average 71.1 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.9 F, with a long-term trend of 0.29 F per decade and no clear direction. Irrigated cropland is 3 percent of harvested acres, and severe drought or worse covered 80 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst in 2000 at 24 weeks. Land value is $3,239 per acre in 2022, up 18.2 percent from 2017-2022.
MS median $67 · 21st highest of 71
MS median $3,313 · 38th lowest of 82
MS median $10.48 · 16th lowest of 59
MS median 24% · 18th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette County | $101 | — | $3,239 | — | $8.02 |
| Calhoun County | $132 | $146 | $2,428 | 155.6 | $5.39 |
| Marshall County | $79 | $139 | $3,043 | — | $8.96 |
| Panola County | $120 | $184 | $3,142 | — | $15.43 |
| Pontotoc County | $67 | — | $2,758 | — | $9.96 |
| Tate County | $74 | — | $3,310 | 160.1 | $6.23 |
| Union County | $66 | — | $2,286 | — | $6.25 |
| Yalobusha County | $104 | — | $2,519 | — | $7.50 |
| Median next door | $79 | $146 | $2,758 | 157.9 2 co. | $7.50 |
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. Lafayette 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/lafayette-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.