Farmland Atlas · county record

Lawrence County, Mississippi

Lawrence County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $19 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,498 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 is 72.3 F, above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.8 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.5 F per decade, warming. Land value rose 8.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 1.7 percent a year. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$19/ac
2026 county average
MS median $67 · 3rd lowest of 71
Land and buildings
$3,498/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · 32nd highest of 82
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$25.79
2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · 3rd highest of 59
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · 36th lowest of 82

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402020202120222023202420252026$43$19 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$19/ac
Pasture, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,498/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,689/ac
Census 2017$3,211/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+8.9%+1.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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$25.79
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.85claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.51$5.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 58% · excess moisture 32% · other 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025260

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, 2000–202572 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200026 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.3 °F1991–2020 normal 70.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September29.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland822 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland273 ac
198619911996200120062011201620214804,372532

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

CRP enrolled, 2025532 ac3.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$42/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202210,954+1.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Lawrence County$19$3,498$25.79
Copiah County$73$3,412$10.48
Jefferson Davis County$22$3,188—
Lincoln County$26$3,880—
Marion County$44$3,624—
Simpson County$45 2025$3,201—
Walthall County$25$3,741$13.51
Median next door$26$3,518$12.00 2 co.

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. Lawrence 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/lawrence-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.