Lowndes County, Mississippi
Lowndes County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,174 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lowndes County averages $48 per acre in 2026, down 3.1 percent from 2016. Land value, by the operators' own estimate, runs $3,174 per acre in 2022, up 25.5 percent from 2017, or 4.6 percent a year. Corn yield trend over 2008-2023 rises 3.6 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 157.8 bushels per acre and a low of 80 in 2011. July nights have warmed: the 2017-2026 average low is 72.5 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.7 F, part of a warming trend of 0.47 F per decade since 1976. Irrigation covers 14 percent of harvested cropland, and drought weeks ran 117 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2007 the worst year at 29 weeks.
MS median $67 · 26th lowest of 71
MS median $3,313 · 33rd lowest of 82
MS median 173.4 · 9th lowest of 23
MS median $10.48 · 20th highest of 59
MS median 24% · 17th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowndes County | $48 | — | $3,174 | 157.8 | $12.93 |
| Lamar County, AL | $41 | — | $1,910 | — | $13.33 |
| Pickens County, AL | $50 | — | $2,633 | — | $10.05 |
| Clay County | $30 | — | $2,289 | — | $11.52 |
| Monroe County | $83 | — | $2,359 | 123.1 | $14.97 |
| Noxubee County | $81 | $194 | $3,616 | 153.3 | $8.49 |
| Oktibbeha County | $55 | — | $2,845 | — | $28.86 |
| Median next door | $52 | $194 1 co. | $2,496 | 138.2 2 co. | $12.43 |
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. Lowndes 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/lowndes-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.