Newton County, Mississippi
Newton County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,337 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Newton County stands at $32 per acre, up 68.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value in 2022 was $3,337 per acre, up 40.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.1 percent a year. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal low was 69.7 F, against 71.9 F for 2017-2026, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.63 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance losses from 2014-2025 totaled $482,451, mostly excess moisture and flood at 77 percent, while heat and drought's share rose from 2 percent in 2010-2019 to 32 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 8 percent of harvested cropland. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MS median $67 · tied for 17th lowest of 71
MS median $3,313 · 40th highest of 82
MS median 24% · 26th 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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2014. 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County | $32 | $3,337 | — |
| Jasper County | $20 | $3,476 | — |
| Lauderdale County | $21 2023 | $2,750 | — |
| Leake County | $41 | $3,798 | — |
| Neshoba County | $23 | $3,021 | — |
| Scott County | $46 | $3,382 | $5.89 |
| Median next door | $32 | $3,382 | $5.89 1 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. Newton 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/newton-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.