Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Pontotoc County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $67 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,758 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 105.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pontotoc County runs $66 per acre, up 7.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $2,758 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 40.1 percent, 7 percent a year. No cropland here is irrigated: share of harvested cropland irrigated in 2022 was 0 percent. July nights have warmed, averaging 71.4 F over 2017-2026 against a 69.8 F normal for 1991-2020, with a long trend of 0.37 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance losses over 1989-2025 total $16.4 million, mostly from excess moisture and flood at 52 percent, and the loss ratio rose from 0.82 over 1989-2025 to 0.92 over 2016-2025. Solar and wind capacity here are both 0 MW.
MS median $67 · 36th lowest of 71
MS median $3,313 · 22nd lowest of 82
MS median $10.48 · 26th lowest of 59
MS median 24% · 27th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc County | $67 | — | $2,758 | — | $9.96 |
| Calhoun County | $132 | $146 | $2,428 | 155.6 | $5.39 |
| Chickasaw County | $89 | $165 | $2,388 | — | $10.88 |
| Lafayette County | $101 | — | $3,239 | — | $8.02 |
| Lee County | $90 | — | $3,286 | 116.3 | $13.19 |
| Union County | $66 | — | $2,286 | — | $6.25 |
| Median next door | $90 | $156 2 co. | $2,428 | 136.0 2 co. | $8.02 |
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. Pontotoc 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/pontotoc-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.