Prentiss County, Mississippi
Prentiss County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,401 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Prentiss County runs $66 per acre, up 88.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. No cropland here is irrigated, per the 2022 census. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025, at 55 percent of $14.4 million paid. The loss ratio over that full period was 0.83, but it rose to 0.99 in the ten closed crop years 2016-2025, and the indemnity paid per $100 of insured value in that span was $12.36. July nights have warmed, averaging 70.9 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F, a trend of 0.34 F per decade.
MS median $67 · tied for 33rd lowest of 71
MS median $3,313 · 12th lowest of 82
MS median $10.48 · 21st highest of 59
MS median 24% · 36th 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss County | $66 | $2,401 | — | $12.36 |
| Alcorn County | $60 | $2,375 | — | $15.19 |
| Itawamba County | $66 2024 | $2,570 | — | $9.75 |
| Lee County | $90 | $3,286 | 116.3 | $13.19 |
| Tippah County | $65 | $2,378 | — | $8.72 |
| Tishomingo County | $40 | $2,290 | — | $9.63 |
| Union County | $66 | $2,286 | — | $6.25 |
| Median next door | $65 | $2,377 | 116.3 1 co. | $9.69 |
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. Prentiss 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/prentiss-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.