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Tunica County, Mississippi

Tunica County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $98 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,274 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 164.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tunica County sits at $98 per acre in 2026, down 2 percent from 2016. Land value reached $4,274 per acre in 2022, up 44.6 percent from 2017. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$98/ac
2026 county average
MS median $67 · 23rd highest of 71
Cash rent, irrigated
$157/ac
2026 county average
MS median $189 · 3rd lowest of 20
Land and buildings
$4,274/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · 10th highest of 82
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
164.2 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 184.3 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.80
2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · 22nd highest of 59
Farmland rented
84%
2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · highest of 82

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$78$98 dry$88$157 irrigated

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$98/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−2.0%nominal, $100 to $98
Irrigated, 2026$157/ac
Pasture, 2026$17/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,274/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,701/ac
Census 2017$2,955/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+44.6%+7.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 54% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024152.0193.3median 164.2

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024164.2 bu/ac14 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2020–2024184.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 139.1 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+1.9 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.542.701.00: claims equal premium

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$11.80
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.32claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.05$179.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 31
Worst year2025ratio 2.70
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 59% · heat and drought 25% · area plans 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025243

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, 2000–2025106 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200024 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202529 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.1 °F1991–2020 normal 72.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 109% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland32,883 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,886 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202104,5964,206

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,206 ac2.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,287 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$110/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 2022969
Farmland rented from others, 202284%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Tunica County$98$157$4,274—$11.80
Crittenden County, AR$109$157$4,236174.2$7.15
Lee County, AR$100 2025$152$3,431173.2$10.37
Phillips County, AR$119$146$3,345175.4$13.59
Coahoma County$155$193$3,910180.4$10.98
DeSoto County$110—$4,266—$9.98
Panola County$120$184$3,142—$15.43
Quitman County$111$176$2,971170.1$16.05
Tate County$74—$3,310160.1$6.23
Median next door$111$167$3,388173.7$10.68

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. Tunica 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/tunica-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.
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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.