Farmland Atlas · county record

Union County, Mississippi

Union County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,286 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 156.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28145. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$66/ac

2026 county average
MS median $67 · tied for 33rd lowest of 71

Land and buildings

$2,286/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · 5th lowest of 82

Rent as % of land value

2.73%

$63 dry rent ÷ $2,286 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2012–2022 median

156.1 bu/ac

9 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$6.25

2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · 8th lowest of 59

Farmland rented

28%

2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · 37th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$66/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+13.8%nominal, $58 to $66

Pasture, 2026$16/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,286/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,073/ac

Census 2017$1,999/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+14.4%+2.7% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.73%$63 ÷ $2,286; cropland 53% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2012–2022156.1 bu/ac9 published years

Lowest published year2012: 102.6 bu/ac66% of median

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$6.25

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.70claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.59$9.2 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · heat and drought 41% · other 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202585 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200725 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.1 °F1991–2020 normal 69.6 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September27.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%

Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland108 ac

Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland8,424 ac

Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland244 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,075 ac9.8% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028671 ac11% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$62/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 20228,121−19.6% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Union County	$66	—	$2,286	—	$6.25
Benton County	$77	—	$2,707	144.8	$7.36
Lafayette County	$101	—	$3,239	—	$8.02
Lee County	$90	—	$3,286	116.3	$13.19
Marshall County	$79	$139	$3,043	—	$8.96
Pontotoc County	$67	—	$2,758	—	$9.96
Prentiss County	$66	—	$2,401	—	$12.36
Tippah County	$65	—	$2,378	—	$8.72
Median next door	$77	$139 1 co.	$2,758	130.6 2 co.	$8.96

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. Union 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/union-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.

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.

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