Wayne County, Mississippi
Wayne County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $23 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,372 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.27 since 1995. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wayne County stands at $23 per acre, down 45.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. July nights average 71.9 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.6 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.51 F per decade, warming. Only 1 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated. Crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2025 total $2.1 million, led by freeze and frost at 39 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities fell from 40 percent in 1989-1999 to 21 percent in 2010-2019 to 0 percent in 2020-2025. Land value rose 8.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MS median $67 · tied for 8th lowest of 71
MS median $3,313 · 39th highest of 82
MS median 24% · 14th 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 1995. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | $23 | $3,372 | — |
| Choctaw County, AL | $15 | $2,456 | — |
| Washington County, AL | $39 2025 | $2,714 | $5.28 |
| Clarke County | $23 | $3,758 | — |
| Greene County | $29 | $4,071 | — |
| Jasper County | $20 | $3,476 | — |
| Jones County | $42 | $4,661 | $14.78 |
| Perry County | — | $3,656 | $7.90 |
| Median next door | $23 | $3,656 | $7.90 |
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. Wayne 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/wayne-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.