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Webster County, Mississippi

Webster County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $125 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,215 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28155. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Webster County runs $125 per acre, up 40.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in 2022 sits at $2,215 per acre, up 20.8 percent from 2017 to 2022. The July nightly low averaged 71.5 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.9 F, and the county logged 22 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$125/ac
2026 county average
MS median $67 · 12th highest of 71
Land and buildings
$2,215/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · 3rd lowest of 82
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.77
$125 ÷ 162.3 bu, recent yield 2019–2023
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
150.0 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 162.3
MS median 173.4 · 5th lowest of 23
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.88
2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · 3rd lowest of 59
Farmland rented
32%
2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · 26th highest of 82

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$78$125 dry

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$125/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+40.4%nominal, $89 to $125
Pasture, 2026$13/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.77$125 ÷ 162.3 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,215/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,806/ac
Census 2017$1,833/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.8%+3.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 46% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022110.0171.1median 150.0

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

Median, 2008–2023150.0 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023162.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 100.0 bu/ac67% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+3.2 bu/ac a year±2.4 (95% interval)

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$5.88
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.65claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.57$7.5 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 0.67
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 55% · heat and drought 17% · area plans 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025250

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, 2000–202583 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200025 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202522 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland276 ac
Farmed no-till, 202228% of cropland5,884 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland1,925 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212,13811,2976,021

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,021 ac26.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028873 ac15% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$97/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20221,861−45.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Webster County$125—$2,215150.0$5.88
Calhoun County$132$146$2,428155.6$5.39
Chickasaw County$89$165$2,388—$10.88
Choctaw County$31—$2,144——
Clay County$30—$2,289—$11.52
Grenada County$112—$2,691—$15.84
Montgomery County$100—$2,653—$16.14
Oktibbeha County$55—$2,845—$28.86
Median next door$89$156 2 co.$2,428155.6 1 co.$13.68

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. Webster 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/webster-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.