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Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Wilkinson County, MS: non-irrigated cash rent $15 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,905 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 28157. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value rose 21 percent from 2017-2022, 3.9 percent a year. Drought weeks in severe or worse conditions ran 102 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 35 in 2021-2025 alone, matching the worst year, 2000. The July average nightly low has moved from 71.7 F normal to 73 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$15/ac

2026 county average
MS median $67 · 2nd lowest of 71

Land and buildings

$2,905/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MS median $3,313 · tied for 25th lowest of 82

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 10% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$42.16

2016–2025, closed crop years
MS median $10.48 · highest of 59

Farmland rented

11%

2022 census, rented from others
MS median 24% · 10th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,905/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,248/ac

Census 2017$2,401/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+21.0%+3.9% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 10% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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$42.16

Loss ratio, 2016–20251.44claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.39$3.9 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 94% · heat and drought 5% · other 1%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, 2000–2025102 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200035 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202535 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.0 °F1991–2020 normal 71.7 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September30.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% 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, 202219% of cropland2,262 ac

Cover crops, 20227% of cropland801 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,011 ac18.1% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028267 ac26% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$37/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202211,349+69.6% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202211%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Wilkinson County	$15	—	$2,905	—	$42.16
Concordia Parish, LA	$119	$185	$3,245	169.5	$8.82
East Feliciana Parish, LA	$22	—	$4,244	—	—
West Feliciana Parish, LA	$20	—	$3,197	—	$17.90
Adams County	$62 2023	—	$3,265	—	$25.25
Amite County	$21	—	$3,315	—	—
Franklin County	$22	—	$3,207	—	—
Median next door	$22	$185 1 co.	$3,255	169.5 1 co.	$17.90

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. Wilkinson 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/wilkinson-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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