Crop year 2027 · sign-up deadline Dec 1, 2026

PRF insurance in Marshall County, Mississippi: 2027 grids, values and record

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) is USDA’s rainfall-index insurance for grazing land and hay ground. USDA’s 2027 files offer it in Marshall County on 7 grids: 17263, 17264, 17562, 17563, 17564, 17862, 17863. It pays when precipitation in the grid over two months you choose comes in under a set share of normal.

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Grids: 7
Grazing, county base value per acre: $41.00
Hay, non-irrigated, per acre: $202.00
Hay, irrigated, per acre: $151.00
January to February cap: 25%
Sign-up deadline: Dec 1, 2026

USDA’s 2027 county base values, the same on every grid in the county. Protection per acre is the value times your coverage level times a productivity factor of 60 to 150: grazing at 90% and 100 is $36.90 an acre.

Example, not a recommendation: 100 acres of grazing at 90% coverage, productivity factor 100, half in April to May and half in June to July, on grid 17563, the middle of the county’s 7 grids by premium. The full premium is $467: USDA pays $239 and you pay $228, or $2.28 an acre. Run over 1951 to 2025 at 2027 rates, it would have paid in 51 of 75 years, an average of $392 a year, or $3.92 an acre. That is the past record, not a forecast, and it leaves out the administrative fee.

What each pair of months costs in Marshall County

At 90% coverage, across the 7 grids that touch the county: the middle grid first, then the lowest and highest. The premium is the full rate per $100 of protection; USDA pays 59% at 70%, 59% at 75%, 55% at 80%, 55% at 85%, 51% at 90%. Normal is the grid’s average precipitation for those months. A year counts, of the 75 from 1951 to 2025, when the grid’s index for those months came in under 90% of normal, which is when a 90% policy pays.

Each pair of months in Marshall County, Mississippi at 90% coverage
Months	Normal	Premium per $100	Years under 90%
Jan-Feb	9.88 in	$12.09 $11.80–13.04	35 33–36
Feb-Mar	10.78 in	$11.34 $10.80–11.79	35 31–37
Mar-Apr	11.35 in	$10.49 $10.28–11.59	33 31–35
Apr-May	10.97 in	$11.34 $10.76–11.75	31 30–32
May-Jun	9.56 in	$12.64 $11.14–13.77	32 29–37
Jun-Jul	8.64 in	$13.99 $12.50–14.27	33 32–36
Jul-Aug	7.70 in	$12.41 $11.58–12.43	33 27–34
Aug-Sep	7.04 in	$15.12 $14.14–16.12	34 32–35
Sep-Oct	7.09 in	$17.31 $16.51–18.16	29 26–31
Oct-Nov	8.07 in	$15.69 $14.64–16.84	33 32–36
Nov-Dec	10.29 in	$14.29 $13.71–14.72	36 35–38

The wettest pair of months here is March to April (11.35 in on the middle grid) and the driest is August to September (7.04 in). Coverage costs least in March to April and most in September to October. The months to insure are the ones when a dry spell costs you grass or hay, not the cheapest ones.

The last five years in Marshall County, and 2026 so far

The index for each pair of months as a percent of normal (100 is a normal year), on the middle grid (each grid has its own; the calculator shows yours). Shaded cells came in under 90%, where a 90% policy on those months would have paid. 2026 shows the 6 pairs of months USDA has published so far.

PRF index by pair of months, 2021 to 2026, Marshall County, Mississippi
Months	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 so far
Jan-Feb	83	123	109	119	81	52
Feb-Mar	140	120	124	88	89	54
Mar-Apr	119	104	144	94	111	77
Apr-May	64	106	94	111	143	109
May-Jun	146	69	77	88	186	123
Jun-Jul	188	65	109	93	143	109
Jul-Aug	168	133	131	83	56	—
Aug-Sep	149	105	92	136	57	—
Sep-Oct	105	65	38	123	98	—
Oct-Nov	75	89	36	72	95	—
Nov-Dec	66	113	48	130	43	—

Every year since 1951, priced at 2027 rates, is in the calculator.

PRF grids in Marshall County

Each grid’s normal precipitation over a year, its driest year since 1951 as a percent of normal, 2025 as a percent of normal, and how many of 75 years as a whole came in under 90%.

PRF grids in Marshall County, Mississippi
Grid	Normal, year	Driest year	2025	Years under 90%	Calculator
17263	56.3 in	1952, 64%	96%	27	Open
17264	56.4 in	1952, 68%	100%	26	Open
17562	55.4 in	1952, 68%	96%	23	Open
17563	55.9 in	1952, 67%	96%	24	Open
17564	56.3 in	1954, 67%	96%	26	Open
17862	55.1 in	2007, 71%	105%	21	Open
17863	55.8 in	2000, 70%	100%	22	Open

PRF dates for 2027

Dec 1, 2026: sales closing. New policies and changes are due at your agent.
Dec 1, 2026: acreage report.
Sep 1, 2027: premium billed, no earlier than this.

From 2027, grazing acres need livestock you have an interest in, equal to at least 25% of the stocking rate, or no payment is due and the premium is still owed. PRF pays on the grid’s precipitation index, not on your production. How PRF works · Before you sign · PRF in Mississippi

PRF questions in Marshall County

When is the PRF deadline in Marshall County for 2027?

The sales closing date is Dec 1, 2026, the same across the country. The acreage report is due Dec 1, 2026, and the premium is billed no earlier than Sep 1, 2027.

Which PRF grid is Marshall County in?

Grids 17263, 17264, 17562, 17563, 17564, 17862, 17863 touch Marshall County. A grid is a quarter degree of latitude by a quarter degree of longitude, about 17 miles north to south. Your grid follows from a point inside the acres you insure; type a ZIP or coordinates in the calculator to find it.

How much does PRF cost per acre in Marshall County?

It depends on the grid, the months, the coverage level and your productivity factor. USDA’s 2027 county base value is $41.00 an acre for grazing, $202.00 for non-irrigated hay. At 90% coverage and a productivity factor of 100, grazing land is protected for $36.90 an acre, and the full premium runs $10.49 to $17.31 per $100 of protection depending on the months, on the middle grid. USDA pays 51% to 59% of the premium. In the example above, 100 acres of grazing at 90% with half in April to May and half in June to July, you pay $2.28 an acre on grid 17563. The calculator gives the figure for your acres and months.

How often has PRF paid in Marshall County?

At 90% coverage a pair of months pays when the index comes in under 90% of normal. Over 1951 to 2025, on the middle grid, that happened in 29 to 36 of 75 years, depending on the months. Run at 2027 rates, $1 of full premium at 90% would have paid back a middle $0.86 across the county’s grids and months. That is the past record, not a forecast.

By Sigurd Lindquist, a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) who owns a licensed crop insurance agency. This page sells no insurance and asks for no contact details. Figures from USDA RMA’s 2027 Actuarial Data Master and PRF index record, read Oct 12, 2026. The index record is what USDA publishes for 2027; policies in past years were paid on their own rates and data.

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