Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Sunflower County, Mississippi
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Chart by TallyTill · tallytill.com
What the numbers say
- Sunflower County's rent is the same as the Mississippi average and 0.7 times the US average.
- It is the 7th lowest of the 20 Mississippi counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 23.6%, from $144 to $178 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sunflower figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sunflower County | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $178 | $185 | $244 |
| 2025 | $180 | $180 | $244 |
| 2024 | $171 | $172 | $245 |
| 2023 | $175 | $169 | $237 |
| 2022 | $143 | $159 | $227 |
| 2021 | $151 | $150 | $217 |
| 2020 | $157 | $150 | $216 |
| 2019 | $145 | $148 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $143 | $215 |
| 2017 | $144 | $143 | $212 |
Every Mississippi county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $139 an acre in Marshall County to $204 an acre in Tallahatchie County.
- Under $175 (4 counties)
- $175 to under $184 (4 counties)
- $184 to under $193 (4 counties)
- $193 to under $197 (3 counties)
- $197 and over (5 counties)
- Not published separately (62 counties, $140 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Alcorn County, Amite County, Attala County, Benton County, Choctaw County, Claiborne County, Clarke County, Clay County, Copiah County, Covington County, DeSoto County, Forrest County, Franklin County, George County, Greene County, Grenada County, Hancock County, Harrison County, Hinds County, Itawamba County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jefferson Davis County, Jones County, Kemper County, Lafayette County, Lamar County, Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Leake County, Lee County, Lincoln County, Lowndes County, Madison County, Marion County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Neshoba County, Newton County, Oktibbeha County, Pearl River County, Perry County, Pike County, Pontotoc County, Prentiss County, Rankin County, Scott County, Simpson County, Smith County, Stone County, Tate County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County, Union County, Walthall County, Wayne County, Webster County, Wilkinson County, Winston County and Yalobusha County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallahatchie County | $204 | 3.1% |
| 2 | Humphreys County | $203 | 4.3% |
| 3 | Issaquena County | $202 | 4.6% |
| 4 | Carroll County | $197 | 5.4% |
| 4 | Holmes County | $197 | 3.1% |
| 6 | Yazoo County | $195 | 2.8% |
| 7 | Noxubee County | $194 | 4.3% |
| 8 | Coahoma County | $193 | 1.7% |
| 9 | Warren County | $190 | 1.6% |
| 9 | Washington County | $190 | 3.2% |
| 11 | Leflore County | $187 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Panola County | $184 | 4.8% |
| 13 | Bolivar County | $182 | 1.2% |
| 14 | Sunflower County This county | $178 | 2.4% |
| 15 | Quitman County | $176 | 5.0% |
| 16 | Sharkey County | $175 | 3.1% |
| 17 | Chickasaw County | $165 | 4.1% |
| 18 | Tunica County | $157 | 4.0% |
| 19 | Calhoun County | $146 | 5.0% |
| 20 | Marshall County | $139 | 6.3% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.