Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- Caldwell Parish's rent is 0.6 times the Louisiana average and 0.3 times the US average.
- It is the 22nd lowest of the 46 Louisiana parishes NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has fallen 28.7%, from $68 to $48.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Caldwell figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2022, 2024 and 2025 it combined Caldwell into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Caldwell Parish | Louisiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $48.50 | $84.50 | $146 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $84.50 | $147 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $83 | $146 |
| 2023 | $52 | $80.50 | $142 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $75.50 | $135 |
| 2021 | $67.50 | $75 | $128 |
| 2020 | $79 | $77 | $126 |
| 2019 | $71 | $75 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $73 | $125 |
| 2017 | $68 | $71 | $123 |
Every Louisiana parish, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $14 an acre in Saint Tammany Parish to $143 an acre in Madison Parish.
- Under $40 (20 parishes)
- $40 to under $80 (12 parishes)
- $80 to under $120 (12 parishes)
- $120 to under $160 (2 parishes)
- $160 and over (0 parishes)
- Not published separately (18 parishes, $47.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Allen Parish, Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, Bienville Parish, Cameron Parish, Grant Parish, Jefferson Parish, LaSalle Parish, Livingston Parish, Orleans Parish, Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Webster Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish and Winn Parish into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | Parish | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Parish | $143 | 6.5% |
| 2 | East Carroll Parish | $130 | 6.0% |
| 3 | Concordia Parish | $119 | 5.3% |
| 4 | Avoyelles Parish | $115 | 12.0% |
| 5 | Rapides Parish | $114 | 4.5% |
| 6 | Tensas Parish | $104 | 6.5% |
| 7 | West Carroll Parish | $97.50 | 17.4% |
| 8 | Iberia Parish | $94 | 7.0% |
| 9 | Saint Landry Parish | $89 | 10.8% |
| 10 | Catahoula Parish | $88 | 10.1% |
| 11 | Vermilion Parish | $87 | 5.4% |
| 12 | Ouachita Parish | $84.50 | 6.6% |
| 12 | Pointe Coupee Parish | $84.50 | 12.1% |
| 14 | Saint Mary Parish | $80.50 | 4.3% |
| 15 | Richland Parish | $79.50 | 20.2% |
| 16 | Franklin Parish | $78 | 21.1% |
| 17 | Red River Parish | $77.50 | 15.9% |
| 18 | Morehouse Parish | $75 | 10.1% |
| 19 | Lafayette Parish | $73.50 | 6.4% |
| 20 | Saint Martin Parish | $72.50 | 5.3% |
| 21 | Caddo Parish | $71 | 8.2% |
| 22 | Saint James Parish | $62.50 | 9.7% |
| 23 | Natchitoches Parish | $57.50 | 5.6% |
| 24 | Acadia Parish | $53.50 | 5.7% |
| 25 | Caldwell Parish This parish | $48.50 | 3.6% |
| 26 | Evangeline Parish | $43.50 | 6.3% |
| 27 | Bossier Parish | $38 | 16.2% |
| 28 | Tangipahoa Parish | $37 | 7.6% |
| 29 | Jackson Parish | $34.50 | 6.5% |
| 29 | Washington Parish | $34.50 | 7.7% |
| 31 | Iberville Parish | $31.50 | 13.9% |
| 32 | De Soto Parish | $29.50 | 7.2% |
| 33 | Union Parish | $26.50 | 5.2% |
| 34 | Lafourche Parish | $26 | 10.0% |
| 35 | Saint Helena Parish | $24 | 8.2% |
| 36 | Beauregard Parish | $22 | 6.7% |
| 36 | East Feliciana Parish | $22 | 13.2% |
| 36 | Lincoln Parish | $22 | 7.6% |
| 39 | Calcasieu Parish | $20.50 | 9.9% |
| 39 | Sabine Parish | $20.50 | 8.9% |
| 39 | Vernon Parish | $20.50 | 2.2% |
| 42 | West Feliciana Parish | $19.50 | 4.7% |
| 43 | Claiborne Parish | $19 | 16.9% |
| 44 | East Baton Rouge Parish | $18 | 6.4% |
| 44 | Jefferson Davis Parish | $18 | 19.0% |
| 46 | Saint Tammany Parish | $14 | 9.5% |
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.