Delta States
Mississippi farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
The Delta's row-crop acres and the hill country's pasture and timber are different markets inside one Mississippi average. Cropland and pasture are listed separately.
Mississippi farm real estate averaged $3,650 per acre in 2026, below the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $3,650 / acre
- +2.0% from 2025
- Cropland
- $4,060 / acre
- +2.5% from 2025
- Pasture
- $3,310 / acre
- +2.8% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $155 / acre
- +4.0% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $24 / acre
- +6.7% from 2025
Dollars per acre. A state average is not the price of a specific farm.
Annual estimates
| Series | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm real estate | $3,240 | $3,370 | $3,490 | $3,580 | $3,650 | +2.0% |
| Cropland | $3,610 | $3,760 | $3,880 | $3,960 | $4,060 | +2.5% |
| Pasture | $2,920 | $3,050 | $3,120 | $3,220 | $3,310 | +2.8% |
| Cropland cash rent | $135 | $144 | $142 | $149 | $155 | +4.0% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $159 | $169 | $172 | $180 | $185 | +2.8% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $92.5 | $96 | $98.5 | $99.5 | $103 | +3.5% |
| Pasture cash rent | $22 | $22 | $22.5 | $22.5 | $24 | +6.7% |
What the rows mean
- Farm real estate
- Average value of all land and buildings used for agricultural production, including dwellings, if sold under current market conditions with a reasonable time on the market.
- Cropland
- Average value of land used for field crops, vegetables, or hay, including idle cropland and cropland in conservation programs. Land that alternates between crops and pasture is valued as cropland.
- Pasture
- Average value of land normally grazed by livestock. Animals do not have to be on the land during the survey year.
- Cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for cropland. NASS measures this as rent expense in dollars per acre. Share rents are not included.
- Irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Non-irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Pasture cash rent
- Average cash rent for pastureland, in dollars per acre.
Counties
- Bolivar County $4,310 2022 census
- Sunflower County $4,042 2022 census
- Washington County $4,488 2022 census
Nearby states
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Sources
- Land Values 2026 Summary, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, released 2026-07-31. Text tables. ESMIS archive.
- Quick Stats cash rent expense, dollars per acre, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
State and U.S. survey estimates. Blank cells were not published. Year-over-year rent changes in this file are calculated from those estimates. Land-value changes are the percents printed in the summary. Rent changes are calculated from the published yearly estimates. U.S. government figures are public domain and were not adjusted. A blank or “withheld” cell was not published.