Bent County, Colorado
Bent County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $18 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,087 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 147.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 sits at $18 per acre against $178 per acre for irrigated land. Only 4 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015, so surface supply carries this county. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 483 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 55 weeks logged in 2021-2025 alone and the worst year, 2013, at 53 weeks. Census land value was $1,087 per acre in 2022, after a 57.5 percent change, 9.5 percent a year, from 2017-2022.
CO median $30 · 5th lowest of 24
CO median $155 · tied for 11th highest of 30
CO median $2,765 · 4th lowest of 58
CO median $13.57 · 2nd highest of 31
CO median 30% · 18th lowest of 57
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.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent County | $18 | $178 | $1,087 | $34.41 |
| Baca County | $31 | $123 2023 | $1,682 | $27.77 |
| Kiowa County | $29 | — | $1,238 | $23.93 |
| Las Animas County | $6 | $122 | $1,005 | — |
| Otero County | — | $155 | $1,646 | $26.84 |
| Prowers County | $34 | $154 | $1,393 | $30.22 |
| Median next door | $30 | $154 | $1,393 | $27.31 |
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. Bent County, Colorado. 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/colorado/bent-countyEvery 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.