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. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08011. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
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 $13.79 · 2nd highest of 31
CO median 30% · 18th lowest of 57
Bent County is mostly irrigated ground. Eighty-one percent of the harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigation failure has paid out $39.4 million in crop insurance indemnities since 1989, which is 58 percent of all indemnities in the county. The overall loss ratio from 1989 to 2025 is 1.63, meaning the county paid out $1.63 in indemnities for every dollar of premium. Non-irrigated rent is $18 per acre; irrigated rent is $178 per acre. Corn yield has trended up 0.4 bushels per acre a year from 2008 to 2025, with a median of 147.9 bushels. CRP enrolled 94,336 acres in 2025, which is 68.9 percent of the cropland base, with no acres expiring through 2029.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Colorado county rate, side by side: Colorado cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Bent County: its grids, county values and record.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Colorado average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
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.
Rain so far this year in Colorado, county by county
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 | n/a | $1,238 | $23.93 |
| Las Animas County | $6 | $122 | $1,005 | n/a |
| Otero County | n/a | $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 2026-10-14, 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. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.