Lincoln County, Colorado
Lincoln County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $900 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 46.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County averages $28 per acre in 2026, up 16.7 percent from 2016. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, so the corn yield record depends on rain and heat. The median corn yield 2008-2025 is 46.6 bushels per acre, with 2024 down at 25.8. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities at 64 percent of $163.3 million paid out over 1989-2025, and that share has moved from 11 percent in 1989-1999 to 65 percent in 2000-2009, 61 percent in 2010-2019, and 71 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 57.6 F to 58.6 F over 2017-2026. Wind operates at 852.6 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.
CO median $30 · 9th lowest of 24
CO median $2,765 · lowest of 58
CO median $13.57 · 6th highest of 31
CO median 30% · 8th highest 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | $28 | — | $900 | — | $24.91 |
| Arapahoe County | $14 | — | $2,773 | — | $18.66 |
| Cheyenne County | $32 | $170 2025 | $1,281 | 91.7 | $23.77 |
| Crowley County | — | — | $1,003 | — | — |
| El Paso County | $7 2024 | — | $2,688 | — | — |
| Elbert County | $29 | — | $2,935 | — | $23.39 |
| Kiowa County | $29 | — | $1,238 | — | $23.93 |
| Kit Carson County | $40 | $170 | $1,406 | 102.6 | $16.47 |
| Washington County | $40 | $214 | $1,171 | — | $20.10 |
| Median next door | $31 | $192 2 co. | $1,344 | 97.2 2 co. | $21.75 |
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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.