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Sedgwick County, Colorado

Sedgwick County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,624 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$45/ac
2026 county average
CO median $30 · tied for 2nd highest of 24
Cash rent, irrigated
$178/ac
2026 county average
CO median $155 · tied for 11th highest of 30
Land and buildings
$1,624/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CO median $2,765 · 13th lowest of 58
Corn yield, 2010–2023 median
132.0 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 123.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.16
2016–2025, closed crop years
CO median $13.57 · 12th lowest of 31
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
CO median 30% · 3rd highest of 57

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$24$45 dry$115$178 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$45/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+7.1%nominal, $42 to $45
Irrigated, 2026$178/ac
Pasture, 2026$14/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,624/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,271/ac
Census 2017$1,353/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.0%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.71%$44 ÷ $1,624; cropland 75% of land in farms

Corn yield

20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023150.3114.1median 132.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2010–2023132.0 bu/ac13 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023123.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2020: 108.5 bu/ac82% of median
Trend, 2010–2023−0.9 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920240.082.900.171.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$11.16
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.84claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.79$90.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 27
Worst year2022ratio 2.90
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 55% · hail 30% · freeze 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202516430

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025322 of 1,357 weeks24% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200343 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202566 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.1 °F1991–2020 normal 60.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September14.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202245% of cropland89,768 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,044 ac
198619911996200120062011201620217024,729

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202524,729 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20284,247 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$35/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202212,627−25.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Sedgwick County$45$178$1,624—$11.16
Logan County$37$234$2,141—$10.23
Phillips County$48$257$2,779138.4$13.16
Cheyenne County, NE$43$190$1,455—$13.56
Deuel County, NE$45$172$2,003—$13.96
Perkins County, NE$54$212$2,196—$10.73
Median next door$45$212$2,141138.4 1 co.$13.16

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. Sedgwick 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/sedgwick-county
Every 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.