Yuma County, Colorado
Yuma County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,580 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 187.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08125. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Yuma County runs $290 per acre against $45 per acre non-irrigated, and that multiple has moved from 4.68 in 2009 to 6.44 in 2026, rising. Non-irrigated rent is up 15.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Groundwater supplies 100 percent of irrigation water, and 52 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, so the water layer carries most of the weight here. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 6 percent in 1989-1999, 35 percent in 2000-2009, 31 percent in 2010-2019, and 32 percent in 2020-2025. Hail remains the largest single cause of indemnities at 53 percent over 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.87 against 0.71 for the full 1989-2025 record.
CO median $30 · tied for 2nd highest of 24
CO median $155 · highest of 30
CO median $2,765 · 12th lowest of 58
CO median 120.5 · highest of 6
CO median $13.57 · 9th lowest of 31
CO median 30% · 5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma County | $45 | $290 | $1,580 | 187.2 | $8.73 |
| Kit Carson County | $40 | $170 | $1,406 | 102.6 | $16.47 |
| Logan County | $37 | $234 | $2,141 | — | $10.23 |
| Phillips County | $48 | $257 | $2,779 | 138.4 | $13.16 |
| Washington County | $40 | $214 | $1,171 | — | $20.10 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | $55 | $170 | $1,630 | — | $12.61 |
| Chase County, NE | $58 | $258 | $2,558 | 173.3 | $7.26 |
| Dundy County, NE | $51 | $237 | $1,991 | 153.5 | $10.06 |
| Median next door | $48 | $234 | $1,991 | 146.0 | $12.61 |
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. Yuma 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/yuma-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.