County farm facts

Kauai County, Hawaii

Kauai County, HI: land and buildings $13,236 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 15007. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 6, the census value of land and buildings in Kauai County was $13,236 an acre in 2022. That was up 47.4% from $8,982 in 2017, or 8.1% a year, and up from $7,600 in 2012. It sits above the state median of $12,660 and ranks 2nd highest of 4. 22% of farmland here was rented in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
n/a
county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$13,236/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth
HI median $12,660 · 2nd highest of 4
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield
n/a
NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
n/a
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
HI median 39% · 2nd lowest of 4
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Kauai County, Hawaii

Drought, year by year

200020052010201520202025030

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, 2000–20253 of 1,357 weeksunder 1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20223 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–20253 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.4 °F1991–2020 normal 67.0 °F
Rain, April to September, usual31.4 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 35.7 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldNASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

Cash rentCounty not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$13,236/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,600/ac
Census 2017$8,982/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+47.4%+8.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1994 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Conservation Reserve Program

19861991199620012006201120162021020

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland41 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland439 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland1,737 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202580 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202213,893−7.4% since 2017
Hogs and pigs, 2022344head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Kauai County, Hawaii. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/hawaii/kauai-county
Every 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).