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Anderson County, Kansas

Anderson County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,736 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 115.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value rose 34.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, 6.1 percent a year, putting rent at 2.14 percent of land value in 2022. Drought weeks stayed level, with 27 weeks in 2021-2025 matching the worst single year, 2012, at 27 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$71/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 28th highest of 102
Land and buildings
$2,736/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 30th highest of 104
Rent as % of land value
2.14%
$59 dry rent ÷ $2,736 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
115.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 123.6
KS median 116.7 · 17th lowest of 36
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.70
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · tied for 34th lowest of 104
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 15th lowest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$54$71 dry

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$71/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+11.0%nominal, $64 to $71
Pasture, 2026$34/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.57$71 ÷ 123.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,736/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,557/ac
Census 2017$2,038/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.2%+6.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.14%$59 ÷ $2,736; cropland 60% of land in farms

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025115.0149.1130.5median 115.8

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

Median, 2009–2025115.8 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025123.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 35.3 bu/ac31% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+2.6 bu/ac a year±3.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020253.485.090.121.00: 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$9.70
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.70claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.93$113.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 26
Worst year2012ratio 5.09
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 76% · excess moisture 15% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253270

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, 2000–202598 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201227 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202527 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.0 °F1991–2020 normal 68.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.15 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland1,336 ac
Farmed no-till, 202244% of cropland76,454 ac
Cover crops, 202212% of cropland19,758 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021688,6703,081

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,081 ac2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,131 ac37% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$75/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)77
Median priority year1989
Cattle and calves, 202226,898−31.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Anderson County$71$2,736115.8$9.70
Allen County$71$2,466115.0$12.89
Coffey County$62$2,681115.0$8.54
Franklin County$75$3,444—$7.02
Linn County$97$3,041—$10.90
Median next door$73$2,861115.0 2 co.$9.72

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. Anderson County, Kansas. 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/kansas/anderson-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.

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