Farmland Atlas · county record

Cherokee County, Kansas

Cherokee County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $70 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,676 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 117.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$70/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 32nd highest of 102
Land and buildings
$2,676/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 37th highest of 104
Rent as % of land value
2.39%
$64 dry rent ÷ $2,676 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
117.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 121.8
KS median 116.7 · 18th highest of 36
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.57
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 52nd lowest of 104
Farmland rented
52%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 45th lowest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$51$70 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$70/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.1%nominal, $56 to $70
Pasture, 2026$45/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.57$70 ÷ 121.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,676/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,862/ac
Census 2017$2,211/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.0%+3.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.39%$64 ÷ $2,676; cropland 75% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202479.0155.8125.0median 117.0

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

Median, 2008–2025117.0 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025121.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 29.2 bu/ac25% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.8 bu/ac a year±4.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.433.610.841.00: 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$12.57
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.88claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.00$160.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 25
Worst year2022ratio 3.61
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 66% · excess moisture 29% · freeze 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250250

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, 2000–2025131 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200625 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202543 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.2 °F1991–2020 normal 69.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.21 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September29.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland386 ac
Farmed no-till, 202243% of cropland84,096 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland4,242 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202104,880343

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

CRP enrolled, 2025343 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028197 ac57% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$67/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)58
Median priority year1996
Cattle and calves, 202224,075−20.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202252%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cherokee County$70—$2,676117.0$12.57
Crawford County$74—$3,097—$16.00
Labette County$61—$2,412—$17.65
Jasper County, MO$96$159 2023$4,178—$13.88
Newton County, MO$60—$4,732—$15.13
Craig County, OK$32—$2,579—$21.69
Ottawa County, OK$52—$3,22598.3$16.22
Median next door$60—$3,16198.3 1 co.$16.11

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. Cherokee 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/cherokee-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.