Coffey County, Kansas
Coffey County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $62 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,681 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 115.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Coffey County runs $62 per acre, up 20.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, so corn yields track weather directly: the trend line rises 2.8 bushels per acre a year against a median of 115, but 2012 fell to 41.1. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities at 73 percent of $75.5 million paid out since 1989, and its share has moved higher across the last two periods, 76 percent in 2010-2019 and 79 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.62, with $8.54 paid per $100 of insured value. Wind capacity operating stands at 199 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.
KS median $58 · tied for 46th highest of 102
KS median $2,272 · 36th highest of 104
KS median 116.7 · tied for 14th lowest of 36
KS median $12.59 · 22nd lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 40th highest of 104
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffey County | $62 | $2,681 | 115.0 | $8.54 |
| Anderson County | $71 | $2,736 | 115.8 | $9.70 |
| Franklin County | $75 | $3,444 | — | $7.02 |
| Greenwood County | $61 | $2,180 | — | $18.07 |
| Lyon County | $72 | $2,515 | 109.4 | $10.17 |
| Osage County | $70 | $2,832 | 108.5 | $9.56 |
| Woodson County | $59 | $2,005 | — | $12.85 |
| Median next door | $70 | $2,626 | 109.4 | $9.94 |
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. Coffey 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/coffey-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.