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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$62/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 46th highest of 102
Land and buildings
$2,681/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 36th highest of 104
Rent as % of land value
2.31%
$62 dry rent ÷ $2,681 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
115.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 110.1
KS median 116.7 · tied for 14th lowest of 36
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.54
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 22nd lowest of 104
Farmland rented
56%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 40th highest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$50$62 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$62/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.6%nominal, $51 to $62
Pasture, 2026$33/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.56$62 ÷ 110.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,681/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,526/ac
Census 2017$1,825/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+46.9%+8.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.31%$62 ÷ $2,681; cropland 60% of land in farms

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025114.0152.4median 115.0

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

Median, 2009–2025115.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025110.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 41.1 bu/ac36% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+2.8 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.194.080.141.00: 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$8.54
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.62claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.83$75.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 24
Worst year2012ratio 4.08
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 73% · excess moisture 20% · freeze 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255310

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, 2000–2025143 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202331 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202544 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 68.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.21 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Farmed no-till, 202246% of cropland86,452 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland5,577 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202141421,10811,841

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,841 ac7.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,180 ac27% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$60/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)51
Median priority year1977
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 199 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202226,008−28.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Coffey County$62$2,681115.0$8.54
Anderson County$71$2,736115.8$9.70
Franklin County$75$3,444—$7.02
Greenwood County$61$2,180—$18.07
Lyon County$72$2,515109.4$10.17
Osage County$70$2,832108.5$9.56
Woodson County$59$2,005—$12.85
Median next door$70$2,626109.4$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-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.