Finney County, Kansas
Finney County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $50 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,333 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 156.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland in Finney County rents for $210 per acre in 2026, non-irrigated for $50 per acre, a multiple of 4.24; in 2016 the multiple was 3.97, with no clear direction over that span. Non-irrigated rent is up 41.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Groundwater supplies 100 percent of irrigation water, drawn through 2666 irrigation points of diversion with a median priority year of 1972, and 37 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $348.5 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 70 percent; that share was 12 percent in 1989-1999, 53 percent in 2000-2009, 78 percent in 2010-2019, and 71 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value reached $2,333 per acre in 2022, up 49.1 percent from 2017.
KS median $58 · tied for 32nd lowest of 102
KS median $159 · 3rd highest of 28
KS median $2,272 · 50th highest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 44th highest of 104
KS median 54% · 15th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finney County | $50 | $210 | $2,333 | — | $13.70 |
| Gray County | $50 | $154 | $1,985 | 189.0 | $10.89 |
| Haskell County | $41 | $145 | $2,527 | — | $9.11 |
| Hodgeman County | $38 | $88 2023 | $1,488 | — | $15.86 |
| Kearny County | $33 | $204 | $1,740 | — | $13.62 |
| Lane County | $41 | — | $1,677 | — | $20.53 |
| Ness County | $42 | — | $1,424 | — | $19.39 |
| Scott County | $57 | $115 | $2,012 | — | $17.54 |
| Median next door | $41 | $150 | $1,740 | 189.0 1 co. | $15.86 |
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. Finney 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/finney-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.