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Grant County, Kansas

Grant County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,711 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 189.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent was $96 per acre in 2019. The county has spent 448 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 83 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 alone. Irrigation draws entirely from groundwater, 100 percent as of 2015, on land where 46 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and water rights carry a median priority year of 1969.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$31/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · 2nd lowest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
$96/ac
2019 county average
too few 2019 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,711/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 18th lowest of 104
Corn yield, 2011–2025 median
189.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 212.1 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.28
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 41st highest of 104
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 47th lowest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$45$31 dry$78$96 irrigated

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$31/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−18.7%nominal, $38 to $31
Irrigated, 2019$96/ac
Pasture, 2026$12/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,711/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,332/ac
Census 2017$1,576/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+8.6%+1.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 46% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20112013201520172019202120232025152.4232.7181.1median 189.4

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

Median, 2011–2025189.4 bu/ac13 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025212.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2019: 135.0 bu/ac71% of median
Trend, 2011–2025+1.3 bu/ac a year±4.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1997200220072012201720220.102.380.141.00: 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$14.28
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.76claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.02$188.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 28
Worst year2002ratio 2.38
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 66% · hail 13% · wind 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250532

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, 2000–2025448 of 1,357 weeks33% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202583 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.0 °F1991–2020 normal 64.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.19 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September13.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202246%
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland54,570 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland8,436 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202148747,15543,473

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

CRP enrolled, 202543,473 ac21.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20284,748 ac11% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$35/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)992
Median priority year1969
Cattle and calves, 2022241,105+7.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Grant County$31—$1,711$14.28
Haskell County$41$145$2,527$9.11
Kearny County$33$204$1,740$13.62
Stanton County$33$101$1,446$21.15
Stevens County$36$131$1,792$9.38
Median next door$34$138$1,766$11.50

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. Grant 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/grant-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.