County farm facts

Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $49 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,795 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20071. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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$49

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 13 surveys since 2009; up 58% from $31 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Greeley County runs $49 an acre for 2026, up 58.1% from $31 in 2016, and that sits 31st lowest of 102 against a state median of $58. The census value of land and buildings was $1,795 an acre in 2022, up 26.8% from $1,416 in 2017. Corn made 70.8 bu in 2023, still under the 83.8 bu median for 2010 to 2023. 57% of farmland here was rented in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$49/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · 31st lowest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
n/a
last published 2019, more than three survey years old
Land and buildings
$1,795/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · KS farm real estate 2026: $3,200 (land and buildings, state survey)
KS median $2,272 · 27th lowest of 104
Corn yield, 2019-23 average
66.2 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2023 county yield 70.8 · rent-per-bushel trend withheld: fewer than 6 dryland county yields in the last 15 years, and the all-practice yield is not a substitute: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$17.36
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 28th highest of 104
Farmland rented
57%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 32nd highest of 104
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Hay, Kansas price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Kansas cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Greeley County: Tribune (2 mi), Leoti (24 mi), Weskan (28 mi).

Nearby buyers within 50 miles: 2 rail shuttle loaders
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Straight-line miles from the middle of Greeley County to each buyer’s town point (the middle of its town, not the gate), rounded. Capacity as published. Where the buyers are, not what they pay. Lists from Kansas Dept. of Revenue, read Oct 28, 2026.

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Greeley County, Kansas

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020250530

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 full years, 2021–202583 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.5 °F1991–2020 normal 62.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.01 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September, usual14.3 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 15.6 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 26, Oct 16middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days170middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,984middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,978

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

201020122014201620182020202297.368.0116.698.077.070.8median 83.8

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

Trend for rent per bushelFewer than 6 dryland county yields in the last 15 years, and the all-practice yield is not a substitute: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2023 county yield70.8 bu/acall practices
2019-23 average66.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2010–202383.8 bu/ac10 published years
Lowest published year2020: 49.9 bu/ac60% of median
Trend, 2010–2023−1.9 bu/ac a year±3.5 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$28$49 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Kansas county rate, side by side: Kansas cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$49/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+58.1%nominal, $31 to $49
Irrigated, 2019$123/ac
Pasture, 2026$17/ac
Rent as a share of corn gross, 20179.5%$31 non-irrigated rent 2017 ÷ (99.4 bu, 2017 county yield, dryland × $3.28 Kansas price received)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel is withheld here: it needs the county trend, and the trend is withheld (see the corn yield section). The calculator below takes your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,795/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,487/ac
Census 2017$1,416/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.8%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Kansas cropland, 2026 state survey$3,540/ac+2.9% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Kansas farm real estate, 2026$3,200/acland and buildings, state average
Kansas pasture, 2026$2,400/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Kansas average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Land values, average of reported sales, K-State, 2025 (sales Oct 2024 to Sep 2025; not recorded sales on this site): non-irrigated cropland $2,072 an acre; pasture and hay $1,349. From 28 sales analyzed in the county, all land types. A county shows a land type only with more than three sales of it. K-State, 2025 Kansas Land Values Book.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Greeley County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Greeley County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620213.615.510.221.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1996 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$17.36
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.64claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$262.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 30crop years 1996–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2002ratio 5.51, of the 30 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 73% · freeze 9% · hail 5%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202151386,42922,303

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

CRP enrolled, 202522,303 ac8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20292,921 ac13% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$35/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland960 ac
Farmed no-till, 202221% of cropland92,523 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland1,466 ac
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)355
Median priority year1969
Cattle and calves, 202234,843+0.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202257%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Greeley County$49n/a$1,795n/a$17.36
Cheyenne County, CO$32$170 2025$1,28191.7$23.77
Kiowa County, CO$29n/a$1,238n/a$23.93
Prowers County, CO$34$154$1,393n/a$30.22
Hamilton County$34$157 2025$1,478n/a$22.74
Wallace County$53n/a$1,656n/a$19.54
Wichita County$56$141 2023$1,673124.8$13.66
Median next door$34$154 1 co.$1,436108.3 2 co.$23.26

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Greeley County, Kansas. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/kansas/greeley-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).