Harper County, Kansas
Harper County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $47 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,751 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 82.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $47 per acre, up 16 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land itself is valued at $1,751 per acre, up 6.6 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields have swung wide, with a median of 82.8 bushels per acre against a 2017 low of 48.1. Heat and drought stand as the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities at 61 percent over 1989-2025, and that share has moved up across recent decades: 46 percent in 1989-1999, 16 percent in 2000-2009, 79 percent in 2010-2019, and 83 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers only 1 percent of harvested cropland, so this is a county where dryland performance under heat and drought matters most.
KS median $58 · tied for 25th lowest of 102
KS median $2,272 · 23rd lowest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 27th highest of 104
KS median 54% · 26th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper County | $47 | — | $1,751 | — | $17.38 |
| Barber County | $43 | — | $1,941 | — | $17.11 |
| Kingman County | $48 | $144 2025 | $2,172 | 136.0 | $13.41 |
| Sumner County | $57 | — | $2,223 | 94.9 | $17.64 |
| Alfalfa County, OK | $41 | — | $1,964 | — | $17.38 |
| Grant County, OK | $47 | — | $1,664 | — | $20.20 |
| Median next door | $47 | — | $1,964 | 115.5 2 co. | $17.38 |
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. Harper 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/harper-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.