Hodgeman County, Kansas
Hodgeman County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $38 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,488 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20083. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hodgeman County runs $38 per acre in 2026, up 5.6 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents higher, at $88 per acre in 2023, and 16 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, with all of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Water rights show 858 active points of diversion, 598 for irrigation, with a median priority year of 1968. Crop insurance indemnities for 1989-2025 total $117.5 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 70 percent overall, and that share by period runs 19 percent in 1989-1999, 63 percent in 2000-2009, 72 percent in 2010-2019, and 79 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $1,488 per acre for 2022, up 26.5 percent from 2017.
KS median $58 · tied for 9th lowest of 102
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgeman County | $38 | $88 2023 | $1,488 | — | $15.86 |
| Edwards County | $41 | $167 | $1,957 | 161.4 | $9.32 |
| Finney County | $50 | $210 | $2,333 | — | $13.70 |
| Ford County | $47 | $169 | $1,718 | — | $8.84 |
| Gray County | $50 | $154 | $1,985 | 189.0 | $10.89 |
| Ness County | $42 | — | $1,424 | — | $19.39 |
| Pawnee County | $47 | $143 2023 | $1,931 | — | $9.54 |
| Median next door | $47 | $168 | $1,944 | 175.2 2 co. | $10.22 |
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. Hodgeman 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/hodgeman-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.