Jewell County, Kansas
Jewell County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $83 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,492 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jewell County runs $82 per acre in 2026, up 10 percent from 2016. Land value under the census stands at $2,492 per acre, up 21 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.9 percent a year. Heat and drought drove 73 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share has moved higher across the recent decades: 17 percent in 1989-1999, 59 percent in 2000-2009, 57 percent in 2010-2019, 89 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for the ten closed years 2016-2025 was 0.88, against 0.68 for the full 1989-2025 record.
KS median $58 · 17th highest of 102
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
KS median $2,272 · 44th highest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 33rd lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 27th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell County | $83 | — | $2,492 | — | $9.65 |
| Cloud County | $115 | $236 | $3,142 | — | $13.38 |
| Mitchell County | $76 | $148 | $2,694 | 115.3 | $15.98 |
| Osborne County | $58 | — | $1,710 | — | $17.86 |
| Republic County | $100 | $237 | $3,259 | — | $6.51 |
| Smith County | $76 | — | $2,263 | — | $9.03 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | $148 | $296 | $5,127 | 166.5 | $8.91 |
| Webster County, NE | $117 | $270 | $4,213 | 158.0 | $7.43 |
| Median next door | $100 | $237 | $3,142 | 158.0 | $9.03 |
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. Jewell 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/jewell-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.