Farmland Atlas · county record

Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,558 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$71/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 28th highest of 102
Land and buildings
$6,558/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · highest of 104
Rent as % of land value
0.85%
$56 dry rent ÷ $6,558 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.06
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 19th lowest of 104
Farmland rented
39%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 5th lowest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$51$71 dry

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$71/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+10.2%nominal, $64 to $71
Pasture, 2026$31/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,558/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,340/ac
Census 2017$3,773/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+73.8%+11.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.85%$56 ÷ $6,558; cropland 57% of land in farms

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.494.760.141.00: 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$7.06
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.81$27.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 18
Worst year2012ratio 4.76
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 78% · excess moisture 14% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253276

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, 2000–202596 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201227 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 68.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.12 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland165 ac
Farmed no-till, 202244% of cropland13,268 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland2,605 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021212,32261

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

CRP enrolled, 202561 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202834 ac
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)187
Median priority year1996
Cattle and calves, 20225,526−43.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Johnson County$71—$6,558—$7.06
Douglas County$85$151 2025$4,700129.6$4.93
Leavenworth County$86—$5,077—$3.20
Miami County$87—$4,190132.2$8.82
Wyandotte County——$9,876—$5.43
Cass County, MO$130—$4,459140.7$6.78
Jackson County, MO$158—$6,658—$4.00
Median next door$87—$4,889132.2$5.18

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. Johnson 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/johnson-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.