Lyon County, Kansas
Lyon County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $72 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,515 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 109.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20111. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lyon County runs $72 per acre, up 33.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $2,515 per acre, up 26.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, so yield rests on rain and heat. Heat and drought has driven a rising share of crop insurance indemnities each decade counted: 32 percent in 1989-1999, 51 percent in 2000-2009, 82 percent in 2010-2019, 79 percent in 2020-2025. The corn yield trend for 2008-2025 is 0.3 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 109.4 and a low of 40.8 in 2011. Drought weeks ran 129 of 1357 from 2000-2025, worst in 2018 at 30 weeks; 21 weeks came in 2021-2025.
KS median $58 · 26th highest of 102
KS median $2,272 · 43rd highest of 104
KS median 116.7 · 12th lowest of 36
KS median $12.59 · 37th lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 41st 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County | $72 | $2,515 | 109.4 | $10.17 |
| Chase County | $63 | $2,385 | — | $10.26 |
| Coffey County | $62 | $2,681 | 115.0 | $8.54 |
| Greenwood County | $61 | $2,180 | — | $18.07 |
| Morris County | $62 | $2,161 | 107.9 | $10.88 |
| Osage County | $70 | $2,832 | 108.5 | $9.56 |
| Wabaunsee County | $63 | $2,694 | — | $5.06 |
| Median next door | $62 | $2,533 | 108.5 | $9.91 |
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. Lyon 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/lyon-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.