Meade County, Kansas
Meade County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,227 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 208.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Meade County stands at $46 per acre in 2026, up 37.3 percent from 2016. Irrigation is widespread here, with 49 percent of harvested cropland irrigated in 2022 and 100 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015, backed by 998 irrigation points of diversion with a median priority year of 1975. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.
KS median $58 · tied for 22nd lowest of 102
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
KS median $2,272 · 51st lowest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 16th lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 52nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meade County | $46 | — | $2,227 | — | $6.60 |
| Clark County | $38 | — | $1,288 | — | $16.85 |
| Ford County | $47 | $169 | $1,718 | — | $8.84 |
| Gray County | $50 | $154 | $1,985 | 189.0 | $10.89 |
| Haskell County | $41 | $145 | $2,527 | — | $9.11 |
| Seward County | $37 | $137 | $2,215 | — | $8.28 |
| Beaver County, OK | $20 | $86 | $1,100 | — | $18.15 |
| Median next door | $39 | $145 | $1,852 | 189.0 1 co. | $10.00 |
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. Meade 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/meade-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.