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Mitchell County, Kansas

Mitchell County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $76 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,694 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 115.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Mitchell County is $76 per acre in 2026, up 14.3 percent from 2016. Land value rose 44.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, reaching $2,694 per acre.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$76/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 20th highest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
$148/ac
2026 county average
KS median $159 · 10th lowest of 28
Land and buildings
$2,694/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · tied for 33rd highest of 104
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
115.3 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 95.5
KS median 116.7 · 16th lowest of 36
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.98
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 33rd highest of 104
Farmland rented
56%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 44th highest of 104

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140$1602010201520202025$50$76 dry$91$148 irrigated

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$76/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+14.3%nominal, $67 to $76
Irrigated, 2026$148/ac
Pasture, 2026$32/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.80$76 ÷ 95.5 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,694/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,240/ac
Census 2017$1,868/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+44.2%+7.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.67%$72 ÷ $2,694; cropland 69% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024129.0150.380.5median 115.3

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024115.3 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2020–202495.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2023: 61.5 bu/ac53% of median
Trend, 2008–2024−1.4 bu/ac a year±3.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920247.290.111.00: 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$15.98
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.15claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.94$200.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 33
Worst year1989ratio 7.29
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 70% · freeze 10% · hail 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257350

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, 2000–2025142 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202335 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202548 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.6 °F1991–2020 normal 66.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.01 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September20.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland1,298 ac
Farmed no-till, 202263% of cropland182,520 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland4,780 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202121220,8856,065

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,065 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,195 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$67/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)307
Median priority year1973
Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202238,105+18.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Mitchell County$76$148$2,694115.3$15.98
Cloud County$115$236$3,142—$13.38
Jewell County$83—$2,492—$9.65
Lincoln County$69—$2,023—$14.79
Osborne County$58—$1,710—$17.86
Ottawa County$76$136 2023$2,577—$10.91
Median next door$76$236 1 co.$2,492—$13.38

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. Mitchell 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/mitchell-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.

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