Morton County, Kansas
Morton County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,234 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20129. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Morton County is $30 per acre, up 25.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated rent in 2025 runs $81 per acre, and 27 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, with 100 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Heat and drought has driven crop insurance indemnities of $189.9 million across closed crop years 1989-2025, and its share of those payouts has moved from 35 percent in 1989-1999 to 67 percent in 2000-2009, 71 percent in 2010-2019, and 75 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 96 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025. Census land value sits at $1,234 per acre, up 20.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. Solar and wind capacity here are both 0 MW.
KS median $58 · lowest of 102
KS median of 2025 surveys $148 · lowest of 10
KS median $2,272 · lowest of 104
KS median $12.59 · highest of 104
KS median 54% · 31st lowest 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton County | $30 | $81 2025 | $1,234 | $23.03 |
| Baca County, CO | $31 | $123 2023 | $1,682 | $27.77 |
| Stanton County | $33 | $101 | $1,446 | $21.15 |
| Stevens County | $36 | $131 | $1,792 | $9.38 |
| Cimarron County, OK | $29 | $100 2025 | $1,186 | $32.32 |
| Texas County, OK | $28 | $113 | $1,212 | $14.24 |
| Median next door | $31 | $113 | $1,446 | $21.15 |
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. Morton 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/morton-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.