Nemaha County, Kansas
Nemaha County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $159 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,538 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 144.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20131. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Nemaha County runs $159 per acre for 2026, up 20.5 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $4,538 per acre in 2022, up 51 percent from 2017, 8.6 percent a year. Cropland here is mostly dry: only 1 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census, and the July nightly low averaged 66.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 65.8 F normal for 1991-2020, with no clear direction in the trend since 1976. Heat and drought drove 82 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share rose from 23 percent in 1989-1999 to 83 percent in 2000-2009 to 88 percent in 2010-2019, then fell to 77 percent in 2020-2025. Wind operating capacity is 300 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.
KS median $58 · 3rd highest of 102
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
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KS median 54% · 9th 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemaha County | $159 | — | $4,538 | 144.9 | $5.15 |
| Brown County | $184 | $232 2023 | $5,136 | 173.6 | $1.93 |
| Jackson County | $92 | — | $3,276 | 137.1 | $3.50 |
| Marshall County | $126 | — | $3,880 | — | $3.47 |
| Pottawatomie County | $98 | — | $3,188 | — | $3.34 |
| Pawnee County, NE | $176 | — | $4,499 | 141.1 | $4.05 |
| Richardson County, NE | $211 | — | $5,087 | 162.3 | $1.84 |
| Median next door | $151 | — | $4,190 | 151.7 | $3.41 |
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. Nemaha 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/nemaha-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.