Osage County, Kansas
Osage County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $70 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,832 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 108.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20139. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Osage County runs $70 per acre in 2026, up 25 percent from 2016. None of the harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, so this is a heat and rain county, not a water county. Heat and drought has driven a rising share of crop insurance indemnities by decade: 48 percent in 1989-1999, 65 percent in 2000-2009, 83 percent in 2010-2019, and 82 percent in 2020-2025. The corn yield trend is up 1.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2023, with a median of 108.5 and a worst year of 28.7 in 2012. Land value rose 42.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, and cash rent in 2022 equaled 2.3 percent of that census land value.
KS median $58 · tied for 32nd highest of 102
KS median $2,272 · 26th highest of 104
KS median 116.7 · 10th lowest of 36
KS median $12.59 · 31st lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 17th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage County | $70 | — | $2,832 | 108.5 | $9.56 |
| Coffey County | $62 | — | $2,681 | 115.0 | $8.54 |
| Douglas County | $85 | $151 2025 | $4,700 | 129.6 | $4.93 |
| Franklin County | $75 | — | $3,444 | — | $7.02 |
| Lyon County | $72 | — | $2,515 | 109.4 | $10.17 |
| Shawnee County | $71 | $201 | $4,003 | 138.8 | $3.53 |
| Wabaunsee County | $63 | — | $2,694 | — | $5.06 |
| Median next door | $71 | $201 1 co. | $3,069 | 122.3 | $6.04 |
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. Osage 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/osage-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.