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Osborne County, Kansas

Osborne County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $58 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,710 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 102.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Osborne County averages $58 per acre in 2026, up 18.4 percent from 2014. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 closed crop years is 1.15, above the 1.01 ratio for the full 1989-2025 period.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$58/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 51st highest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
$90/ac
2013 county average
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,710/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 17th lowest of 104
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
102.4 bu/ac
11 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$17.86
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 22nd highest of 104
Farmland rented
61%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 22nd highest of 104

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$37$58 dry

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$58/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+18.4%nominal, $49 to $58
Irrigated, 2013$90/ac
Pasture, 2026$23/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,710/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,370/ac
Census 2017$1,410/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.3%+3.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.1%$53 ÷ $1,710; cropland 58% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022124.0128.082.2101.5102.4110.2127.884.3110.197.475.5median 102.4

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

Median, 2008–2022102.4 bu/ac11 published years
Lowest published year2022: 75.5 bu/ac74% of median
Trend, 2008–2022−1.6 bu/ac a year±2.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.463.880.321.00: 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$17.86
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.15claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.01$173.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 31
Worst year2023ratio 3.88
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 78% · hail 7% · freeze 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020258500

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, 2000–2025190 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202350 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202558 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.1 °F1991–2020 normal 65.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.02 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202248% of cropland117,258 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,501 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202146122,4167,143

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

CRP enrolled, 20257,143 ac3.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028431 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$50/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)302
Median priority year1971
Cattle and calves, 202225,371−14.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202261%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Osborne County$58—$1,710—$17.86
Ellis County$43 2025—$1,713—$14.50
Jewell County$83—$2,492—$9.65
Lincoln County$69—$2,023—$14.79
Mitchell County$76$148$2,694115.3$15.98
Rooks County$49—$1,521—$18.02
Russell County$42—$1,856—$15.83
Smith County$76—$2,263—$9.03
Median next door$72$148 1 co.$2,023115.3 1 co.$14.79

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. Osborne 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/osborne-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.