Ottawa County, Kansas
Ottawa County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $76 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,577 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 125.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Ottawa County runs $76 per acre, up 23.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated rent in 2023 was $136 per acre, but irrigation covers only 5 percent of harvested cropland, and 96 percent of that water comes from groundwater. Corn yield trend is 0.6 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 125.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 62.2 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 5 percent, 44 percent, 67 percent, 90 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Census land value reached $2,577 per acre in 2022, up 28.1 percent from 2017 to 2022.
KS median $58 · tied for 20th highest of 102
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
KS median $2,272 · 39th highest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 43rd lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 35th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County | $76 | $136 2023 | $2,577 | — | $10.91 |
| Clay County | $99 | $199 2025 | $3,165 | — | $9.22 |
| Cloud County | $115 | $236 | $3,142 | — | $13.38 |
| Dickinson County | $62 | — | $2,714 | — | $11.38 |
| Lincoln County | $69 | — | $2,023 | — | $14.79 |
| Mitchell County | $76 | $148 | $2,694 | 115.3 | $15.98 |
| Saline County | $65 | — | $2,699 | 110.4 | $13.37 |
| Median next door | $72 | $192 2 co. | $2,707 | 112.9 2 co. | $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. Ottawa 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/ottawa-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.