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Pratt County, Kansas

Pratt County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,390 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 160.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20151. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Pratt County is $46 per acre in 2026, up 24.3 percent from 2016. All irrigation water here comes from groundwater, share 100 percent in 2015, with 1293 irrigation points of diversion and a median priority year of 1984. Land value sits at $2,390 per acre in 2022, up 16.3 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$46/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 22nd lowest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
$150/ac
2026 county average
KS median $159 · 11th lowest of 28
Land and buildings
$2,390/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 47th highest of 104
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
160.7 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 172.4 · irrigated and dryland combined
KS median 116.7 · 4th highest of 36
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.14
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 44th lowest of 104
Farmland rented
66%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 4th highest of 104

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$32$46 dry$96$150 irrigated

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$46/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+24.3%nominal, $37 to $46
Irrigated, 2026$150/ac
Pasture, 2026$18/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,390/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,600/ac
Census 2017$2,055/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.3%+3.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 28% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024144.0213.2160.7median 160.7

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

Median, 2008–2025160.7 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025172.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 141.8 bu/ac88% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.4 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620212.222.410.351.00: 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$11.14
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.97claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.87$161.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 30
Worst year2007ratio 2.41
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 64% · excess moisture 9% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250410

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, 2000–2025256 of 1,357 weeks19% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202591 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.5 °F1991–2020 normal 67.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.01 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.8 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, 2022under 1% of cropland1,256 ac
Farmed no-till, 202237% of cropland147,060 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland27,579 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,04950,94624,615

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

CRP enrolled, 202524,615 ac7.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,281 ac13% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$42/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)1,293
Median priority year1984
Solar and wind operating, 20257 MW solar · 666.6 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202253,279−16.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202266%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Pratt County$46$150$2,390160.7$11.14
Barber County$43—$1,941—$17.11
Edwards County$41$167$1,957161.4$9.32
Kingman County$48$144 2025$2,172136.0$13.41
Kiowa County$39$144 2025$1,601—$8.25
Reno County$53$181$2,641—$12.08
Stafford County$48$151$2,086—$9.63
Median next door$45$167$2,022148.7 2 co.$10.86

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. Pratt 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/pratt-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.