Reno County, Kansas
Reno County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $53 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,641 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20155. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Reno County runs $53 per acre in 2026, up 3.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent stands at $181 per acre, and the irrigated multiple has moved from 2.13 in 2009 to 3.42 in 2026, direction rising. Heat and drought drove 65 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share climbed across the periods given: 19 percent in 1989-1999, 21 percent in 2000-2009, 68 percent in 2010-2019, 86 percent in 2020-2025. The county logged 115 weeks in severe drought or worse during 2021-2025, against 258 of 1357 weeks for the full 2000-2025 record. Census land value sits at $2,641 per acre, up 23.5 percent from 2017 to 2022.
KS median $58 · 40th lowest of 102
KS median $159 · 9th highest of 28
KS median $2,272 · 38th highest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 49th lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 48th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno County | $53 | $181 | $2,641 | — | $12.08 |
| Harvey County | $68 | $162 2025 | $3,859 | 124.1 | $11.55 |
| Kingman County | $48 | $144 2025 | $2,172 | 136.0 | $13.41 |
| McPherson County | $71 | $152 | $3,653 | 129.4 | $9.91 |
| Pratt County | $46 | $150 | $2,390 | 160.7 | $11.14 |
| Rice County | $57 | $164 | $2,366 | — | $12.49 |
| Sedgwick County | $56 | $169 | $3,923 | 129.9 | $11.74 |
| Stafford County | $48 | $151 | $2,086 | — | $9.63 |
| Median next door | $56 | $152 | $2,390 | 129.9 | $11.55 |
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. Reno 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/reno-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.