Rice County, Kansas
Rice County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $57 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,366 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 126.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20159. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Rice County runs $56 per acre in 2026, up 14.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $164 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated has moved from 1.93 in 2012 to 2.90 in 2026, direction rising. All irrigation water here comes from groundwater, share 100 percent in 2015, with 686 irrigation points of diversion carrying a median priority year of 1985. Heat and drought has taken a growing share of crop insurance indemnities across the periods 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025: 14 percent, 27 percent, 72 percent, 87 percent. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with none proposed to EIA.
KS median $58 · tied for 48th lowest of 102
KS median $159 · 14th highest of 28
KS median $2,272 · 49th highest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 51st lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 16th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice County | $57 | $164 | $2,366 | — | $12.49 |
| Barton County | $45 | $135 | $1,821 | — | $14.37 |
| Ellsworth County | $46 | — | $2,106 | — | $15.65 |
| McPherson County | $71 | $152 | $3,653 | 129.4 | $9.91 |
| Reno County | $53 | $181 | $2,641 | — | $12.08 |
| Stafford County | $48 | $151 | $2,086 | — | $9.63 |
| Median next door | $48 | $152 | $2,106 | 129.4 1 co. | $12.08 |
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. Rice 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/rice-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.