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Russell County, Kansas

Russell County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,856 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20167. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Russell County is $42 per acre in 2026, up 5 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $1,856 per acre in 2022, up 38.6 percent from 2017, 6.7 percent a year, and rent sits at 2.1 percent of that value. Drought weeks ran 196 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 85 of those in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$42/ac

2026 county average
KS median $58 · 18th lowest of 102

Land and buildings

$1,856/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 32nd lowest of 104

Rent as % of land value

2.1%

$39 dry rent ÷ $1,856 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, median

—

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$15.83

2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 35th highest of 104

Farmland rented

50%

2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 33rd lowest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$42/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+5.0%nominal, $40 to $42

Pasture, 2026$21/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,856/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,142/ac

Census 2017$1,339/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+38.6%+6.7% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.1%$39 ÷ $1,856; cropland 56% of land in farms

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$15.83

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.93claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.91$78.1 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium7 of 25

Worst year2023ratio 2.87

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 72% · hail 10% · freeze 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025196 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202352 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202585 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.9 °F1991–2020 normal 66.7 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.02 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September19.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.3 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

Farmed no-till, 202237% of cropland90,831 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,299 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202530,060 ac17.4% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20282,666 ac9% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$41/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)70

Median priority year2008

Solar and wind operating, 202520.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202227,266−9.2% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202250%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Russell County	$42	—	$1,856	$15.83
Barton County	$45	$135	$1,821	$14.37
Ellis County	$43 2025	—	$1,713	$14.50
Ellsworth County	$46	—	$2,106	$15.65
Lincoln County	$69	—	$2,023	$14.79
Osborne County	$58	—	$1,710	$17.86
Rush County	$46	—	$1,697	$9.70
Median next door	$46	$135 1 co.	$1,767	$14.65

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. Russell 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/russell-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.

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