Seward County, Kansas
Seward County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $37 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,215 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20175. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent runs $137 per acre against $37 per acre non-irrigated in Seward County, and 54 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, all of it from groundwater. Non-irrigated rent is up 34.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Heat and drought account for 57 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that cause's share by period runs 26 percent, 42 percent, 66 percent, then 56 percent. The county spent 385 of 1357 weeks since 2000 in severe drought or worse, with 81 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Water rights carry a median priority year of 1976 across 1004 irrigation points of diversion. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with none proposed to EIA.
KS median $58 · 8th lowest of 102
KS median $159 · 8th lowest of 28
KS median $2,272 · 49th lowest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 21st lowest of 104
KS median 54% · 10th 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward County | $37 | $137 | $2,215 | $8.28 |
| Haskell County | $41 | $145 | $2,527 | $9.11 |
| Meade County | $46 | — | $2,227 | $6.60 |
| Stevens County | $36 | $131 | $1,792 | $9.38 |
| Beaver County, OK | $20 | $86 | $1,100 | $18.15 |
| Texas County, OK | $28 | $113 | $1,212 | $14.24 |
| Median next door | $36 | $122 | $1,792 | $9.38 |
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. Seward 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/seward-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.