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Shawnee County, Kansas

Shawnee County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,003 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 138.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20177. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$71/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · 27th highest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
$201/ac
2026 county average
KS median $159 · 5th highest of 28
Land and buildings
$4,003/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 9th highest of 104
Corn yield, 2009–2024 median
138.8 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 145.3 · irrigated and dryland combined
KS median 116.7 · 8th highest of 36
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.53
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 9th lowest of 104
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 19th lowest of 104

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$50$71 dry$107$201 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$71/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.0%nominal, $53 to $71
Irrigated, 2026$201/ac
Pasture, 2026$24/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,003/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,489/ac
Census 2017$2,993/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.7%+6.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 14% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20092011201320152017201920212023166.0176.9median 138.8

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

Median, 2009–2024138.8 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2020–2024145.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 85.0 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2009–2024+2.2 bu/ac a year±2.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.032.070.091.00: 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$3.53
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.38claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.50$29.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium2 of 21
Worst year2012ratio 2.07
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 74% · excess moisture 14% · price decline (revenue policies) 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255300

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, 2000–2025108 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201830 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202518 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.6 °F1991–2020 normal 67.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202214%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland879 ac
Farmed no-till, 202238% of cropland38,020 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland2,563 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021907,1051,717

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,717 ac1.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028664 ac39% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$88/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)435
Median priority year1980
Solar and wind operating, 20252.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202210,377−31.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Shawnee County$71$201$4,003138.8$3.53
Douglas County$85$151 2025$4,700129.6$4.93
Jackson County$92—$3,276137.1$3.50
Jefferson County$82—$3,906—$2.45
Osage County$70—$2,832108.5$9.56
Pottawatomie County$98—$3,188—$3.34
Wabaunsee County$63—$2,694—$5.06
Median next door$83—$3,232129.6$4.22

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. Shawnee 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/shawnee-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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