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Sheridan County, Kansas

Sheridan County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $64 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,767 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 120.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20179. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Sheridan County is $63.5 per acre in 2026, up 41.1 percent from 2016. Land value sits at $1,767 per acre as of the 2022 census, up 13 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$64/ac
2026 county average
KS median $58 · tied for 40th highest of 102
Cash rent, irrigated
$199/ac
2026 county average
KS median $159 · 6th highest of 28
Land and buildings
$1,767/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KS median $2,272 · 24th lowest of 104
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
120.0 bu/ac
12 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$19.44
2016–2025, closed crop years
KS median $12.59 · 14th highest of 104
Farmland rented
64%
2022 census, rented from others
KS median 54% · 11th highest of 104

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$35$64 dry$103$199 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$64/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+41.1%nominal, $45 to $64
Irrigated, 2026$199/ac
Pasture, 2026$22/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,767/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,919/ac
Census 2017$1,564/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+13.0%+2.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 24% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022125.0155.0108.3113.693.1102.3119.5127.1136.9136.6120.496.3median 120.0

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

Median, 2008–2023120.0 bu/ac12 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2012: 93.1 bu/ac78% of median
Trend, 2008–2023−0.8 bu/ac a year±2.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620211.474.290.991.00: 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$19.44
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.17claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$361.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 30
Worst year2002ratio 4.29
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 68% · hail 20% · freeze 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020259530

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, 2000–2025314 of 1,357 weeks23% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202581 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.0 °F1991–2020 normal 63.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.14 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September16.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202224%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202254% of cropland172,535 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,646 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202122313,9468,721

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

CRP enrolled, 20258,721 ac4.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,609 ac18% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$42/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Active irrigation water rights (Kansas)947
Median priority year1974
Cattle and calves, 202287,557−14.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202264%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Sheridan County$64$199$1,767—$19.44
Decatur County$53—$1,805—$20.86
Gove County$50$131 2025$1,72995.4$20.95
Graham County$42$110$1,393—$19.38
Norton County$55$178 2023$1,785—$19.34
Thomas County$65$189$2,525—$22.11
Median next door$53$150 2 co.$1,78595.4 1 co.$20.86

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. Sheridan 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/sheridan-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.