Wichita County, Kansas
Wichita County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $56 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,673 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 124.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20203. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wichita County runs $56 per acre, up 24.7 percent from 2014 to 2026. Irrigated land rents higher, $141 per acre in 2023, a multiple of 2.45 that has held near that level since 2009. Heat and drought drove 70 percent of $245.0 million in indemnities since 1989, rising by decade from 10 percent in 1989-1999 to 79 percent in 2010-2019 before easing to 72 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 15 percent of harvested cropland, all from groundwater, with a median water right priority year of 1966.
KS median $58 · tied for 45th lowest of 102
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
KS median $2,272 · 14th lowest of 104
KS median 116.7 · 16th highest of 36
KS median $12.59 · 45th highest of 104
KS median 54% · 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita County | $56 | $141 2023 | $1,673 | 124.8 | $13.66 |
| Greeley County | $49 | — | $1,795 | — | $17.36 |
| Hamilton County | $34 | $157 2025 | $1,478 | — | $22.74 |
| Kearny County | $33 | $204 | $1,740 | — | $13.62 |
| Logan County | $50 | $130 | $1,851 | — | $21.41 |
| Scott County | $57 | $115 | $2,012 | — | $17.54 |
| Wallace County | $53 | — | $1,656 | — | $19.54 |
| Median next door | $50 | $130 | $1,768 | — | $18.54 |
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. Wichita 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/wichita-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.