Adair County, Kentucky
Adair County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $129 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,023 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 158.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Adair County runs $129 per acre in 2026, up 14.2 percent from 2016. Corn yield has trended up 4.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 158.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 71.6 in 2012. July nights average 67.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 65.5 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.73 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought stood at 62 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, fell to 38 percent in 2000-2009 and 35 percent in 2010-2019, then rose to 60 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind operating and proposed capacity are both 0 MW.
KY median $125 · tied for 41st highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 41st lowest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 21st lowest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 42nd highest of 86
KY median 25% · 50th lowest of 115
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | $129 | $4,023 | 158.5 | $8.59 |
| Casey County | $111 | $3,369 | 148.4 | $10.96 |
| Cumberland County | $80 | $2,793 | — | $7.26 |
| Green County | $142 | $4,242 | 150.3 | $23.29 |
| Metcalfe County | $180 | $3,990 | — | $23.96 |
| Russell County | $92 | $4,342 | 156.5 | $6.70 |
| Taylor County | $162 | $4,547 | 168.5 | $13.55 |
| Median next door | $127 | $4,116 | 153.4 | $12.26 |
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. Adair County, Kentucky. 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/kentucky/adair-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.