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Allen County, Kentucky

Allen County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $129 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,163 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Allen County averages $129 per acre in 2026, up 32.3 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $5,163 per acre in 2022, up 49.1 percent from 2017, 8.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend on published years 2008-2025 runs 2.4 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 153.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 107.2 in 2010. Crop insurance losses over 1989-2025 total $66.0 million, largest cause excess moisture and flood at 50 percent, with a loss ratio of 1.53 and 13 of 17 crop years paying out more than premium. Solar and wind operating capacity: 0 MW each.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$129/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · tied for 41st highest of 86
Land and buildings
$5,163/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 37th highest of 114
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.82
$129 ÷ 157.8 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
153.7 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 157.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$27.09
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 3rd highest of 86
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 54th lowest of 115

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140$1602010201520202025$73$129 dry

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$129/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+32.3%nominal, $98 to $129
Pasture, 2026$56/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.82$129 ÷ 157.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,163/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,955/ac
Census 2017$3,462/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+49.1%+8.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 38% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024121.0179.2median 153.7

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

Median, 2008–2025153.7 bu/ac13 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025157.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 107.2 bu/ac70% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20092014201920242.662.951.011.00: 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$27.09
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.10claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.53$66.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium13 of 17
Worst year2010ratio 2.95
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 50% · heat and drought 42% · other 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250200

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, 2000–202549 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200720 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland837 ac
Farmed no-till, 202215% of cropland7,581 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,670 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215228,0901,132

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,132 ac2.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$62/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202241,027−14.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Allen County$129$5,163—$27.09
Barren County$150$4,912174.5$24.60
Monroe County$150$4,027—$34.84
Simpson County$217$6,821180.4$7.52
Warren County$200$5,899177.3$6.93
Macon County, TN$135$5,897153.8$45.08
Sumner County, TN$180$6,936168.6$29.72
Median next door$165$5,898174.5$27.16

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Allen 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/allen-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.