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.
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.
KY median $125 · tied for 41st highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 37th highest of 114
KY median $8.45 · 3rd highest of 86
KY median 25% · 54th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | $129 | $5,163 | — | $27.09 |
| Barren County | $150 | $4,912 | 174.5 | $24.60 |
| Monroe County | $150 | $4,027 | — | $34.84 |
| Simpson County | $217 | $6,821 | 180.4 | $7.52 |
| Warren County | $200 | $5,899 | 177.3 | $6.93 |
| Macon County, TN | $135 | $5,897 | 153.8 | $45.08 |
| Sumner County, TN | $180 | $6,936 | 168.6 | $29.72 |
| Median next door | $165 | $5,898 | 174.5 | $27.16 |
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. 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-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.