Caldwell County, Kentucky
Caldwell County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $170 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,783 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 159.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Caldwell County is $170 per acre in 2026, up 23.2 percent from 2014. Land value carries a similar climb: the census figure rose 43.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, 7.5 percent a year, reaching $4,783 per acre in 2022, with rent at 2.97 percent of that value. Corn yield has trended up 3.5 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 159.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 51.1 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 52 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025; the share was 51 percent in 1989-1999, 52 percent in 2000-2009, 59 percent in 2010-2019, and 42 percent in 2020-2025. The county saw 11 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 55 weeks total from 2000-2025.
KY median $125 · tied for 20th highest of 86
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 45th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 23rd lowest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 17th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 11th highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell County | $170 | — | $4,783 | 159.4 | $5.48 |
| Christian County | $200 | $219 | $5,807 | 181.7 | $5.94 |
| Crittenden County | $168 | — | $3,369 | 160.5 | $7.12 |
| Hopkins County | $160 | — | $4,313 | — | $6.13 |
| Lyon County | $144 2025 | — | $4,987 | — | $5.50 |
| Trigg County | $175 | — | $5,078 | 170.4 | $9.61 |
| Webster County | $229 | — | $4,351 | 172.1 | $4.67 |
| Median next door | $175 | $219 1 co. | $4,669 | 171.3 | $6.04 |
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. Caldwell 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/caldwell-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.