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Carroll County, Kentucky

Carroll County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,769 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Carroll County is $80 per acre in 2026, up 31.1 percent from 2014. Land value in 2022 was $4,769 per acre, up 40.6 percent from 2017, 7 percent a year. July nights average 68.1 F over 2017-2026, against a 65.9 F normal for 1991-2020, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.58 F per decade, warming. Drought weeks were 33 of 1357 from 2000-2025, and 2 from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$80/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · tied for 24th lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$4,769/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 46th highest of 114
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 27% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.49
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 14th highest of 86
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 34th lowest of 115

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$45$80 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$80/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+31.1%nominal, $61 to $80
Pasture, 2025$14/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,769/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,637/ac
Census 2017$3,393/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+40.6%+7.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 27% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$14.49
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.08claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.21$6.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · heat and drought 34% · other 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025090

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, 2000–202533 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20079 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20252 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.1 °F1991–2020 normal 65.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.58 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland841 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland375 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20224,459−31.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Carroll County$80$4,769—$14.49
Jefferson County, IN$150$6,815—$8.41
Switzerland County, IN$134$7,606158.2$6.70
Gallatin County—$3,786—$14.78
Henry County$95$4,807—$8.63
Owen County$87 2024$3,637144.0$20.03
Trimble County$146 2024$4,600—$7.12
Median next door$134$4,704151.1 2 co.$8.52

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. Carroll 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/carroll-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.