Clark County, Kentucky
Clark County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $93 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,480 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 164.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21049. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clark County runs $93 per acre for 2026, up 11.4 percent from 2016. Land value carries at $5,480 per acre in the 2022 census, up 23.7 percent from 2017, 4.3 percent a year. No cropland here is irrigated; the corn crop depends on rain and on July nights that have warmed from a 64.8 F normal to a 66.3 F average over 2017-2026. Corn yields still trend up, 3.3 bushels per acre a year on a 164.6 median, though 2012 dropped to 55.6. Heat and drought's share of insurance indemnities fell each decade listed, from 69 percent in 1989-1999 to 31 percent in 2020-2025, and drought weeks stayed low, 1 of the recent span.
KY median $125 · 31st lowest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 28th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 24th highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · tied for 35th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 43rd 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County | $93 | $5,480 | 164.6 | $7.21 |
| Bourbon County | $105 | $7,039 | — | $9.59 |
| Estill County | $22 | $3,319 | 133.4 | — |
| Fayette County | $80 | $16,231 | 164.8 | $6.21 |
| Madison County | $40 | $4,386 | 144.1 | — |
| Montgomery County | $60 | $4,254 | — | $11.94 |
| Powell County | — | $3,262 | — | $24.23 |
| Median next door | $60 | $4,320 | 144.1 | $10.77 |
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. Clark 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/clark-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.