Clay County, Kentucky
Clay County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $51 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,956 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.55 since 1995. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clay County stands at $51 per acre in 2025, down 5.6 percent from 2013. Land value reached $2,956 per acre in 2022, up 63 percent from 2017, 10.3 percent a year. July nights average 66.1 F over 2017-2026 against a 64.5 F normal, warming at 0.51 F per decade since 1976; the 2020s is the first decade reaching 66 F. Drought was severe in only 59 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with just 4 weeks from 2021-2025.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 14th lowest of 114
KY median 25% · 57th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clay County | $51 2025 | $2,956 |
| Bell County | — | $2,647 |
| Jackson County | $27 | $3,099 |
| Knox County | $30 2024 | $3,690 |
| Laurel County | $33 | $4,682 |
| Leslie County | — | $1,450 |
| Owsley County | — | $2,657 |
| Perry County | — | $2,578 |
| Median next door | $30 2 co. | $2,657 |
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. Clay 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/clay-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.