Clinton County, Kentucky
Clinton County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $85 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,298 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 160.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clinton County stands at $85 per acre for 2026, up 41.7 percent from 2016. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so the corn yield trend of 2.5 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 160.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 92.2 in 2012, runs on rainfall alone. July nights average 67.9 F over 2017-2026 against a 65.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the county did not reach a 66 F July average low until the 2010s. Heat and drought caused 51 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and that share was 64 percent in 2020-2025 versus 43 percent in 2010-2019. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 0.67. Solar and wind capacity here are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
KY median $125 · 28th lowest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 51st lowest of 114
KY median $8.45 · tied for 35th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 48th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton County | $85 | $4,298 | — | $7.21 |
| Cumberland County | $80 | $2,793 | — | $7.26 |
| Russell County | $92 | $4,342 | 156.5 | $6.70 |
| Wayne County | $130 | $3,573 | 187.6 | $4.23 |
| Clay County, TN | $40 | $3,793 | — | $34.51 |
| Pickett County, TN | $40 | $4,393 | — | — |
| Median next door | $80 | $3,793 | 172.1 2 co. | $6.98 |
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. Clinton 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/clinton-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.