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Cumberland County, Kentucky

Cumberland County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,793 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 183.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cumberland County for 2026 runs $80 per acre. Median corn yield 2014-2023 was 183 bushels per acre, with the worst year, 2022, at 162.6. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 50 percent, 23 percent, 39 percent, 23 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed 0.7 F per decade since 1976, with the 1991-2020 normal at 66.1 F against 68.2 F for 2017-2026. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$80/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · tied for 24th lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$2,793/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 10th lowest of 114
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.45
$80 ÷ 179.7 bu, recent yield 2019–2023
Corn yield, 2014–2023 median
183.0 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 179.7
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.26
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 37th lowest of 86
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 40th lowest of 115

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120201520202025$46$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
Pasture, 2026$34/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.45$80 ÷ 179.7 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,793/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,707/ac
Census 2017$2,053/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.0%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 24% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023179.9188.1187.7183.0178.0174.8186.3162.6189.5median 183.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2014–2023183.0 bu/ac9 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023179.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2022: 162.6 bu/ac89% of median

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$7.26
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$2.8 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 46% · heat and drought 32% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250240

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, 2000–202554 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200724 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.70 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland1,656 ac
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland2,971 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland603 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202104410

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20228,628−19.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cumberland County$80$2,793—$7.26
Adair County$129$4,023158.5$8.59
Clinton County$85$4,298—$7.21
Metcalfe County$180$3,990—$23.96
Monroe County$150$4,027—$34.84
Russell County$92$4,342156.5$6.70
Clay County, TN$40$3,793—$34.51
Median next door$111$4,025157.5 2 co.$16.28

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. Cumberland 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/cumberland-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.