Daviess County, Kentucky
Daviess County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $207 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,683 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Daviess County averages $207 per acre in 2026, up 12.5 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $4,683 per acre in 2022, down 6.1 percent from 2017. Crop insurance history shows $58.9 million in indemnities from 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 55 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 53 percent in 1989-1999 to 22 percent in 2000-2009, 43 percent in 2010-2019, and 19 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were rare: 45 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 in severe drought or worse, with 2 weeks in 2021-2025. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
KY median $125 · 6th highest of 86
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 50th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 10th highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 6th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 6th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County | $207 | $4,683 | 176.2 | $3.96 |
| Spencer County, IN | $185 | $6,525 | 171.8 | $2.63 |
| Warrick County, IN | $175 | $6,707 | 161.2 | $6.45 |
| Hancock County | $160 | $4,217 | — | $4.51 |
| Henderson County | $236 | $6,088 | 172.8 | $5.19 |
| McLean County | $191 | $5,794 | 183.7 | $5.11 |
| Ohio County | $168 2024 | $3,919 | 180.0 | $5.09 |
| Median next door | $185 | $5,941 | 172.8 | $5.10 |
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. Daviess 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/daviess-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.