Elliott County, Kentucky
Elliott County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $38 an acre (2021); land and buildings $2,304 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in 2021 was $38 per acre, and census land and buildings value in 2022 was $2,304 per acre, up 42.3 percent from 2017-2022, 7.3 percent a year. July nightly lows average 64.9 F for 2017-2026, up from 63.4 F in the 1991-2020 normal, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.42 F per decade, warming. Drought has been a small factor here: 56 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, with 22 weeks in 2007 and 3 weeks in 2021-2025.
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 3rd lowest of 114
KY median 25% · 31st 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.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott County | — | $2,304 | — |
| Carter County | $28 2025 | $3,064 | — |
| Lawrence County | $44 2025 | $2,800 | — |
| Morgan County | $25 | $2,458 | — |
| Rowan County | $43 2024 | $6,055 | $20.21 |
| Median next door | $25 1 co. | $2,932 | $20.21 1 co. |
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. Elliott 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/elliott-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.