Fayette County, Kentucky
Fayette County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $16,231 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 164.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Fayette County, KY averages $80 per acre in 2026, down 41.6 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $16,231 per acre in 2022, up 11 percent from 2017, 2.1 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 164.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 60.5 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 54 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share moved 72 percent, 48 percent, 35 percent, and 54 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed to 66.6 F over 2017-2026 from a 65.1 F normal in 1991-2020. Solar capacity proposed to EIA is 40 MW; none operating yet.
KY median $125 · tied for 24th lowest of 86
too few 2014 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 23rd highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 24th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 43rd 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette County | $80 | $16,231 | 164.8 | $6.21 |
| Bourbon County | $105 | $7,039 | — | $9.59 |
| Clark County | $93 | $5,480 | 164.6 | $7.21 |
| Jessamine County | $60 | $7,170 | — | $12.82 |
| Madison County | $40 | $4,386 | 144.1 | — |
| Scott County | $110 | $6,387 | 155.0 | $9.03 |
| Woodford County | $113 | $8,841 | 155.8 | $7.69 |
| Median next door | $99 | $6,713 | 155.4 | $9.03 |
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. Fayette 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/fayette-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.