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Floyd County, Kentucky

Floyd County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2022); land and buildings $2,988 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Floyd County had 6,898 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

July nights have warmed, averaging 66.1 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 64.8 F, with a trend of 0.51 F per decade since 1976; the 2020s is the first decade to reach 66 F. Drought was rare and getting rarer: 50 of 1357 weeks since 2000 hit severe drought or worse, none since 2021. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$52/ac

2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare

Land and buildings

$2,988/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 34% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Farmland rented

2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25%

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2022$52/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,988/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,472/ac

Census 2017$3,088/ac

Change 2017 to 2022−3.2%−0.7% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 34% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202550 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200726 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.1 °F1991–2020 normal 64.8 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%

Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland57 ac

Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland292 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland31 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20251 ac

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac

Cattle and calves, 2022288−37.0% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 20226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value
Floyd County	—	$2,988
Johnson County	—	$3,144
Knott County	—	$2,596
Magoffin County	$35	$2,713
Martin County	—	$2,372
Pike County	—	$1,983
Median next door	$35 1 co.	$2,596

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. Floyd 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/floyd-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.

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