Gallatin County, Kentucky
Gallatin County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2017); land and buildings $3,786 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Gallatin County ran $110 per acre in 2017. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,786 per acre in 2022, up 33.1 percent from 2017, or 5.9 percent a year. Corn yield had a median of 157.1 bushels per acre over 2009-2025, with the worst year, 2011, at 125.7. Crop insurance indemnities totaled $4.0 million across closed crop years 1993-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 59 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities rose from 12 percent in 2000-2009 to 30 percent in 2010-2019 to 70 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio was 1.01 over 1989-2025 and 1.07 over 2016-2025. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 36th lowest of 114
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KY median 25% · 28th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallatin County | — | $3,786 | — | $14.78 |
| Switzerland County, IN | $134 | $7,606 | 158.2 | $6.70 |
| Boone County | $45 | $8,920 | 145.1 | $8.74 |
| Carroll County | $80 | $4,769 | — | $14.49 |
| Grant County | $76 | $5,003 | — | — |
| Owen County | $87 2024 | $3,637 | 144.0 | $20.03 |
| Median next door | $78 | $5,003 | 145.1 | $11.62 |
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. Gallatin 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/gallatin-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.