Grant County, Kentucky
Grant County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $76 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,003 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Grant County runs $76 per acre, up 60.6 percent from 2014 to 2026. Corn yields carry a trend of 3.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 135.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 87 in 2012. No cropland here is irrigated, per the 2022 census. Crop insurance history shows $3.7 million in indemnities across 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 66 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities fell across the listed decades from 68 percent in 1989-1999 to 26 percent in 2000-2009 to 20 percent in 2010-2019, then rose to 25 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 65.3 F to 67.2 F over 2017-2026.
KY median $125 · 22nd lowest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 40th highest of 114
KY median 25% · 56th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County | $76 | $5,003 | — | — |
| Boone County | $45 | $8,920 | 145.1 | $8.74 |
| Gallatin County | — | $3,786 | — | $14.78 |
| Harrison County | $101 | $4,169 | — | $10.88 |
| Kenton County | $46 | $7,531 | — | — |
| Owen County | $87 2024 | $3,637 | 144.0 | $20.03 |
| Pendleton County | $50 | $4,055 | — | $10.03 |
| Scott County | $110 | $6,387 | 155.0 | $9.03 |
| Median next door | $50 | $4,169 | 145.1 | $10.46 |
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. Grant 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/grant-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.