Farmland Atlas · county record

Green County, Kentucky

Green County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $142 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,242 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Green County is $142 per acre, up 8.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in 2022 was $4,242 per acre, up 63.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 10.3 percent a year. No cropland here is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$142/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · tied for 35th highest of 86
Land and buildings
$4,242/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 48th lowest of 114
Rent as % of land value
3.61%
$153 dry rent ÷ $4,242 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
150.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 164.5
KY median 161.4 · 13th lowest of 50
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$23.29
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 7th highest of 86
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 50th highest of 115

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$53$142 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$142/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+8.4%nominal, $131 to $142
Pasture, 2026$38/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.86$142 ÷ 164.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,242/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,265/ac
Census 2017$2,595/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+63.5%+10.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.61%$153 ÷ $4,242; cropland 59% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024106.0200.1139.7median 150.3

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025150.3 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025164.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 69.6 bu/ac46% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.6 bu/ac a year±2.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20142019202420251.732.943.482.442.682.672.591.421.190.401.222.581.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$23.29
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.90claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.86$48.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 12
Worst year2016ratio 3.48
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 50% · heat and drought 34% · area plans 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250160

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, 2000–202554 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200716 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.7 °F1991–2020 normal 66.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.45 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland2,479 ac
Farmed no-till, 202245% of cropland37,786 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland2,552 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202111113,8211,596

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,596 ac2.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028646 ac41% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$194/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202225,891−8.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Green County$142$4,242150.3$23.29
Adair County$129$4,023158.5$8.59
Hart County$148$4,110153.7$15.13
Larue County$181$5,124—$5.37
Metcalfe County$180$3,990—$23.96
Taylor County$162$4,547168.5$13.55
Median next door$162$4,110158.5$13.55

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. Green 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/green-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.