Farmland Atlas · county record

Henry County, Kentucky

Henry County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $95 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,807 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 149.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21103. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Henry County runs $95 per acre, up 28.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value follows the same path: $4,807 per acre in 2022, up 24.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.5 percent a year. July nightly lows averaged 67.2 F over 2017-2026 against a 65.4 F normal for 1991-2020, warming at 0.48 F per decade since 1976. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with none proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$95/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · 32nd lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$4,807/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 44th highest of 114
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
149.3 bu/ac
14 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.63
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 41st highest of 86
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 57th highest of 115

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$68$95 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$95/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+28.4%nominal, $74 to $95
Pasture, 2026$34/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,807/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,343/ac
Census 2017$3,861/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.5%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024127.0176.5176.3median 149.3

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

Median, 2008–2025149.3 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2012: 77.5 bu/ac52% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.9 bu/ac a year±3.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

202120250.300.110.201.570.811.00: 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$8.63
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.76claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.86$16.1 million paid
Worst year2024ratio 1.57
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 37% · area plans 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250110

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, 2000–202532 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200711 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.2 °F1991–2020 normal 65.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland230 ac
Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland9,296 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland2,843 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210457159

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

CRP enrolled, 2025159 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202837 ac23% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$116/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202222,766−15.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Henry County$95$4,807—$8.63
Carroll County$80$4,769—$14.49
Franklin County$70$4,931—$9.42
Oldham County$96$8,262154.5$2.36
Owen County$87 2024$3,637144.0$20.03
Shelby County$166$7,994168.2$6.14
Trimble County$146 2024$4,600—$7.12
Median next door$88$4,850154.5$8.27

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Henry 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/henry-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.