Knox County, Kentucky
Knox County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2024); land and buildings $3,690 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 123.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Knox County averaged $30 per acre in 2024, down 26.2 percent from 2013. Land value, self-reported by operators in the 2022 census, was $3,690 per acre, up 54.1 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trended up 2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2023, with a median of 123 bushels per acre and a worst year of 85.7 in 2012. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal low was 64.5 F, the 2017-2026 average is 65.7 F, and the 2020s is the first decade reaching a 66 F average low. Drought was rare, with severe drought or worse in 65 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 and only 4 weeks from 2021-2025. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 33rd lowest of 114
KY median 25% · 36th 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Knox County | $30 2024 | $3,690 |
| Bell County | — | $2,647 |
| Clay County | $51 2025 | $2,956 |
| Laurel County | $33 | $4,682 |
| Whitley County | $17 | $2,970 |
| Median next door | $25 2 co. | $2,963 |
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. Knox 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/knox-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.