Logan County, Kentucky
Logan County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $232 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,404 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 178.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Logan County averages $232 per acre for 2026, up 6.4 percent from 2016. Census land value came to $6,404 per acre in 2022, up 32.6 percent from 2017, 5.8 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 3.4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 178.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 71.3 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 54 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share rose from 49 percent in 1989-1999 to 37 percent in 2000-2009, then to 59 percent in 2010-2019 and 60 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed to a 68.8 F average low for 2017-2026, against a 67.6 F normal for 1991-2020. Only 3 percent of cropland here is irrigated.
KY median $125 · 3rd highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 15th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 7th highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 8th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 19th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County | $232 | $6,404 | 178.6 | $4.20 |
| Butler County | $144 | $4,286 | 171.4 | $6.42 |
| Muhlenberg County | $148 | $4,571 | — | $9.28 |
| Simpson County | $217 | $6,821 | 180.4 | $7.52 |
| Todd County | $200 | $6,606 | 175.4 | $4.06 |
| Warren County | $200 | $5,899 | 177.3 | $6.93 |
| Robertson County, TN | $187 | $7,424 | 172.4 | $6.01 |
| Median next door | $194 | $6,253 | 175.4 | $6.68 |
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. Logan 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/logan-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.