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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$232/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · 3rd highest of 86
Land and buildings
$6,404/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 15th highest of 114
Rent as % of land value
3.51%
$225 dry rent ÷ $6,404 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
178.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 187.3
KY median 161.4 · 7th highest of 50
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.20
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 8th lowest of 86
Farmland rented
42%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 19th highest of 115

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$141$232 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$232/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+6.4%nominal, $218 to $232
Pasture, 2026$55/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.24$232 ÷ 187.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,404/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,349/ac
Census 2017$4,829/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+32.6%+5.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.51%$225 ÷ $6,404; cropland 73% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024141.0190.7190.6median 178.6

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

Median, 2008–2025178.6 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025187.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 71.3 bu/ac40% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.4 bu/ac a year±3.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.954.160.891.00: 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$4.20
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.48claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.77$129.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 26
Worst year2007ratio 4.16
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 54% · excess moisture 17% · area plans 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250202

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, 2000–202550 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200720 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.8 °F1991–2020 normal 67.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.42 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland4,055 ac
Farmed no-till, 202260% of cropland115,770 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland13,159 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,35920,82610,323

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,323 ac5.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,807 ac18% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$198/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025173 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202231,027−8.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202242%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Logan County$232$6,404178.6$4.20
Butler County$144$4,286171.4$6.42
Muhlenberg County$148$4,571—$9.28
Simpson County$217$6,821180.4$7.52
Todd County$200$6,606175.4$4.06
Warren County$200$5,899177.3$6.93
Robertson County, TN$187$7,424172.4$6.01
Median next door$194$6,253175.4$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-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.