Lyon County, Kentucky
Lyon County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $144 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,987 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.62 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lyon County averages $144 per acre in 2025, up 73.5 percent from 2014. Census land value reached $4,987 per acre in 2022, after a 59.8 percent change from 2017 to 2022, and the 2022 cash rent was 2.65 percent of that value. Heat and drought caused 53 percent of the $12.7 million in crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, with the share rising to 64 percent in 2010-2019 before falling to 45 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 67 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 26 weeks and 14 weeks logged in 2021-2025. July nights average 70.2 F over 2017-2026, against a 69.1 F normal for 1991-2020.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 41st highest of 114
KY median $8.45 · 18th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 39th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County | $144 2025 | $4,987 | — | $5.50 |
| Caldwell County | $170 | $4,783 | 159.4 | $5.48 |
| Crittenden County | $168 | $3,369 | 160.5 | $7.12 |
| Livingston County | $168 | $4,592 | — | $9.53 |
| Marshall County | $131 | $5,272 | — | $6.60 |
| Trigg County | $175 | $5,078 | 170.4 | $9.61 |
| Median next door | $168 | $4,783 | 160.5 | $7.12 |
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. Lyon 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/lyon-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.