Marion County, Kentucky
Marion County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $173 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,582 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21155. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Marion County runs $173 per acre, up 33.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value under the operators' own estimate stands at $4,582 per acre, up 31.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.6 percent a year. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated. Heat and drought caused 48 percent of the $26.5 million in crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, closed crop years, with the share rising to 61 percent in 2020-2025 after 40 percent in 2010-2019. July nightly lows have warmed from a 65.6 F normal to 67.3 F over 2017-2026, and the county saw 9 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2021-2025.
KY median $125 · 19th highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 54th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 14th lowest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 38th highest of 86
KY median 25% · 41st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County | $173 | $4,582 | 153.0 | $9.13 |
| Boyle County | $126 2024 | $5,423 | — | $10.48 |
| Casey County | $111 | $3,369 | 148.4 | $10.96 |
| Larue County | $181 | $5,124 | — | $5.37 |
| Nelson County | $180 | $5,930 | — | $7.00 |
| Taylor County | $162 | $4,547 | 168.5 | $13.55 |
| Washington County | $62 | $4,727 | — | $9.46 |
| Median next door | $162 | $4,926 | 158.5 2 co. | $9.97 |
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. Marion 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/marion-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.