Meade County, Kentucky
Meade County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $174 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,432 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 166.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21163. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Meade County stands at $174 per acre for 2026, up 28.9 percent from 2016. Land value carries at $5,432 per acre in the 2022 census, with the change from 2017 to 2022 at 25.5 percent, 4.6 percent a year. No cropland here is irrigated, so the corn yield trend of 4.1 bushels per acre a year rides on rainfall, and 2012 still shows the risk at 54.6 bushels against a median of 166.5. Heat and drought drove 71 percent of the $21.5 million in indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, though drought weeks have run at 0 for 2021-2025. July nights average 66.7 F for 2017-2026 against a 65.8 F normal, with the long-term trend at 0.16 F per decade showing no clear direction.
KY median $125 · 18th highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 30th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 22nd highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 4th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meade County | $174 | $5,432 | 166.5 | $3.89 |
| Crawford County, IN | $115 2025 | $4,347 | — | $6.12 |
| Harrison County, IN | $170 | $5,877 | 170.6 | $3.42 |
| Perry County, IN | $127 | $5,209 | — | $4.11 |
| Breckinridge County | $127 | $3,848 | 149.8 | $7.97 |
| Hardin County | $142 | $5,886 | 159.8 | $5.63 |
| Median next door | $135 | $5,209 | 159.8 | $5.63 |
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. Meade 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/meade-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.