Owsley County, Kentucky
Owsley County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2022); land and buildings $2,657 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21189. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Owsley County is $34 per acre, against a land value of $2,657 per acre in 2022. That land value moved up 98 percent from 2017-2022. Excess moisture and flood, not heat, drove indemnities from 1992-2021, at 56 percent of the $1.8 million paid, and the heat and drought share of indemnities fell from 65 percent in 1989-1999 to 39 percent in 2000-2009 to 11 percent in 2010-2019. Drought weeks were 59 of 1357 from 2000-2025, and 0 from 2021-2025. The July average nightly low moved from 64.8 F normal to 66.5 F over 2017-2026, warming at 0.46 F per decade since 1976.
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 8th lowest of 114
KY median 25% · 4th lowest of 115
Cash rent
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Owsley County | — | $2,657 |
| Breathitt County | — | $2,132 |
| Clay County | $51 2025 | $2,956 |
| Jackson County | $27 | $3,099 |
| Lee County | — | $3,452 |
| Perry County | — | $2,578 |
| Median next door | $27 1 co. | $2,956 |
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. Owsley 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/owsley-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.