Russell County, Kentucky
Russell County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $92 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,342 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 156.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21207. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Russell County runs $92 per acre in 2026, down 8 percent from 2016. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so the heat side of the ledger matters. July nightly lows average 68.1 F for 2017-2026, up from the 1991-2020 normal of 65.5 F, and the county did not reach a 66 F July average low until the 2010s. Heat and drought has been the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, at 46 percent overall, though its share by period runs 54 percent, 53 percent, 44 percent, 42 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Drought weeks have been light lately: 9 since 2021, against 61 of 1357 weeks since 2000. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW, with none proposed.
KY median $125 · 30th lowest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 54th lowest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 20th lowest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 28th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 33rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell County | $92 | $4,342 | 156.5 | $6.70 |
| Adair County | $129 | $4,023 | 158.5 | $8.59 |
| Casey County | $111 | $3,369 | 148.4 | $10.96 |
| Clinton County | $85 | $4,298 | — | $7.21 |
| Cumberland County | $80 | $2,793 | — | $7.26 |
| Pulaski County | $105 | $4,741 | 171.4 | $9.68 |
| Wayne County | $130 | $3,573 | 187.6 | $4.23 |
| Median next door | $108 | $3,798 | 165.0 | $7.93 |
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. Russell 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/russell-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.