Scott County, Kentucky
Scott County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,387 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 155.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21209. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Scott County runs $110 per acre, down 3.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $6,387 per acre, up 14.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, 2.7 percent a year. Corn yield has trended up 4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 155 bushels and a low of 56.8 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 64 percent of indemnity losses in 1989-1999, fell to 28 percent in 2010-2019, then rose to 65 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 65.1 F to 66.7 F over 2017-2026. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland here.
KY median $125 · tied for 38th lowest of 86
too few 2014 county surveys in the state to compare
KY median $4,449 · 16th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 18th lowest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 39th highest of 86
KY median 25% · 37th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott County | $110 | $6,387 | 155.0 | $9.03 |
| Bourbon County | $105 | $7,039 | — | $9.59 |
| Fayette County | $80 | $16,231 | 164.8 | $6.21 |
| Franklin County | $70 | $4,931 | — | $9.42 |
| Grant County | $76 | $5,003 | — | — |
| Harrison County | $101 | $4,169 | — | $10.88 |
| Owen County | $87 2024 | $3,637 | 144.0 | $20.03 |
| Woodford County | $113 | $8,841 | 155.8 | $7.69 |
| Median next door | $91 | $5,003 | 155.8 | $9.51 |
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. Scott 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/scott-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.