Spencer County, Kentucky
Spencer County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $122 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,499 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21215. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Spencer County runs $122 per acre in 2026, up 22 percent from 2016. Land value per the 2022 census sits at $6,499 per acre, with a 43.1 percent gain from 2017 to 2022. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so yield rides on rain and heat. Corn yields trended up 3.1 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, median 169.7 bushels, though 2008 fell to 92. Heat and drought drove 54 percent of the $9.8 million in crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share rose to 70 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows average 67.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 65.9 F normal, with no clear trend direction since 1976. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
KY median $125 · 43rd lowest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 14th highest of 114
KY median $8.45 · 41st lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 28th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer County | $122 | $6,499 | — | $8.01 |
| Anderson County | $73 | $5,426 | — | — |
| Bullitt County | $83 | $7,883 | 141.9 | $10.14 |
| Jefferson County | $53 2025 | $13,280 | — | $8.42 |
| Nelson County | $180 | $5,930 | — | $7.00 |
| Shelby County | $166 | $7,994 | 168.2 | $6.14 |
| Median next door | $125 | $7,883 | 155.1 2 co. | $7.71 |
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. Spencer 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/spencer-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.