Taylor County, Kentucky
Taylor County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $162 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,547 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 168.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21217. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Taylor County is $162 per acre, up 1.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $33.6 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 49 percent; that share was 46 percent in 1989-1999, 38 percent in 2000-2009, 42 percent in 2010-2019, and 64 percent in 2020-2025. The July average nightly low has moved from 65.6 F (1991-2020 normal) to 67.6 F (2017-2026), part of a warming trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976. No cropland here is irrigated (0 percent, 2022 census). Census land value is $4,547 per acre, up 49.7 percent from 2017 to 2022. Solar and wind: 0 MW operating, 0 MW proposed.
KY median $125 · 25th highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 56th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 20th highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 16th highest of 86
KY median 25% · 55th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor County | $162 | $4,547 | 168.5 | $13.55 |
| Adair County | $129 | $4,023 | 158.5 | $8.59 |
| Casey County | $111 | $3,369 | 148.4 | $10.96 |
| Green County | $142 | $4,242 | 150.3 | $23.29 |
| Larue County | $181 | $5,124 | — | $5.37 |
| Marion County | $173 | $4,582 | 153.0 | $9.13 |
| Median next door | $142 | $4,242 | 151.7 | $9.13 |
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. Taylor 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/taylor-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.