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Trimble County, Kentucky

Trimble County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $146 an acre (2024); land and buildings $4,600 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21223. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Trimble County runs $146 per acre, up 16.8 percent from 2014 to 2024. Land value sits at $4,600 per acre, up 41.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, 7.2 percent a year. None of the cropland is irrigated. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$146/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,600/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 52nd highest of 114
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.90
$146 ÷ 162.8 bu, recent yield 2020–2024
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
153.4 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 162.8
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.12
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · tied for 32nd lowest of 86
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 25th lowest of 115

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150201020152020$80$146 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2024$146/ac
Change 2014 to 2024+16.8%nominal, $125 to $146
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.90$146 ÷ 162.8 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,600/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,156/ac
Census 2017$3,245/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.8%+7.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024106.0198.4142.9median 153.4

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024153.4 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024162.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 70.7 bu/ac46% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.1 bu/ac a year±3.1 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$7.12
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.77claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.14$6.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 52% · heat and drought 29% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250110

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202531 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200711 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20251 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.4 °F1991–2020 normal 65.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.42 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Farmed no-till, 202214% of cropland2,689 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland666 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021059333

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202533 ac
Cattle and calves, 20226,166−25.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Trimble County$146 2024$4,600—$7.12
Clark County, IN$150$6,194161.2$5.74
Jefferson County, IN$150$6,815—$8.41
Carroll County$80$4,769—$14.49
Henry County$95$4,807—$8.63
Oldham County$96$8,262154.5$2.36
Median next door$96$6,194157.9 2 co.$8.41

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Trimble 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/trimble-county
Every 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.
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"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.