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Warren County, Kentucky

Warren County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $200 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,899 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 177.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21227. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Warren County, KY is $200 per acre for 2026, up 17.6 percent from 2016. July nightly lows average 68.8 F for 2017-2026, above the 67.4 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.47 F per decade since 1976. Drought weeks stayed low in 2021-2025 at 4, and land value rose 10.6 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$200/ac
2026 county average
KY median $125 · tied for 7th highest of 86
Land and buildings
$5,899/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
KY median $4,449 · 21st highest of 114
Rent as % of land value
2.78%
$164 dry rent ÷ $5,899 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
177.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 185.2
KY median 161.4 · 8th highest of 50
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.93
2016–2025, closed crop years
KY median $8.45 · 30th lowest of 86
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
KY median 25% · 36th highest of 115

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$78$200 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, 2026$200/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+17.6%nominal, $170 to $200
Pasture, 2026$55/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.08$200 ÷ 185.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,899/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,606/ac
Census 2017$5,334/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+10.6%+2.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.78%$164 ÷ $5,899; cropland 60% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024136.0212.7167.3median 177.3

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

Median, 2008–2025177.3 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025185.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 65.4 bu/ac37% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.8 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.243.350.781.00: claims equal premium

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$6.93
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.67claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.90$77.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 20
Worst year2012ratio 3.35
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 51% · excess moisture 31% · area plans 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250201

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, 2000–202551 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200720 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.8 °F1991–2020 normal 67.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland4,511 ac
Farmed no-till, 202233% of cropland46,683 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland10,025 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202157619,4591,151

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,151 ac1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202811 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$141/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202241,066−7.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Warren County$200$5,899177.3$6.93
Allen County$129$5,163—$27.09
Barren County$150$4,912174.5$24.60
Butler County$144$4,286171.4$6.42
Edmonson County$118$4,420162.2$10.07
Logan County$232$6,404178.6$4.20
Simpson County$217$6,821180.4$7.52
Median next door$147$5,038174.5$8.80

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. Warren 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/warren-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.
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.