Washington County, Kentucky
Washington County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $62 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,727 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 163.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21229. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Washington County, KY runs $62 per acre, against a census land value of $4,727 per acre. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so corn yields track weather directly: the median 2008-2024 stands at 163 bushels per acre, but 2012 fell to 66.6. Heat and drought have driven crop insurance losses, rising from 54 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999 to 80 percent in 2020-2025, with a loss ratio of 0.94 over 1989-2025 and 0.9 over 2016-2025. Drought weeks stayed low, 6 of them in 2021-2025, and the July nightly low has moved from a 65.5 F normal to 67 F in 2017-2026, though the long trend since 1976 shows no clear direction. Solar is proposed at 120 MW; none is built yet.
KY median $125 · 17th lowest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 48th highest of 114
KY median $8.45 · 34th highest of 86
KY median 25% · 48th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $62 | $4,727 | — | $9.46 |
| Anderson County | $73 | $5,426 | — | — |
| Boyle County | $126 2024 | $5,423 | — | $10.48 |
| Marion County | $173 | $4,582 | 153.0 | $9.13 |
| Mercer County | $79 | $5,326 | — | $11.89 |
| Nelson County | $180 | $5,930 | — | $7.00 |
| Median next door | $126 | $5,423 | 153.0 1 co. | $9.81 |
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. Washington 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/washington-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.