Harlan County, Nebraska
Harlan County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $117 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,530 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 175.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31083. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Harlan County averages $117 per acre in 2026, up 41.8 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent runs $249 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated land has fallen from 2.69 in 2009 to 2.13 in 2026. Forty percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, drawing 93 percent of its water from groundwater, with 1,954 registered wells at a median depth of 199 feet. Heat and drought drove 60 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, rising from 19 percent of losses in 1989-1999 to 61 percent in 2000-2009 and 65 percent in 2010-2019, then easing to 57 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $3,530 per acre, up 22.7 percent from 2017 to 2022.
NE median $141 · tied for 30th lowest of 80
NE median $272 · 28th lowest of 78
NE median $4,499 · 40th lowest of 93
NE median 179.3 · 28th lowest of 67
NE median $4.74 · 27th highest of 90
NE median 49% · 38th lowest of 93
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlan County | $117 | $249 | $3,530 | 175.4 | $6.75 |
| Norton County, KS | $55 | $178 2023 | $1,785 | — | $19.34 |
| Phillips County, KS | $58 | — | $1,912 | — | $11.57 |
| Franklin County | $115 | $284 | $4,265 | 182.5 | $4.94 |
| Furnas County | $88 | $235 | $2,895 | 136.1 | $12.94 |
| Phelps County | $135 | $313 | $5,776 | 216.9 | $2.86 |
| Median next door | $88 | $284 | $2,895 | 182.5 | $11.57 |
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. Harlan County, Nebraska. 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/nebraska/harlan-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.