Keith County, Nebraska
Keith County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $56 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,431 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 158.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland rents $218 per acre in Keith County, non-irrigated $56 per acre. Irrigation covers 52 percent of harvested cropland, with 90 percent of that water from groundwater and 3797 registered wells, 1303 of them irrigation wells not decommissioned. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 401 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 67 of those weeks in 2021-2025.
NE median $141 · 15th lowest of 80
NE median $272 · 22nd lowest of 78
NE median $4,499 · 32nd lowest of 93
NE median 179.3 · tied for 13th lowest of 67
NE median $4.74 · 31st highest of 90
NE median 49% · 47th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith County | $56 | $218 | $2,431 | 158.0 | $6.41 |
| Arthur County | — | $174 2025 | $1,091 | — | $13.25 |
| Deuel County | $45 | $172 | $2,003 | — | $13.96 |
| Garden County | $44 | $189 | $1,256 | — | $11.79 |
| Lincoln County | $66 | $263 | $2,340 | 172.6 | $5.07 |
| McPherson County | $40 2025 | $146 | $1,006 | — | $8.38 |
| Perkins County | $54 | $212 | $2,196 | — | $10.73 |
| Median next door | $49 | $189 | $1,630 | 172.6 1 co. | $11.26 |
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. Keith 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/keith-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.