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Kimball County, Nebraska

Kimball County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,701 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 108.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31105. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$35/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · tied for 3rd lowest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$192/ac
2026 county average
NE median $272 · 14th lowest of 78
Land and buildings
$1,701/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 20th lowest of 93
Corn yield, 2009–2022 median
108.2 bu/ac
9 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.54
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · 10th highest of 90
Farmland rented
41%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 23rd lowest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$25$35 dry$120$192 irrigated

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$35/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+46.8%nominal, $24 to $35
Irrigated, 2026$192/ac
Pasture, 2024$13/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,701/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$868/ac
Census 2017$1,075/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+58.2%+9.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022114.5101.3114.9108.2111.8116.482.782.298.6median 108.2

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

Median, 2009–2022108.2 bu/ac9 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2017: 82.2 bu/ac76% of median

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.732.400.811.00: 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$11.54
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.83claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.78$77.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 30
Worst year2022ratio 2.40
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 35% · hail 33% · freeze 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504630

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, 2000–2025358 of 1,357 weeks26% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202246 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025120 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.6 °F1991–2020 normal 56.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.35 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September12.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202212%
Farmed no-till, 202223% of cropland87,167 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland1,515 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,076152,631

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

CRP enrolled, 2025152,631 ac48.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202824,828 ac16% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$21/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)400
Median well depth190 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 30 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202218,702+7.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202241%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Kimball County$35$192$1,701—$11.54
Logan County, CO$37$234$2,141—$10.23
Weld County, CO$25$202$3,798175.8$8.60
Banner County$31$177$1,242—$16.84
Cheyenne County$43$190$1,455—$13.56
Laramie County, WY$28$112 2025$2,003—$15.66
Median next door$31$196$2,003175.8 1 co.$13.56

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. Kimball 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/kimball-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.