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Grady County, Oklahoma

Grady County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,107 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 106.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 stood at $3,107 per acre, up 48.1 percent from 2017. The county held severe drought or worse for 225 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 41 weeks in 2022 alone.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$33/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 29th highest of 74
Cash rent, irrigated
$66/ac
2026 county average
OK median $105 · 2nd lowest of 11
Land and buildings
$3,107/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 17th highest of 77
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
106.0 bu/ac
12 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.13
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 11th lowest of 55
Farmland rented
36%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 37th highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$35$33 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$33/ac
Irrigated, 2026$66/ac
Pasture, 2026$25/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,107/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,610/ac
Census 2017$2,098/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+48.1%+8.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2008201020122014201620182020202286.0108.4106.390.7101.994.1110.083.3115.0105.8123.2153.8median 106.0

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

Median, 2008–2023106.0 bu/ac12 published years
Lowest published year2017: 83.3 bu/ac79% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+2.9 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20092014201920243.270.331.00: 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$13.13
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.64claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.93$24.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 15
Worst year2009ratio 3.27
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 53% · freeze 20% · excess moisture 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255412

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, 2000–2025225 of 1,357 weeks17% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202562 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.4 °F1991–2020 normal 71.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.22 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20228%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland6,274 ac
Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland25,691 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,191 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021644,68823

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

CRP enrolled, 202523 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202823 ac
Irrigation wells on record302Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth192 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20254 MW solar · 407.1 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022128,974+1.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202236%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Grady County$33$66$3,107$13.13
Caddo County$37$123$2,275$12.11
Canadian County$39$47$3,406$13.10
Comanche County$36—$2,715$42.18
Garvin County$26—$2,714$13.53
McClain County$33—$3,806$9.36
Stephens County$23—$2,407—
Median next door$34$85 2 co.$2,715$13.10

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Grady County, Oklahoma. 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/oklahoma/grady-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.