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Grant County, Oklahoma

Grant County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $47 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,664 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 56.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 was $1,664 per acre, up 3.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, so rent runs 2.46 percent of land value. The county logged 320 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 43 weeks in the worst year, 2022. Wind operating capacity is 299 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$47/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 3rd highest of 74
Land and buildings
$1,664/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 13th lowest of 77
Rent as % of land value
2.46%
$41 dry rent ÷ $1,664 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
56.1 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 56.9
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$20.20
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 25th highest of 55
Farmland rented
56%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 3rd highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$36$47 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$47/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+22.4%nominal, $38 to $47
Pasture, 2026$23/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.82$47 ÷ 56.9 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,664/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,365/ac
Census 2017$1,605/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+3.7%+0.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.46%$41 ÷ $1,664; cropland 66% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202458.048.086.428.265.932.692.754.351.396.035.062.5median 56.1

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

Median, 2008–202456.1 bu/ac12 published years
Recent level, 2020–202456.9 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 28.2 bu/ac50% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+0.3 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19921997200220072012201720222.255.650.831.00: 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$20.20
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.93claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.08$300.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium15 of 34
Worst year1993ratio 5.65
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 58% · excess moisture 20% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252435

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, 2000–2025320 of 1,357 weeks24% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202243 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202586 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 70.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.18 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland839 ac
Farmed no-till, 202240% of cropland167,666 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland27,130 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202140243,26912,223

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,223 ac3.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,806 ac15% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$38/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record144Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth48 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 299 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202243,465+21.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Grant County$47—$1,664—$20.20
Harper County, KS$47—$1,751—$17.38
Sumner County, KS$57—$2,22394.9$17.64
Alfalfa County$41—$1,964—$17.38
Garfield County$47—$2,07266.8$18.03
Kay County$49$105$1,91875.3$22.67
Median next door$47$105 1 co.$1,96475.3$17.64

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. Grant 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/grant-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.
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"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.