Wayne County, Utah
Wayne County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $44 an acre (2025); land and buildings $10,311 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wayne County runs $44 per acre; irrigated cash rent for 2026 is $117 per acre. Cropland here leans on water: 93 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, with only 2 percent of that water from groundwater in 2015. Drought has been a recurring feature, with 462 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, 52 of those weeks in 2021 alone, and 145 more from 2021-2025. July nights have warmed too, averaging 63.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 61.9 F, with a warming trend of 0.9 F per decade since 1976. Census land value sits at $10,311 per acre, up 127.2 percent from 2017-2022.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
UT median $107 · tied for 9th highest of 24
UT median $3,900 · 5th highest of 28
UT median 22% · 6th highest of 29
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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | $44 2025 | $117 | $10,311 | — |
| Emery County | $20 | $106 | $6,319 | — |
| Garfield County | — | $96 | $4,398 | — |
| Piute County | $32 2025 | $90 | $4,020 | — |
| San Juan County | — | — | $748 | $21.50 |
| Sevier County | $12 | $97 | $5,351 | — |
| Median next door | $16 2 co. | $96 | $4,398 | $21.50 1 co. |
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. Wayne County, Utah. 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/utah/wayne-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.