County farm facts

Goshen County, Wyoming

Goshen County, WY: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2025); land and buildings $1,871 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 56015. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 16, cash rent in Goshen County ran $21 an acre in 2025, up 57.7% from $13 in 2014. Irrigated ground rented for $170 an acre in 2026, the highest of 15 in Wyoming against a state median of $78. The census value of land and buildings was $1,871 an acre in 2022, up 117.1% from $862 in 2017, and that ranks 7th highest of 22 in the state.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$21/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$170/ac
2026 county average
WY median $78 · highest of 15
Land and buildings
$1,871/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · WY farm real estate 2026: $1,030 (land and buildings, state survey)
WY median $1,248 · 7th highest of 22
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 6 dryland county yields in the last 15 years, and the all-practice yield is not a substitute: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.45
2016–2025, closed crop years
WY median $8.14 · 6th highest of 12
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
WY median 33% · 9th lowest of 23
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Feeder cattle futures
Live cattle futures
Hay, Wyoming price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Wyoming cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Goshen County, Wyoming

Drought, year by year

20002005201020152020202505222

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, 2000–2025446 of 1,357 weeks33% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200452 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–2025135 weeks
2026 so far29 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.4 °F1991–2020 normal 55.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual11.0 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 9.4 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger7.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMay 13, Oct 4middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days141middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,404middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,471

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200820092010201120122013201420152016133.0130.8146.4149.5147.4median 145.0

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

Trend for rent per bushelFewer than 6 dryland county yields in the last 15 years, and the all-practice yield is not a substitute: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Median, 2008–2016145.0 bu/ac9 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2010: 130.8 bu/ac90% of median

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$13$21 dry$92$170 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Wyoming county rate, side by side: Wyoming cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2025$21/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+57.7%nominal, $13 to $21
Irrigated, 2026$170/ac
Pasture, 2026$10/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2016)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel is withheld here: it needs the county trend, and the trend is withheld (see the corn yield section). The calculator below takes your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,871/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$777/ac
Census 2017$862/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+117.1%+16.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 66% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Wyoming cropland, 2026 state survey$2,080/ac+4.0% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Wyoming farm real estate, 2026$1,030/acland and buildings, state average
Wyoming pasture, 2026$770/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Wyoming average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Goshen County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Goshen County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.601.461.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2003 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$10.45
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.76claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$60.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 23crop years 2003–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2025ratio 1.46, of the 23 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025hail 39% · heat and drought 23% · freeze 14%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620210141,275

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

CRP enrolled, 2025141,275 ac56.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$16/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202266%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland1,293 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland22,153 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland4,884 ac
Cattle and calves, 2022109,449−11.9% since 2017
Milk cows, 202217head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 202235,146head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 202242,499head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202216head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Goshen County$21 2025$170$1,871n/a$10.45
Banner County, NE$31$177$1,242n/a$16.84
Scotts Bluff County, NE$42 2024$180$2,573161.6$7.29
Sioux County, NE$24$144$1,283168.7$5.68
Laramie County$28$112 2025$2,003n/a$15.66
Niobrara County$14 2025$135$791n/a$3.57
Platte County$22 2025$120 2025$1,028n/a$10.76
Median next door$28$161$1,263165.2 2 co.$9.03

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Goshen County, Wyoming. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/wyoming/goshen-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).