Laramie County, Wyoming
Laramie County, WY: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,003 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 117.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 56021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Laramie County is $28 per acre for 2026, up 37.5 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $112 per acre in 2025, and irrigation covers 25 percent of harvested cropland, with 71 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, at 36 percent of $74.3 million paid, and its share has moved unevenly across periods: 5 percent in 1989-1999, 33 percent in 2000-2009, 27 percent in 2010-2019, and 52 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low averaged 54.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 53.6 F, warming at 0.49 F per decade since 1976. Census land value sits at $2,003 per acre for 2022, up 136.2 percent from 2017.
WY median $31 · lowest of 4
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
WY median $1,248 · 5th highest of 22
WY median $8.14 · 4th highest of 12
WY median 33% · 10th lowest of 23
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie County | $28 | $112 2025 | $2,003 | — | $15.66 |
| Larimer County, CO | $29 | $195 | $6,276 | — | $4.90 |
| Weld County, CO | $25 | $202 | $3,798 | 175.8 | $8.60 |
| Banner County, NE | $31 | $177 | $1,242 | — | $16.84 |
| Kimball County, NE | $35 | $192 | $1,701 | — | $11.54 |
| Albany County | — | $40 2025 | $1,040 | — | — |
| Goshen County | $21 2025 | $170 | $1,871 | — | $10.45 |
| Platte County | $22 2025 | $120 2025 | $1,028 | — | $10.76 |
| Median next door | $30 | $192 | $1,701 | 175.8 1 co. | $10.61 |
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. Laramie County, Wyoming. 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/wyoming/laramie-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.