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Lincoln County, Wyoming

Lincoln County, WY: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,963 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 56023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County is $30 per acre in 2026, up 62.2 percent from 2016. Eighty-one percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and most of that water is not from groundwater, at 2 percent in 2015. Drought weeks ran 400 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 113 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 alone. July nights have warmed since 1976 at 0.47 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average low, 46.7 F, sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.3 F. Land value rose 116.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, reaching $3,963 per acre.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$30/ac
2026 county average
WY median $31 · 2nd lowest of 4
Cash rent, irrigated
$53/ac
2026 county average
WY median $78 · 6th lowest of 15
Land and buildings
$3,963/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WY median $1,248 · highest of 22
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
WY median 33% · 11th lowest of 23

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$12$30 dry$36$53 irrigated

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$30/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+62.2%nominal, $19 to $30
Irrigated, 2026$53/ac
Pasture, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,963/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,800/ac
Census 2017$1,828/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+116.8%+16.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 81% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.01$1.6 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025price decline (revenue policies) 33% · freeze 19% · heat and drought 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202545321

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, 2000–2025400 of 1,357 weeks30% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200253 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025113 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202646.7 °F1991–2020 normal 45.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September8.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202281%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland2,062 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,765 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021391,889443

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

CRP enrolled, 2025443 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028176 ac40% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$36/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202236,829−15.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Lincoln County$30$53$3,963—
Bear Lake County, ID$35$79$2,768$28.46
Bonneville County, ID$33 2025$146$4,884$6.31
Caribou County, ID$44$140$2,587$9.69
Rich County, UT$35 2025$76$1,451—
Sublette County$21 2023$30 2025$2,038—
Sweetwater County$33$44$387—
Teton County$40$45$11,792—
Uinta County$21 2024$41$1,330—
Median next door$38$76$2,313$9.69

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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.