County farm facts

Washakie County, Wyoming

Washakie County, WY: irrigated cash rent $162 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,623 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.34 since 1989. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 56043. 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, irrigated cropland in Washakie County rents for $162 an acre in 2026. That ranks 2nd highest of 15 in Wyoming, against a state median of $78. The census value of land and buildings came to $1,623 an acre in 2022, up 38.8% from $1,169 in 2017, or 6.8% a year. 26% of the farmland here was rented in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
n/a
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$162/ac
2026 county average
WY median $78 · 2nd highest of 15
Land and buildings
$1,623/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 · 9th highest of 22
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$0.44
2016–2025, closed crop years
WY median $8.14 · lowest of 12
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
WY median 33% · 7th 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
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 Washakie County, Wyoming

Drought, year by year

20002005201020152020202505316

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, 2000–2025408 of 1,357 weeks30% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200253 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202589 weeks
2026 so far34 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.1 °F1991–2020 normal 55.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.49 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual7.9 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 7.9 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMay 11, Oct 5middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days150middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,237middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,264

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150201520202025$112$162 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.

Irrigated, 2026$162/acno dry rent published
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2011)

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$1,623/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$888/ac
Census 2017$1,169/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+38.8%+6.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
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 Washakie County.

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

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989 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$0.44
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.12claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.34$2.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2023freeze 31% · hail 24% · heat and drought 14%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202104810

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202291%
Drained by tile, 202213% of cropland6,450 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland2,110 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland3,679 ac
Cattle and calves, 202235,968+17.9% since 2017
Milk cows, 20223head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 202214,885head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 2022514head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202223head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202226%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 valueClaims per $100
Washakie Countyn/a$162$1,623$0.44
Big Horn Countyn/a$106$2,313$5.82
Fremont County$15 2025$78$1,882$1.81
Hot Springs Countyn/a$101$823n/a
Johnson County$9 2024$78$1,165n/a
Natrona Countyn/a$89$825n/a
Park Countyn/a$110$2,842$4.65
Median next doorn/a$95$1,524$4.65

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.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Washakie 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/washakie-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).