Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Scott County, Kentucky
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2014, Scott County's rent was 1.2 times the Kentucky average and 1.2 times the US average.
- It is tied for the lowest of the 4 Kentucky counties NASS published for 2014.
- From 2011 to 2014 it rose 31.6%, from $190 to $250 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Scott figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Scott into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Scott County | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $217 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $209 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $210 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $220 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $206 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $200 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $200 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $220 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $215 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $205 | $212 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $220 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $209 |
| 2014 | $250 | $215 | $208 |
| 2013 | $230 | $225 | $202 |
| 2012 | $190 | $220 | $187 |
| 2011 | $190 | $200 | $171 |
| 2010 | Combined into "other counties" | $180 | No figure |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $160 | No figure |
| 2008 | Not available | $170 | No figure |
Every Kentucky county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure.
- All published values (1 county)
- Not published separately (119 counties, $216 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adair County, Allen County, Anderson County, Ballard County, Barren County, Bath County, Bell County, Boone County, Bourbon County, Boyd County, Boyle County, Bracken County, Breathitt County, Breckinridge County, Bullitt County, Butler County, Caldwell County, Calloway County, Campbell County, Carlisle County, Carroll County, Carter County, Casey County, Clark County, Clay County, Clinton County, Crittenden County, Cumberland County, Daviess County, Edmonson County, Elliott County, Estill County, Fayette County, Fleming County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Gallatin County, Garrard County, Grant County, Graves County, Grayson County, Green County, Greenup County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Harlan County, Harrison County, Hart County, Henderson County, Henry County, Hickman County, Hopkins County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Jessamine County, Johnson County, Kenton County, Knott County, Knox County, Larue County, Laurel County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Leslie County, Letcher County, Lewis County, Lincoln County, Livingston County, Logan County, Lyon County, Madison County, Magoffin County, Marion County, Marshall County, Martin County, Mason County, McCracken County, McCreary County, McLean County, Meade County, Menifee County, Mercer County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Muhlenberg County, Nelson County, Nicholas County, Ohio County, Oldham County, Owen County, Owsley County, Pendleton County, Perry County, Pike County, Powell County, Pulaski County, Robertson County, Rockcastle County, Rowan County, Russell County, Scott County, Shelby County, Simpson County, Spencer County, Taylor County, Todd County, Trigg County, Trimble County, Union County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Webster County, Whitley County, Wolfe County and Woodford County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Scott: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian County | $219 | 7.7% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.