Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Bernalillo County, NM: irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2020); land and buildings $2,788 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Bernalillo County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Cropland here runs on irrigation, with 94 percent of harvested cropland irrigated in the 2022 census, and only 6 percent of that water came from groundwater in 2015. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran to 469 of 1357 for 2000-2025, worst year 2004 with 52 weeks, and 2021-2025 alone logged 156 such weeks. July nights average 61.5 F for 2017-2026 against a 59.9 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.8 F per decade, warming. Land value sits at $2,788 per acre under the 2022 census, up 1.1 percent from 2017-2022, 0.2 percent a year.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
NM median $784
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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2021. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | — | $2,788 |
| Cibola County | — | $406 |
| Sandoval County | — | $704 |
| Santa Fe County | $41 2025 | $1,245 |
| Torrance County | $102 2024 | $784 |
| Valencia County | $156 | $1,055 |
| Median next door | $156 1 co. | $784 |
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. Bernalillo County, New Mexico. 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/new-mexico/bernalillo-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.