Farmland Atlas · county record

Cibola County, New Mexico

Cibola County, NM: land and buildings $406 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35006. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$406/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NM median $784 · tied for 3rd lowest of 30
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
18%
2022 census, rented from others
NM median 26% · 6th lowest of 30

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$406/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$312/ac
Census 2017$317/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+28.1%+5.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202505244

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, 2000–2025417 of 1,357 weeks31% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200452 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025118 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.7 °F1991–2020 normal 54.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.87 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September7.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 89% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202299%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland118 ac
Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland234 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland145 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212601,0390

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2022$32/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202564 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202215,356+1.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202218%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyIrr. rentLand value
Cibola County—$406
Apache County, AZ$53 2025$329
Bernalillo County—$2,788
Catron County—$620
McKinley County—$605
Sandoval County—$704
Socorro County$181 2024$768
Valencia County$156$1,055
Median next door$156 1 co.$704

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. Cibola 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/cibola-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.

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