Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Doña Ana County, NM: irrigated cash rent $296 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,316 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.48 since 1995. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Ninety percent of harvested cropland here is irrigated, and 31 percent of that irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015. July nightly lows average 69.1 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.3 F, warming at 0.99 F per decade since 1976. The county spent 455 of 1357 weeks at 50 percent or more in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 177 of those weeks in 2021-2025 alone.
NM median $175 · highest of 9
NM median $784 · highest of 30
NM median $14.53 · 4th lowest of 12
NM median 26% · 15th highest of 30
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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doña Ana County | — | $296 | $2,316 | $7.01 |
| Luna County | — | $248 | $796 | $20.46 |
| Otero County | — | — | $754 | $8.11 |
| Sierra County | — | $173 2025 | $406 | — |
| El Paso County, TX | $60 | $140 | $2,912 | $11.35 |
| Median next door | $60 1 co. | $194 2 co. | $775 | $11.35 |
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. Doña Ana 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/dona-ana-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.