Eddy County, New Mexico
Eddy County, NM: irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2026); land and buildings $907 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.65 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
In Eddy County, 95 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 58 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. That reliance sits against a dry record: 476 of 1357 weeks were in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2024 the worst year at 53 weeks. The July average nightly low has moved from 67.3 F normal to 68.9 F over 2017-2026, warming at 0.82 F per decade since 1976.
NM median $175 · 3rd lowest of 9
NM median $784 · 10th highest of 30
NM median $14.53 · 3rd lowest of 12
NM median 26% · 3rd 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 1989. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy County | $110 | $907 | $5.29 |
| Chaves County | $175 | $887 | $10.03 |
| Lea County | $129 2024 | $979 | $40.09 |
| Otero County | — | $754 | $8.11 |
| Culberson County, TX | — | $1,192 | $24.74 |
| Loving County, TX | — | $1,671 | — |
| Reeves County, TX | $150 2023 | $1,309 | $14.08 |
| Median next door | $175 1 co. | $1,086 | $14.08 |
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. Eddy 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/eddy-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.