Grant County, New Mexico
Grant County, NM: land and buildings $575 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Grant County irrigates 84 percent of harvested cropland, with only 12 percent of irrigation water drawn from groundwater in 2015. July nightly lows averaged 62.1 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 60.4 F, with a warming trend of 0.72 F per decade since 1976. Land value rose 18.1 percent from 2017-2022, or 3.4 percent a year, against a census value of $575 per acre.
NM median $784 · 7th lowest of 30
NM median 26% · 8th lowest of 30
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County | — | $575 | — |
| Greenlee County, AZ | — | $5,515 | — |
| Catron County | — | $620 | — |
| Hidalgo County | — | $414 | $2.52 |
| Luna County | $248 | $796 | $20.46 |
| Sierra County | $173 2025 | $406 | — |
| Median next door | $248 1 co. | $620 | $11.49 2 co. |
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. Grant 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/grant-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.