Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Hidalgo County, NM: irrigated cash rent $117 an acre (2020); land and buildings $414 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.46 since 1996. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Groundwater supplies 90 percent of irrigation water here, a fact worth sitting with given the drought record. Severe drought or worse covered 491 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, and 203 weeks from 2021-2025, with 2024 the worst single year at 53 weeks. July nightly lows averaged 65.9 F from 2017-2026, up from the 64.8 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.58 F per decade, warming. The 2020s is the first decade the July average low reached 66 F.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
NM median $784 · 5th lowest of 30
NM median $14.53 · lowest of 12
NM median 26% · 14th 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 1993. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo County | — | $414 | $2.52 |
| Cochise County, AZ | $93 2024 | $2,695 | $7.67 |
| Greenlee County, AZ | — | $5,515 | — |
| Grant County | — | $575 | — |
| Luna County | $248 | $796 | $20.46 |
| Median next door | $248 1 co. | $1,746 | $14.07 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. Hidalgo 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/hidalgo-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.