Farmland Atlas · county record

Luna County, New Mexico

Luna County, NM: irrigated cash rent $248 an acre (2026); land and buildings $796 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.85 since 1996. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$248/ac
2026 county average
NM median $175 · 2nd highest of 9
Land and buildings
$796/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NM median $784 · 14th highest of 30
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$20.46
2016–2025, closed crop years
NM median $14.53 · 5th highest of 12
Farmland rented
70%
2022 census, rented from others
NM median 26% · highest of 30

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$117$248 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Irrigated, 2026$248/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$796/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$424/ac
Census 2017$515/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+54.6%+9.1% 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

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$20.46
Loss ratio, 2016–20253.71claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.85$17.9 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1996–2025heat and drought 36% · freeze 31% · wind 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025135352

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, 2000–2025535 of 1,357 weeks39% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202453 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025213 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.6 °F1991–2020 normal 66.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.76 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September6.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland3,372 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland971 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211123,3520

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202594 MW solar · 50.4 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202237,589+41.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202270%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Luna County$248$796$20.46
Doña Ana County$296$2,316$7.01
Grant County—$575—
Hidalgo County—$414$2.52
Sierra County$173 2025$406—
Median next door$296 1 co.$495$4.77 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. Luna 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/luna-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.