County farm facts

Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Roosevelt County, NM: non-irrigated cash rent $19 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,039 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35041. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 16, cropland in Roosevelt County rents for $19 an acre in 2026, up 46.2% from $13 in 2014 and level with the state median of $19. Irrigated ground rents for $122 an acre in 2026, 4th lowest of 10 against a state median of $166. The census value of land and buildings came to $1,039 an acre in 2022, up 127.4% from $457 in 2017, and that ranks 6th highest of 30 in the state.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$19/ac
2026 county average
NM median $19 · 2nd lowest of 3
Cash rent, irrigated
$122/ac
2026 county average
NM median $166 · 4th lowest of 10
Land and buildings
$1,039/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · NM farm real estate 2026: $735 (land and buildings, state survey)
NM median $784 · 6th highest of 30
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$50.33
2016–2025, closed crop years
NM median $14.53 · 2nd highest of 12
Farmland rented
24%
2022 census, rented from others
NM median 26% · 9th lowest of 30
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Class III milk futures
Feeder cattle futures
Live cattle futures
Hay, New Mexico price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020257520

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, 2000–2025399 of 1,357 weeks29% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks2012 (tied with 2022)52 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–2025123 weeks
2026 so far13 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.2 °F1991–2020 normal 64.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.74 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual11.6 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 11.8 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 14, Oct 28middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days202middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,314middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,363

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$11$19 dry$85$122 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published New Mexico county rate, side by side: New Mexico cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$19/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+46.2%nominal, $13 to $19
Irrigated, 2026$122/ac
Pasture, 2026$5/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,039/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$487/ac
Census 2017$457/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+127.4%+17.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueCropland is 24% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
New Mexico cropland, 2026 state survey$2,090/ac+3.5% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
New Mexico farm real estate, 2026$735/acland and buildings, state average
New Mexico pasture, 2026$650/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the New Mexico average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Roosevelt County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Roosevelt County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.892.620.721.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$50.33
Loss ratio, 2016–20252.07claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.58$151.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium19 of 31crop years 1995–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2020ratio 2.62, of the 31 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 71% · hail 10% · wind 9%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202131,834185,820

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

CRP enrolled, 2025185,820 ac
CRP expiring FY2027–20295,213 ac3% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$21/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland19,539 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,026 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 942 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022156,761+6.6% since 2017
Milk cows, 202259,685head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 202218,033head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 20221,414head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202225head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Roosevelt County$19$122$1,039$50.33
Chaves Countyn/a$175$887$10.03
Curry County$28$81$763$32.45
De Baca Countyn/a$194$385n/a
Lea Countyn/a$129 2024$979$40.09
Quay County$11$62$783$50.68
Bailey County, TX$48$124$1,912$42.50
Cochran County, TX$34$140 2023$1,417$52.69
Median next door$31$124$887$41.30

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Roosevelt County, New Mexico. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/new-mexico/roosevelt-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).