Torrance County, New Mexico
Torrance County, NM: irrigated cash rent $102 an acre (2024); land and buildings $784 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation covers 66 percent of harvested cropland here, and all of that water comes from groundwater. July nights average 57.1 F for 2017-2026, up from a 55.6 F normal in 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.87 F per decade, warming. Drought has been a fixture: 472 of 1357 weeks since 2000 hit severe drought or worse, with 2013 the worst year at 53 weeks, and 132 weeks fell in that category from 2021-2025. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $784 per acre, up 64.4 percent from 2017-2022. Wind capacity operating is 1029.2 MW, with 1089 MW more proposed to EIA.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
NM median $784 · 15th highest of 30
NM median 26% · 11th 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 1990. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Torrance County | $102 2024 | $784 |
| Bernalillo County | — | $2,788 |
| Guadalupe County | $122 2023 | $379 |
| Lincoln County | — | $915 |
| San Miguel County | — | $836 |
| Santa Fe County | $41 2025 | $1,245 |
| Socorro County | $181 2024 | $768 |
| Valencia County | $156 | $1,055 |
| Median next door | $156 1 co. | $915 |
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. Torrance 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/torrance-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.