Farmland Atlas · county record

Caddo County, Oklahoma

Caddo County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $37 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,275 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.00 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Caddo County runs $36 per acre in 2026, up 5.8 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent stands at $123 per acre, and the irrigated-to-non-irrigated multiple has moved from 1.54 in 2009 to 3.37 in 2026, a rising gap. Heat and drought account for 59 percent of the $93.2 million in crop insurance indemnities paid across closed crop years 1989-2025, and that share has climbed with each period listed: 39 percent in 1989-1999, 57 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, 71 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 81 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 305 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025. Census land value sits at $2,275 per acre, up 31.4 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$37/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 18th highest of 74
Cash rent, irrigated
$123/ac
2026 county average
OK median $105 · 4th highest of 11
Land and buildings
$2,275/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 34th lowest of 77
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 9th lowest of 55
Farmland rented
41%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 28th highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$26$37 dry$50$123 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$37/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+5.8%nominal, $35 to $37
Irrigated, 2026$123/ac
Pasture, 2026$23/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,275/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,337/ac
Census 2017$1,732/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.4%+5.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 28% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920240.722.890.511.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. 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$12.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.72claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.00$93.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 27
Worst year2009ratio 2.89
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 59% · freeze 16% · excess moisture 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255430

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, 2000–2025305 of 1,357 weeks23% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202243 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202581 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.14 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September21.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202228%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland770 ac
Farmed no-till, 202224% of cropland59,547 ac
Cover crops, 202214% of cropland34,052 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202127016,006988

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

CRP enrolled, 2025988 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20287 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$36/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record1,359Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth288 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202511 MW solar · 903.8 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022105,368+0.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202241%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Caddo County$37$123$2,275$12.11
Blaine County$32$129 2024$2,025$15.41
Canadian County$39$47$3,406$13.10
Comanche County$36—$2,715$42.18
Custer County$39$136 2025$1,869$18.67
Grady County$33$66$3,107$13.13
Kiowa County$40—$1,819$31.99
Washita County$40$66 2023$1,665$25.22
Median next door$39$56 2 co.$2,025$18.67

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Caddo County, Oklahoma. 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/oklahoma/caddo-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.