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Texas County, Oklahoma

Texas County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,212 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 182.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40139. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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All of that irrigation water comes from groundwater, at 100 percent as of 2015. The county spent 425 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 81 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Wind capacity operating stands at 200 MW, solar at 1 MW, with 102 MW solar proposed to EIA and no additional wind proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$28/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 29th lowest of 74
Cash rent, irrigated
$113/ac
2026 county average
OK median $105 · 5th highest of 11
Land and buildings
$1,212/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 5th lowest of 77
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
182.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 196.4
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.24
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 15th lowest of 55
Farmland rented
38%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 31st highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$17$28 dry$55$113 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$28/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.1%nominal, $24 to $28
Irrigated, 2026$113/ac
Pasture, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,212/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$800/ac
Census 2017$1,013/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.6%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.65%$20 ÷ $1,212; cropland 54% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024174.0144.2171.9168.7192.9210.4182.4224.4182.3median 182.3

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025182.3 bu/ac9 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025196.4 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 144.2 bu/ac79% of median

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020250.224.320.371.00: 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$14.24
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.90claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.06$388.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium15 of 32
Worst year1995ratio 4.32
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 54% · hail 13% · wind 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020254532

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, 2000–2025425 of 1,357 weeks31% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202581 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.0 °F1991–2020 normal 65.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.23 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September13.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 110% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.6 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
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland82,641 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland12,576 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202113,251218,480209,447

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

CRP enrolled, 2025209,447 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,370 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$21/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record2,038Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth436 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251 MW solar · 200 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022196,160−19.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202238%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Texas County$28$113$1,212—$14.24
Morton County, KS$30$81 2025$1,234—$23.03
Seward County, KS$37$137$2,215—$8.28
Stevens County, KS$36$131$1,792—$9.38
Beaver County$20$86$1,100—$18.15
Cimarron County$29$100 2025$1,186—$32.32
Hansford County, TX$34$160$2,037—$19.01
Ochiltree County, TX$28$99$1,893198.3$21.98
Sherman County, TX$40$170$1,785206.7$15.02
Median next door$32$134$1,789202.5 2 co.$18.58

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. Texas 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/texas-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.
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"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.