Bailey County, Texas
Bailey County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,912 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland rents $124 per acre in Bailey County, against $48 per acre non-irrigated, a multiple of 2.58 in 2026 compared to 2.91 in 2009, with no clear direction. Groundwater supplies 100 percent of irrigation water, and 36 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census. Heat and drought caused 54 percent of $317.9 million in indemnities across closed crop years 1989-2025, with the share rising from 42 percent in 1989-1999 to 44 percent in 2000-2009 to 62 percent in 2010-2019, then 55 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 320 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, including 52 weeks in 2012 alone. Land value rose 124.4 percent from 2017 to 2022.
TX median $27 · tied for 21st highest of 189
TX median $99 · 13th highest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 83rd lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 47th highest of 174
TX median 39% · 33rd lowest of 251
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 1989. 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 | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey County | $48 | $124 | $1,912 | $42.51 |
| Curry County, NM | $28 | $81 | $763 | $32.45 |
| Roosevelt County, NM | $19 | $122 | $1,039 | $50.33 |
| Cochran County | $34 | $140 2023 | $1,417 | $52.69 |
| Lamb County | $66 | $107 | $1,505 | $45.05 |
| Parmer County | $37 | $116 | $1,651 | $32.35 |
| Median next door | $34 | $112 | $1,417 | $45.05 |
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. Bailey County, Texas. 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/texas/bailey-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.