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Bee County, Texas

Bee County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $56 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,674 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 68.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Bee County runs $56 per acre in 2026, up 40 percent from 2016. The county spent 330 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2009 the worst year at 46 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$56/ac

2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 10th highest of 189

Cash rent, irrigated

$53/ac

2011 county average
too few 2011 county surveys in the state to compare

Land and buildings

$2,674/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 120th lowest of 246

Corn yield, 2008–2024 median

68.5 bu/ac

14 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$21.95

2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 61st lowest of 174

Farmland rented

39%

2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 119th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$56/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+40.0%nominal, $40 to $56

Irrigated, 2011$53/ac

Pasture, 2026$10/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,674/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,866/ac

Census 2017$2,047/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+30.6%+5.5% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 14% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–202468.5 bu/ac14 published years

Lowest published year2009: 24.2 bu/ac35% of median

Trend, 2008–2024+1.7 bu/ac a year±2.7 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$21.95

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.89claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$95.0 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium9 of 26

Worst year2006ratio 3.13

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 79% · other 9% · excess moisture 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025330 of 1,357 weeks24% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200946 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202587 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.6 °F1991–2020 normal 74.2 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.25 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September18.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20228%

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland1,248 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland409 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac

Solar and wind operating, 2025300.7 MW solar · 507.8 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202230,262−1.8% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Bee County	$56	$2,674	—	$21.95
Goliad County	$29	$3,741	—	$20.12
Karnes County	$25	$2,951	—	$15.46
Live Oak County	$20	$2,775	—	$26.49
Refugio County	$49	$2,528	—	$15.49
San Patricio County	$84	$3,388	81.4	$13.90
Median next door	$29	$2,951	81.4 1 co.	$15.49

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. Bee 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/bee-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.

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