Farmland Atlas · county record

Brazoria County, Texas

Brazoria County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,440 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$34/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 56th highest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$60/ac
2026 county average
TX median $99 · 6th lowest of 43
Land and buildings
$5,440/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 29th highest of 246
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$16.30
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 40th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
51%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 61st highest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$25$34 dry$41$60 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$34/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+38.8%nominal, $25 to $34
Irrigated, 2026$60/ac
Pasture, 2026$17/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,440/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,036/ac
Census 2017$4,681/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.2%+3.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 27% 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

1999200420092014201920241.533.220.311.00: 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$16.30
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.19claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.30$88.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium13 of 22
Worst year2015ratio 3.22
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 34% · heat and drought 23% · wind 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202525390

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, 2000–2025196 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201139 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202539 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202676.9 °F1991–2020 normal 75.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.59 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 120% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202227%
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland2,688 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland678 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025818.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202259,766−12.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Brazoria County$34$60$5,440—$16.30
Fort Bend County$42$98 2023$4,398105.2$13.28
Galveston County$15—$15,245—$15.52
Harris County$34—$9,000—$6.15
Matagorda County$62$69$3,351104.2$24.64
Wharton County$63$105$4,064113.8$15.83
Median next door$42$87 2 co.$4,398105.2$15.52

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. Brazoria 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/brazoria-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.