Brooks County, Texas
Brooks County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $8 an acre (2023); land and buildings $1,945 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.92 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Brooks County averages $8 per acre in 2023, down 46 percent from 2013. Twenty percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. July nightly lows average 75.8 F for 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 74.9 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.55 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance losses for 1989-2018 total $5.0 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 64 percent; that share was 57 percent in 1989-1999, 98 percent in 2000-2009, and 83 percent in 2010-2019. The county spent 48 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 315 of 1357 weeks (23.2 percent) over 2000-2025. Census land value sits at $1,945 per acre, up 25.3 percent from 2017 to 2022.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · 86th lowest of 246
TX median 39% · 5th 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks County | $8 2023 | — | $1,945 | — | — |
| Duval County | $19 2024 | — | $1,532 | — | $64.12 |
| Hidalgo County | $48 | $109 | $4,088 | 94.9 | $15.38 |
| Jim Hogg County | $6 2023 | — | $2,044 | — | — |
| Jim Wells County | $31 2025 | — | $2,446 | — | $32.67 |
| Kenedy County | — | — | $1,827 | — | — |
| Kleberg County | $46 | — | $1,396 | — | $12.64 |
| Starr County | $19 | $96 2024 | $2,289 | — | $34.54 |
| Median next door | $46 | $109 1 co. | $2,044 | 94.9 1 co. | $32.67 |
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. Brooks 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/brooks-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.