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Burleson County, Texas

Burleson County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,731 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 102.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Only 14 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 66 percent of irrigation water comes from groundwater. July nightly lows have warmed 0.69 F per decade since 1976. Solar and wind operating capacity: 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$24/ac
2025 county average
TX median of 2025 surveys $24 · 8th lowest of 16
Cash rent, irrigated
$124/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,731/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 46th highest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
102.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 131.7 · irrigated and dryland combined
TX median 90.7 · 13th highest of 34
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.36
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 13th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
39%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 120th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$32$24 dry$88$124 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, 2025$24/ac
Change 2014 to 2025−6.0%nominal, $25 to $24
Irrigated, 2022$124/ac
Pasture, 2026$9/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,731/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,873/ac
Census 2017$3,427/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+38.1%+6.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 14% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202494.0164.0median 102.9

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

Median, 2008–2025102.9 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025131.7 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 70.7 bu/ac69% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.7 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.453.060.171.00: 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$11.36
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.82claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.96$33.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 18
Worst year2011ratio 3.06
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 63% · excess moisture 27% · freeze 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202519523

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, 2000–2025268 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202530 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.7 °F1991–2020 normal 73.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.69 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September19.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 120% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202214%
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland1,639 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland721 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 202261,788+9.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Burleson County$24 2025—$4,731102.9$11.36
Brazos County$31$89 2023$6,022—$18.56
Lee County$13—$5,061——
Milam County$48—$4,49082.3$13.60
Robertson County$11 2025$98$3,500—$8.67
Washington County$29—$4,646—$29.66
Median next door$30$98 1 co.$4,64682.3 1 co.$16.08

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. Burleson 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/burleson-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.