Caldwell County, Texas
Caldwell County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,814 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 94.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Caldwell County stands at $33 per acre in 2026, up 65 percent from 2014. The county spent 101 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, out of 375 weeks of the same designation across 2000-2025. July nightly lows have warmed 0.58 F per decade since 1976, running 74.8 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 73.3 F. Irrigation covers 5 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.
TX median $27 · 61st highest of 189
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · tied for 40th highest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 30th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 96th highest 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell County | $33 | $4,814 | — | $14.70 |
| Bastrop County | $25 | $6,225 | — | $23.18 |
| Fayette County | $26 | $5,481 | 86.1 | $8.91 |
| Gonzales County | $27 | $4,484 | — | $11.87 |
| Guadalupe County | $30 | $5,941 | 75.4 | $11.25 |
| Hays County | $27 | $11,177 | — | $19.97 |
| Travis County | $24 | $7,127 | 72.0 | $8.49 |
| Median next door | $26 | $6,083 | 75.4 | $11.56 |
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. Caldwell 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/caldwell-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.