Castro County, Texas
Castro County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $49 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,130 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 207.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland covers 57 percent of harvested acres here, drawing on groundwater for 100 percent of that irrigation. Non-irrigated cash rent is $49 per acre for 2026, up 75 percent from 2016, and irrigated rent runs $145 per acre. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities out of $444.6 million paid across closed crop years 1989-2025, at 47 percent, and its share has moved higher each period listed: 15 percent in 1989-1999, 36 percent in 2000-2009, 50 percent in 2010-2019, and 53 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 357 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 in severe drought or worse, with 102 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Census land value sits at $2,130 per acre for 2022, up 54.3 percent from 2017.
TX median $27 · tied for 18th highest of 189
TX median $99 · 10th highest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 100th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 81st highest of 174
TX median 39% · 75th 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
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castro County | $49 | $145 | $2,130 | — | $30.42 |
| Deaf Smith County | $32 | $101 | $1,838 | 173.2 | $24.10 |
| Hale County | $50 | $147 | $1,573 | 147.8 | $35.31 |
| Lamb County | $66 | $107 | $1,505 | — | $45.05 |
| Parmer County | $37 | $116 | $1,651 | — | $32.35 |
| Randall County | $36 | $93 2025 | $1,838 | — | $40.32 |
| Swisher County | $39 | $72 | $1,428 | — | $45.24 |
| Median next door | $38 | $107 | $1,612 | 160.5 2 co. | $37.82 |
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. Castro 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/castro-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.