Farmland Atlas · county record

Colorado County, Texas

Colorado County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $57 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,396 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 102.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$57/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · 9th highest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$106/ac
2026 county average
TX median $99 · 18th highest of 43
Land and buildings
$4,396/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 57th highest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
102.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 98.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
TX median 90.7 · 14th highest of 34
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$22.74
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 65th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 109th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$18$57 dry$83$106 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$57/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+232.4%nominal, $17 to $57
Irrigated, 2026$106/ac
Pasture, 2026$16/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,396/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,309/ac
Census 2017$3,009/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+46.1%+7.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 49% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202468.0143.1139.6median 102.2

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

Median, 2008–2025102.2 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–202598.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 48.5 bu/ac48% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.8 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920243.133.732.701.00: 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$22.74
Loss ratio, 2016–20252.45claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20252.27$143.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium17 of 18
Worst year2016ratio 3.73
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025irrigation failure 33% · excess moisture 32% · heat and drought 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025214511

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, 2000–2025250 of 1,357 weeks18% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201145 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202559 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202675.5 °F1991–2020 normal 73.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.76 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202249%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland6,911 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland4,945 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021014126

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

CRP enrolled, 202526 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 202257,206−18.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Colorado County$57$106$4,396102.2$22.74
Austin County$38—$6,189—$16.61
Fayette County$26—$5,48186.1$8.91
Jackson County$56—$4,107104.5$13.64
Lavaca County$28—$4,783—$8.24
Wharton County$63$105$4,064113.8$15.83
Median next door$38$105 1 co.$4,783104.5$13.64

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. Colorado 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/colorado-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.