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Dallam County, Texas

Dallam County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,909 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 179.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48111. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Dallam County stands at $20 per acre in 2026, down 63.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent is $127 per acre, and irrigation covers 70 percent of harvested cropland, drawn entirely from groundwater as of 2015. Corn yields have moved down 1.9 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 179.9 bushels per acre and a low of 120 in 2011. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.75, and land value rose 68.3 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$21/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 48th lowest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$127/ac
2026 county average
TX median $99 · 12th highest of 43
Land and buildings
$1,909/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 82nd lowest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
179.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 147.1 · irrigated and dryland combined
TX median 90.7 · 4th highest of 34
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$26.14
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 77th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 104th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$24$21 dry$98$127 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$21/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−63.1%nominal, $56 to $21
Irrigated, 2026$127/ac
Pasture, 2026$12/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,909/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$943/ac
Census 2017$1,134/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+68.3%+11.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 70% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024175.0223.7181.9median 179.9

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

Median, 2008–2025179.9 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025147.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 120.0 bu/ac67% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−1.9 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020251.832.770.881.00: 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$26.14
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.75claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.43$412.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium17 of 33
Worst year2017ratio 2.77
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 37% · hail 24% · wind 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255530

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, 2000–2025394 of 1,357 weeks29% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202581 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.36 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September12.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202270%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland54,072 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland22,317 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202110,982124,30784,553

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

CRP enrolled, 202584,553 ac26.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028798 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$23/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 2022383,651+61.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dallam County$21$127$1,909179.9$26.14
Union County, NM——$852—$19.03
Cimarron County, OK$29$100 2025$1,186—$32.32
Hartley County$49$205$1,824—$17.73
Sherman County$40$170$1,785206.7$15.02
Median next door$40$188 2 co.$1,486206.7 1 co.$18.38

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. Dallam 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/dallam-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.
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"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.