Deaf Smith County, Texas
Deaf Smith County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,838 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland in Deaf Smith County rents at $101 per acre against $32 per acre non-irrigated, and irrigation runs entirely on groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought has driven the largest share of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and its share by period has moved 36 percent, 50 percent, 66 percent, 69 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. The county spent 102 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, with 2022 alone reaching 52 weeks. July nights have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 64 F to 65.6 F over 2017-2026, and the 2020s is the first decade with a July average low reaching 66 F. Non-irrigated rent rose 37 percent from 2016 to 2026, and land value rose 62.9 percent from 2017 to 2022.
TX median $27 · tied for 66th highest of 189
TX median $99 · 21st highest of 43
TX median $2,782 · tied for 78th lowest of 246
TX median 90.7 · 5th highest of 34
TX median $29.48 · 68th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 83rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf Smith County | $32 | $101 | $1,838 | 173.2 | $24.10 |
| Curry County, NM | $28 | $81 | $763 | — | $32.45 |
| Quay County, NM | $11 | $62 | $783 | — | $50.68 |
| Castro County | $49 | $145 | $2,130 | — | $30.42 |
| Oldham County | $21 | — | $1,053 | — | $44.08 |
| Parmer County | $37 | $116 | $1,651 | — | $32.35 |
| Randall County | $36 | $93 2025 | $1,838 | — | $40.32 |
| Median next door | $32 | $99 | $1,352 | — | $36.39 |
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. Deaf Smith 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/deaf-smith-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.