County farm facts

Dickens County, Texas

Dickens County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,791 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48125. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 16, cash rent in Dickens County runs $27 an acre for 2026, up 165.0% from $10 in 2016, and that sits tied for 88th lowest of 190 in Texas. The census value of land and buildings was $1,791 an acre in 2022, up 68.2% from $1,065 in 2017, and ranks 74th lowest of 246 against a state median of $2,782. In 2022, 28% of the farmland here was rented.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$27/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 88th lowest of 190
Land and buildings
$1,791/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · TX farm real estate 2026: $3,100 (land and buildings, state survey)
TX median $2,782 · 74th lowest of 246
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: about 34% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$42.16
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 49th highest of 174
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 59th lowest of 251
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Feeder cattle futures
Hay, Texas price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Texas cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Dickens County: Floydada (40 mi), Petersburg (51 mi).

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Dickens County, Texas

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020259530

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, 2000–2025377 of 1,357 weeks28% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202595 weeks
2026 so far33 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.3 °F1991–2020 normal 70.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual15.5 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 14.6 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMar 27, Nov 15middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days228middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,775middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,866

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$13$27 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Texas county rate, side by side: Texas cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$27/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+165.0%nominal, $10 to $27
Pasture, 2026$7/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,791/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$732/ac
Census 2017$1,065/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+68.2%+11.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 34% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Texas cropland, 2026 state survey$2,790/ac+3.0% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Texas farm real estate, 2026$3,100/acland and buildings, state average
Texas pasture, 2026$2,420/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Texas average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Dickens County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Dickens County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.943.680.381.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2008 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$42.16
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.94claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.60$73.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 17crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Worst year2011ratio 3.68, of the 17 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 82% · freeze 4% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620211,07746,69823,353

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

CRP enrolled, 202523,353 ac68.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$27/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202234%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland3,939 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland9,251 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 150 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202222,739−8.6% since 2017
Beef cows, 202213,110head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202244head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Dickens County$27n/a$1,791$42.16
Crosby County$55$69$1,357$36.76
Kent County$10 2024n/a$1,758$56.61
King County$35 2025n/a$1,130$65.71
Motley County$17 2024n/a$1,118$49.99
Median next door$55 1 co.$69 1 co.$1,244$53.30

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Dickens County, Texas. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/texas/dickens-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).