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Floyd County, Texas

Floyd County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,186 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent runs $76 per acre against $30 per acre non-irrigated, and all of that irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought drive 50 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, with the share climbing across the periods given: 13 percent in 1989-1999, 27 percent in 2000-2009, 59 percent in 2010-2019, and 59 percent in 2020-2025. The county logged 390 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, 90 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Wind operates at 761.4 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$30/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 79th highest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$76/ac
2026 county average
TX median $99 · tied for 15th lowest of 43
Land and buildings
$1,186/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · tied for 15th lowest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
150.3 bu/ac
14 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$30.29
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 83rd highest of 174
Farmland rented
70%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 7th highest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$20$30 dry$44$76 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$30/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.0%nominal, $25 to $30
Irrigated, 2026$76/ac
Pasture, 2026$7/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,186/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,145/ac
Census 2017$1,006/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+17.9%+3.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.02%$24 ÷ $1,186; cropland 51% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024146.0195.3161.7median 150.3

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

Median, 2008–2025150.3 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2024: 99.6 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−1.8 bu/ac a year±3.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920244.215.870.331.00: 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$30.29
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.10claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.14$644.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium17 of 37
Worst year1992ratio 5.87
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · hail 26% · area plans 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020258520

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, 2000–2025390 of 1,357 weeks29% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201452 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202590 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.3 °F1991–2020 normal 67.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.40 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September14.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland71,473 ac
Cover crops, 202222% of cropland71,907 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202195120,70070,406

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

CRP enrolled, 202570,406 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–2028514 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$28/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 761.4 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202253,490−5.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202270%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Floyd County$30$76$1,186—$30.29
Briscoe County$20$62 2024$1,146—$42.60
Crosby County$55$69$1,357—$36.78
Hale County$50$147$1,573147.8$35.31
Motley County$17 2024—$1,118—$49.99
Swisher County$39$72$1,428—$45.24
Median next door$45$72$1,357147.8 1 co.$42.60

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. Floyd 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/floyd-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.