Hardeman County, Texas
Hardeman County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $23 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,525 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48197. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hardeman County averages $23 per acre, up 24.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in the 2022 Census sits at $1,525 per acre, up 46.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, a 7.9 percent a year pace. Irrigation draws 100 percent from groundwater, and crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $102.3 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 61 percent overall. That share moved 64 percent in 1989-1999, 75 percent in 2000-2009, 64 percent in 2010-2019, and 53 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 113 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, out of 455 weeks so classified from 2000-2025.
TX median $27 · tied for 65th lowest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 50th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 61st highest of 174
TX median 39% · 92nd 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
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardeman County | $23 | — | $1,525 | $37.93 |
| Harmon County, OK | $33 | $141 2023 | $1,346 | $41.80 |
| Jackson County, OK | $38 | $138 | $1,760 | $42.19 |
| Childress County | $25 | $26 | $1,687 | $46.89 |
| Cottle County | $24 | — | $1,059 | $65.37 |
| Foard County | $19 2025 | — | $1,694 | $41.50 |
| Wilbarger County | $31 | — | $2,155 | $27.77 |
| Median next door | $31 | $82 2 co. | $1,691 | $42.00 |
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. Hardeman 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/hardeman-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.