Farmland Atlas · county record

Hardin County, Texas

Hardin County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $17 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,546 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48199. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 was $5,546 per acre, up 77.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 12.1 percent a year. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 112 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 47 weeks, and 25 weeks in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$17/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 22nd lowest of 189
Land and buildings
$5,546/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 25th highest of 246
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
8%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$10$202010201520202025$18$17 dry

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$17/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.9%nominal, $13 to $17
Pasture, 2024$12/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,546/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,092/ac
Census 2017$3,127/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+77.4%+12.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 34% · area plans 27% · heat and drought 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202521470

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, 2000–2025112 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201147 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202525 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.3 °F1991–2020 normal 72.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September31.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 124% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202221%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland465 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland74 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20225,648−29.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Hardin County$17—$5,546—
Jasper County$16—$4,922—
Jefferson County$44$51$2,443$41.52
Liberty County$23—$4,253$37.54
Orange County——$3,994—
Polk County$16—$4,083—
Tyler County$22 2024—$4,622—
Median next door$20$51 1 co.$4,168$39.53 2 co.

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. Hardin 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/hardin-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.