Farmland Atlas · county record

Harrison County, Texas

Harrison County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $18 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,360 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48203. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Harrison County stands at $18 per acre in 2026, up 56.5 percent from 2016. Drought has touched the county 188 of 1357 weeks since 2000, with 2011 the worst year at 52 weeks; 23 weeks fell in that category from 2021-2025. July nights average 72.7 F for 2017-2026, close to the 72.9 F normal for 1991-2020, with a trend of 0.16 F per decade and no clear direction since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$18/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 26th lowest of 189
Land and buildings
$4,360/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 61st highest of 246
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 22% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 28th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$10$20201520202025$15$18 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$18/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+56.5%nominal, $12 to $18
Pasture, 2026$14/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,360/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,845/ac
Census 2017$2,628/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+65.9%+10.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 22% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255520

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, 2000–2025188 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.7 °F1991–2020 normal 72.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.16 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 118% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland1,465 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland1,223 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021471360

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY1997$39/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202221,767−21.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Harrison County$18—$4,360—
Caddo Parish, LA$71$130$4,525$14.24
Gregg County——$6,992—
Marion County——$2,245—
Panola County$14—$3,130—
Rusk County$15—$3,819—
Upshur County$27—$5,042—
Median next door$21$130 1 co.$4,172$14.24 1 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. Harrison 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/harrison-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.