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Hopkins County, Texas

Hopkins County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,732 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48223. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Hopkins County averages $30 per acre, up 15.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. The census value of land and buildings was $4,732 per acre in 2022, after a change of 62.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 10.2 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $4.4 million in indemnities across 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 65 percent. Heat and drought made up 7 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 31 percent in 2000-2009, 36 percent in 2010-2019, and 13 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 5 percent of harvested cropland. Solar capacity operating stands at 1105.9 MW, with 250 MW solar proposed and no wind.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$31/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 72nd highest of 189
Land and buildings
$4,732/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 45th highest of 246
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 32% 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
$24.70
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 72nd lowest of 174
Farmland rented
29%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 64th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$19$31 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$31/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+15.1%nominal, $27 to $31
Pasture, 2026$20/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,732/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,214/ac
Census 2017$2,918/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+62.2%+10.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 32% 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

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$24.70
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.11claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.25$4.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 65% · heat and drought 20% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257480

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, 2000–2025225 of 1,357 weeks17% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200648 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202542 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.2 °F1991–2020 normal 72.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September21.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 117% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20225%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland2,558 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland4,274 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,8300

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2023$24/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251,105.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022110,911−11.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Hopkins County$31$4,732$24.70
Delta County$24$4,144$24.69
Franklin County$26$4,816—
Hunt County$28$5,202$29.55
Rains County$22$5,667—
Wood County$19$5,395—
Median next door$24$5,202$27.12 2 co.

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Hopkins 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/hopkins-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.