Hudspeth County, Texas
Hudspeth County, TX: irrigated cash rent $106 an acre (2025); land and buildings $1,068 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.05 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48229. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Water drives this county. Irrigation supplies 90 percent of harvested cropland, and groundwater supplies 91 percent of that water, so the aquifer carries the operation. Crop insurance history shows irrigation failure as the largest cause of loss at 66 percent of $95.6 million in indemnities, with $62.7 million paid for that cause alone. The heat and drought share of indemnities has moved from 1 percent in 1989-1999 to 3 percent in 2000-2009 to 7 percent in 2010-2019 to 25 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 387 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 137 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · 6th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 31st highest of 174
TX median 39% · 45th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudspeth County | — | $106 2025 | $1,068 | $49.32 |
| Otero County, NM | — | — | $754 | $8.11 |
| Culberson County | — | — | $1,192 | $24.74 |
| El Paso County | $60 | $140 | $2,912 | $11.35 |
| Jeff Davis County | — | — | $1,101 | — |
| Presidio County | — | — | $1,070 | — |
| Median next door | $60 1 co. | $140 1 co. | $1,101 | $11.35 |
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. Hudspeth 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/hudspeth-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.