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Hutchinson County, Texas

Hutchinson County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2025); land and buildings $1,274 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 194.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48233. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigation covers 51 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, drawing 96 percent of its water from groundwater as of 2015. Drought pressure has been present: 301 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, with 2022 the worst year at 48 weeks. Land value rose 31.6 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$20/ac
2025 county average
TX median of 2025 surveys $24 · 7th lowest of 16
Cash rent, irrigated
$98/ac
2023 county average
TX median of 2023 surveys $98 · 5th lowest of 10
Land and buildings
$1,274/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · tied for 24th lowest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
194.2 bu/ac
14 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$21.02
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 58th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
63%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 16th highest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$18$20 dry$61$98 irrigated

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, 2025$20/ac
Change 2014 to 2025−4.8%nominal, $21 to $20
Irrigated, 2023$98/ac
Pasture, 2026$7/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,274/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$762/ac
Census 2017$968/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.6%+5.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 51% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022191.0219.5177.5median 194.2

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2022194.2 bu/ac14 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2011: 158.6 bu/ac82% of median
Trend, 2008–2022+1.1 bu/ac a year±2.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200220072012201720222.533.290.341.00: claims equal premium

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$21.02
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.65claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.33$95.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 24
Worst year2019ratio 3.29
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 48% · hail 16% · excess moisture 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255480

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, 2000–2025301 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202248 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202575 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.7 °F1991–2020 normal 67.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September14.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202251%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland11,704 ac
Cover crops, 202212% of cropland10,890 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202108,170740

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

CRP enrolled, 2025740 ac1.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028294 ac40% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$28/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202225,693+6.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202263%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Hutchinson County$20 2025$98 2023$1,274—$21.02
Carson County$48$80 2025$1,561—$24.47
Hansford County$34$160$2,037—$19.01
Moore County$29 2025$146$1,836211.0$19.97
Roberts County——$950—$13.31
Median next door$41 2 co.$153 2 co.$1,699211.0 1 co.$19.49

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. Hutchinson 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/hutchinson-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.