Farmland Atlas · county record

Lamar County, Texas

Lamar County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,557 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 80.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48277. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value sits at $3,557 per acre, up 41.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, 7.2 percent a year. Drought weeks 2000-2025 total 270 of 1357, with 54 of those weeks in 2021-2025. Solar operating capacity is 1460 MW, with 1358.7 MW more proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$22/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 55th lowest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$63/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,557/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 97th highest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
80.0 bu/ac
15 published years
TX median 90.7 · 7th lowest of 34
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$26.12
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · tied for 75th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 53rd lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$19$22 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$22/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−4.4%nominal, $23 to $22
Irrigated, 2020$63/ac
Pasture, 2026$20/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,557/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,163/ac
Census 2017$2,507/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.9%+7.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 38% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2008201020122014201620182020202293.0133.243.4median 80.0

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

Median, 2008–202280.0 bu/ac15 published years
Lowest published year2022: 43.4 bu/ac54% of median
Trend, 2008–2022−1.0 bu/ac a year±3.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20062011201620211.492.050.641.00: 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$26.12
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.13claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.07$74.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 20
Worst year2024ratio 2.05
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · heat and drought 30% · other 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257483

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, 2000–2025270 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200648 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202554 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.2 °F1991–2020 normal 72.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.51 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 122% 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, 20227%
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland7,051 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,807 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202157525,421465

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

CRP enrolled, 2025465 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028272 ac59% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$51/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251,460 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202288,004−1.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Lamar County$22—$3,55780.0$26.12
Bryan County, OK$33—$2,928—$14.07
Choctaw County, OK$33—$2,605—$25.30
Delta County$24—$4,144—$24.69
Fannin County$37$72$3,952—$27.59
Red River County$16—$3,398—$43.33
Median next door$33$72 1 co.$3,398—$25.30

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. Lamar 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/lamar-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.