Farmland Atlas · county record

Loving County, Texas

Loving County, TX: land and buildings $1,671 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48301. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Loving County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

July nights average 71.6 F for 2017-2026, against a 70.2 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.73 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been a recurring visitor: 338 of 1357 weeks fell into severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, and 107 weeks did in 2021-2025 alone, with 2011 the worst year at 48 weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here, per EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$1,671/ac
2022 census · read with care: rose 775% from 2017 while next door rose a median 64%
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,671/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$199/ac
Census 2017$191/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value rose 775% from 2017 while the 5 counties next door rose a median 64%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

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

200020052010201520202025364822

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, 2000–2025338 of 1,357 weeks25% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201148 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025107 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.6 °F1991–2020 normal 70.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.73 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September8.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 82% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202296% of cropland750 ac
Cover crops, 2022none reported
1986199119962001200620112016202103240

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2012$26/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20222,786+9.5% since 2017

Next door

CountyIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Loving County—$1,671—
Eddy County, NM$110$907$5.29
Lea County, NM$129 2024$979$40.09
Reeves County$150 2023$1,309$14.08
Ward County—$1,747—
Winkler County—$1,520—
Median next door$110 1 co.$1,309$14.08

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. Loving 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/loving-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.