Lynn County, Texas
Lynn County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $47 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,306 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.27 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48305. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lynn County runs $47 per acre in 2026, up 16 percent from 2014. Irrigated land rents at $92 per acre, a multiple of 1.95 over non-irrigated in 2026, close to the 1.90 multiple in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Irrigation covers 37 percent of harvested cropland, all of it from groundwater as of 2015. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $885.9 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 74 percent; that share was 46 percent in 1989-1999, 71 percent in 2000-2009, 78 percent in 2010-2019, and 78 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 105 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.
TX median $27 · 26th highest of 189
TX median $99 · 18th lowest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 27th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 54th highest of 174
TX median 39% · 41st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn County | $47 | $92 | $1,306 | $40.65 |
| Borden County | $36 | — | $1,141 | $63.49 |
| Dawson County | $48 2025 | $109 2023 | $1,359 | $53.30 |
| Garza County | $29 | — | $1,244 | $33.15 |
| Lubbock County | $42 | $76 | $2,673 | $34.95 |
| Terry County | $54 | $135 2025 | $1,566 | $43.84 |
| Median next door | $39 | $76 1 co. | $1,359 | $43.84 |
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. Lynn 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/lynn-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.