Madison County, Texas
Madison County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $15 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,028 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48313. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Madison County is $15 per acre in 2025, down 23.1 percent from 2014. Irrigated rent runs higher, at $37 per acre in 2026. Census land and buildings value stood at $4,028 per acre in 2022, up 34.4 percent from 2017, 6.1 percent a year. The July nightly low averaged 74.1 F over 2017-2026 against a 73 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.58 F per decade since 1976. Drought hit 189 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 52 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 25 weeks. Solar stands at 0 MW operating with 460 MW proposed to EIA; wind is at 0 MW operating and proposed.
TX median of 2025 surveys $24 · tied for 3rd lowest of 16
TX median $99 · 2nd lowest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 74th highest of 246
TX median 39% · 68th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County | $15 2025 | $37 | $4,028 | — |
| Brazos County | $31 | $89 2023 | $6,022 | $18.56 |
| Grimes County | $18 | — | $3,448 | — |
| Houston County | $20 | — | $3,488 | $36.42 |
| Leon County | $16 | — | $3,776 | $27.03 |
| Walker County | $30 | — | $5,046 | — |
| Median next door | $20 | — | $3,776 | $27.03 |
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. Madison 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/madison-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.