Medina County, Texas
Medina County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,805 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 117.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48325. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation shapes value here. Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 is $21 per acre, down 10.6 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent is $102 per acre, and 60 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, with 60 percent of that water from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought drove 72 percent of $65.5 million in crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, and the county spent 592 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2025 alone reaching 52 weeks. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal low was 72.5 F, against 73.5 F for 2017-2026. Census land value was $3,805 per acre in 2022, up 42.3 percent from 2017.
TX median $27 · tied for 52nd lowest of 189
TX median $99 · 20th highest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 83rd highest of 246
TX median 90.7 · 8th highest of 34
TX median $29.48 · 28th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 117th 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina County | $21 | $102 | $3,805 | 117.1 | $14.60 |
| Atascosa County | $19 | $140 2025 | $2,767 | — | $15.42 |
| Bandera County | $10 2025 | — | $4,341 | — | — |
| Bexar County | $30 | $73 | $7,540 | 78.6 | $16.08 |
| Frio County | $41 | $173 | $2,702 | — | $6.81 |
| Uvalde County | $20 | $88 | $2,157 | 120.4 | $13.88 |
| Median next door | $25 | $88 | $2,767 | 99.5 2 co. | $14.65 |
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. Medina 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/medina-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.