Mitchell County, Texas
Mitchell County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $23 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,428 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48335. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mitchell County runs $23 per acre, up 17.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Crop insurance tells the harder story: heat and drought caused 77 percent of $186.5 million in indemnities across 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.62, with $58.00 paid per $100 of insured value in that span. Drought weeks confirm the pattern, 310 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse since 2000, with 83 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 alone. July nights have warmed too, averaging 72.4 F over 2017-2026 against a 71.3 F normal, a 0.5 F per decade rise since 1976. Land values rose 43.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, to $1,428 per acre by the operators' own estimate.
TX median $27 · tied for 65th lowest of 189
too few 2012 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · tied for 42nd lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 14th highest of 174
TX median 39% · 10th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell County | $23 | — | $1,428 | $58.00 |
| Borden County | $36 | — | $1,141 | $63.49 |
| Coke County | $30 | — | $1,542 | $40.94 |
| Howard County | $36 | — | $1,426 | $72.14 |
| Nolan County | $27 | $109 2023 | $1,581 | $51.19 |
| Scurry County | $32 | — | $1,279 | $57.55 |
| Sterling County | $5 2023 | — | $1,186 | — |
| Median next door | $32 | — | $1,353 | $57.55 |
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. Mitchell 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/mitchell-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.