Montague County, Texas
Montague County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $23 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,879 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48337. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Montague County runs $23 per acre, up 7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value is $3,879 per acre by the 2022 census operator estimate, up 42 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.3 percent a year. Only 13 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, so most production depends on rainfall. Drought has been a recurring cost: 258 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, with 2006 the worst year at 39 weeks, and 52 such weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $3.0 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 44 percent, and the loss ratio over that span is 1.47.
TX median $27 · tied for 65th lowest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 79th highest of 246
TX median 39% · 91st lowest 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montague County | $23 | $3,879 | — |
| Jefferson County, OK | $31 | $1,957 | — |
| Love County, OK | $19 | $2,908 | — |
| Clay County | $27 | $2,259 | $31.15 |
| Cooke County | $31 | $4,391 | $11.80 |
| Jack County | $28 | $3,320 | — |
| Wise County | $16 | $6,259 | — |
| Median next door | $27 | $3,114 | $21.48 2 co. |
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. Montague 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/montague-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.