County farm facts

Moore County, Texas

Moore County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $29 an acre (2025); land and buildings $1,836 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48341. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

226.9 bu

Corn yield, all practices, 2025: the highest since 2010 (17 published years on record since 2008).

USDA NASS county yields, 2025

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Moore County ran $29 an acre in 2025, up 28.9% from $23 in 2014 and 4th highest of 16 in the state. Irrigated ground rented for $146 an acre in 2026, 9th highest of 43. The census value of land and buildings was $1,836 an acre in 2022, up 61.9% from $1,134 in 2017, and still 77th lowest of 246. Corn made 226.9 bu in 2025, above the county median of 211.0 bu going back to 2008.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$29/ac
2025 county average
TX median of 2025 surveys $24 · 4th highest of 16
Cash rent, irrigated
$146/ac
2026 county average
TX median $99 · 9th highest of 43
Land and buildings
$1,836/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · TX farm real estate 2026: $3,100 (land and buildings, state survey)
TX median $2,782 · 77th lowest of 246
Corn yield, 2021-25 average
208.0 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2025 county yield 226.9 · irrigated and dryland combined · rent-per-bushel trend withheld: fewer than 6 dryland county yields in the last 15 years, and the all-practice yield is not a substitute: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$19.97
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · tied for 53rd lowest of 174
Farmland rented
63%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 20th highest of 251
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Class III milk futures
Feeder cattle futures
Hay, Texas price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Texas cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Moore County: Dumas (5 mi).

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Texas, county by county

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020255530

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025352 of 1,357 weeks26% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202570 weeks
2026 so far28 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual13.3 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 13.1 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 9, Oct 29middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days202middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,410middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,449

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024233.2226.9median 211.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Trend for rent per bushelFewer than 6 dryland county yields in the last 15 years, and the all-practice yield is not a substitute: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2025 county yield226.9 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average208.0 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025211.0 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2022: 145.8 bu/ac69% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−0.6 bu/ac a year±2.6 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140$1602010201520202025$21$29 dry$119$146 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Texas county rate, side by side: Texas cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2025$29/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+28.9%nominal, $23 to $29
Irrigated, 2026$146/ac
Pasture, 2025$8/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2025)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel is withheld here: it needs the county trend, and the trend is withheld (see the corn yield section). The calculator below takes your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,836/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$939/ac
Census 2017$1,134/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+61.9%+10.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 54% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Texas cropland, 2026 state survey$2,790/ac+3.0% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Texas farm real estate, 2026$3,100/acland and buildings, state average
Texas pasture, 2026$2,420/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Texas average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Moore County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Moore County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.820.941.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$19.97
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.35claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.19$249.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium15 of 31crop years 1995–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2023ratio 2.13, of the 31 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 44% · hail 14% · excess moisture 10%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620214,31548,6796,535

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20256,535 ac6.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029390 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$32/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202254%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202231% of cropland54,995 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 98.3 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022185,142+39.6% since 2017
Milk cows, 202248,300head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 20226,550head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202263%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Moore County$29 2025$146$1,836211.0$19.97
Carson County$48$80 2025$1,561n/a$24.46
Hartley County$49$205$1,824n/a$17.73
Hutchinson County$20 2025$98 2023$1,274n/a$21.02
Oldham County$21n/a$1,053n/a$44.08
Potter County$37n/a$1,217n/a$39.31
Sherman County$40$170$1,785206.7$15.02
Median next door$40$188 2 co.$1,418206.7 1 co.$22.74

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Moore County, Texas. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/texas/moore-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).