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Randall County, Texas

Randall County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,838 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48381. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The county spent 93 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, including 47 weeks in 2022 alone. July nights have warmed since 1976 at 0.41 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average low of 67 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.6 F. Wind operates at 166.5 MW; solar operating and proposed wind and solar are all 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$36/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 48th highest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$93/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,838/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · tied for 78th lowest of 246
Corn yield, 2010–2019 median
153.1 bu/ac
8 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$40.32
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 55th highest of 174
Farmland rented
39%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 122nd lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$17$36 dry$83$93 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$36/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+121.9%nominal, $16 to $36
Irrigated, 2025$93/ac
Pasture, 2026$10/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,838/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,004/ac
Census 2017$1,582/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.2%+3.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 38% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019162.5127.6143.0201.1143.7198.0136.4176.9median 153.1

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

Median, 2010–2019153.1 bu/ac8 published years
Lowest published year2012: 127.6 bu/ac83% of median

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.422.690.491.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$40.32
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.23claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.30$126.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium14 of 25
Worst year2006ratio 2.69
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 75% · hail 6% · wind 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257470

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, 2000–2025357 of 1,357 weeks26% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202247 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202593 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.0 °F1991–2020 normal 65.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September13.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland41,856 ac
Cover crops, 202215% of cropland32,709 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202112092,81477,015

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

CRP enrolled, 202577,015 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–2028311 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$20/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 166.5 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022231,146+9.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Randall County$36$93 2025$1,838—$40.32
Armstrong County$36$61 2023$1,307—$39.46
Castro County$49$145$2,130—$30.42
Deaf Smith County$32$101$1,838173.2$24.10
Potter County$37—$1,217—$39.31
Swisher County$39$72$1,428—$45.24
Median next door$37$101$1,428173.2 1 co.$39.31

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. Randall 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/randall-county
Every 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.