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Roberts County, Texas

Roberts County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $10 an acre (2022); land and buildings $950 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.92 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48393. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Roberts County averaged $10 per acre in 2022, down 31.4 percent from 2012. Irrigated cash rent in 2020 was $90 per acre, and all irrigation water came from groundwater as of 2015. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 totaled $10.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 50 percent; that share was 44 percent in 1989-1999, 59 percent in 2000-2009, 55 percent in 2010-2019, and 37 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 1.12, above the 0.92 ratio for the full 1989-2025 period, and the county spent 68 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025 out of 277 such weeks counted from 2000-2025. Wind operating capacity stands at 288.6 MW, with 500 MW more proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$10/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$90/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$950/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · lowest of 246
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.31
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 19th lowest of 174
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 106th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80201020152020$18$10 dry$68$90 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, 2022$10/ac
Change 2012 to 2022−31.4%nominal, $14 to $10
Irrigated, 2020$90/ac
Pasture, 2026$7/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$950/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$657/ac
Census 2017$761/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.8%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 8% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$13.31
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.12claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.92$10.1 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · hail 17% · excess moisture 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255420

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, 2000–2025277 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202242 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202568 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.9 °F1991–2020 normal 67.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.42 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September15.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.4 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, 20225% of cropland2,254 ac
Cover crops, 2022none reported
19861991199620012006201120162021012,47612,352

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,352 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$15/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 288.6 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202219,573−4.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Roberts County——$950—$13.31
Carson County$48$80 2025$1,561—$24.47
Gray County$23—$1,579—$22.69
Hansford County$34$160$2,037—$19.01
Hemphill County$23—$1,181—$30.06
Hutchinson County$20 2025$98 2023$1,274—$21.02
Lipscomb County$19$113$1,349—$19.74
Ochiltree County$28$99$1,893198.3$21.98
Median next door$25$113$1,561198.3 1 co.$21.98

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Roberts 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/roberts-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.