Sherman County, Texas
Sherman County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,785 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 206.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48421. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland reaches 63 percent of harvested acres here, all of it from groundwater. Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 stands at $40 per acre, up 95.1 percent from 2016, while irrigated rent runs $170 per acre. Corn yields show no trend across 2008-2025, with a median of 206.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 129 in 2011. Crop insurance has paid out more than premium in 15 of 32 years since 1989, and heat and drought has been the largest cause of indemnities at 42 percent overall, though its share moved differently across the four decades listed. The county spent 390 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 80 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
TX median $27 · 38th highest of 189
TX median $99 · 4th highest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 73rd lowest of 246
TX median 90.7 · 2nd highest of 34
TX median $29.48 · 32nd lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 124th 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman County | $40 | $170 | $1,785 | 206.7 | $15.02 |
| Cimarron County, OK | $29 | $100 2025 | $1,186 | — | $32.32 |
| Texas County, OK | $28 | $113 | $1,212 | — | $14.24 |
| Dallam County | $21 | $127 | $1,909 | 179.9 | $26.14 |
| Hansford County | $34 | $160 | $2,037 | — | $19.01 |
| Moore County | $29 2025 | $146 | $1,836 | 211.0 | $19.97 |
| Median next door | $28 | $137 | $1,836 | 195.5 2 co. | $19.97 |
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. Sherman 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/sherman-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.