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Uvalde County, Texas

Uvalde County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,157 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 120.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48463. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$20/ac
2026 county average
TX median $27 · tied for 38th lowest of 189
Cash rent, irrigated
$88/ac
2026 county average
TX median $99 · 17th lowest of 43
Land and buildings
$2,157/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 103rd lowest of 246
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
120.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 110.3 · irrigated and dryland combined
TX median 90.7 · 7th highest of 34
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.88
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 22nd lowest of 174
Farmland rented
32%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 73rd lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$27$20 dry$86$88 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$20/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−22.0%nominal, $25 to $20
Irrigated, 2026$88/ac
Pasture, 2026$7/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,157/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,999/ac
Census 2017$1,299/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+66.1%+10.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 54% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024112.0156.093.5median 120.4

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

Median, 2008–2025120.4 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025110.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2025: 93.5 bu/ac78% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−0.4 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.612.371.521.00: 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$13.88
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.09claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.18$55.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 19
Worst year2011ratio 2.37
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 54% · excess moisture 18% · hail 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025315228

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, 2000–2025514 of 1,357 weeks38% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025134 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202673.5 °F1991–2020 normal 72.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September15.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202254%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland5,970 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland3,122 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202106,619604

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

CRP enrolled, 2025604 ac1.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028285 ac47% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$33/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025303.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202237,831−11.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Uvalde County$20$88$2,157120.4$13.88
Bandera County$10 2025—$4,341——
Edwards County——$1,467——
Kinney County$11—$1,573——
Medina County$21$102$3,805117.1$14.60
Real County——$1,994——
Zavala County$23$51$2,156—$22.12
Median next door$21$76 2 co.$2,075117.1 1 co.$18.36 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. Uvalde 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/uvalde-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.

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