County farm facts

Val Verde County, Texas

Val Verde County, TX: land and buildings $1,000 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 48465. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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As of Oct 14, the census value of land and buildings in Val Verde County was $1,000 an acre in 2022, down 0.8% from $1,008 in 2017. Back in 2012 it was $570. That 2022 figure ranks 2nd lowest of 246 in Texas, well under the state median of $2,782. In 2022, 44% of the farmland here was rented.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
n/a
NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$1,000/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 · 2nd lowest of 246
Rent as % of land value
n/a
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield
n/a
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
n/a
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 92nd 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
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

Weather and the season

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

Rain so far this year in Val Verde County, Texas

Drought, year by year

200020052010201520202025405334

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, 2000–2025491 of 1,357 weeks36% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202596 weeks
2026 so far4 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.3 °F1991–2020 normal 73.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual12.1 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 11.2 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Corn growing degree days, May to September4,290middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 4,343

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

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

Cash rentNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,000/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$570/ac
Census 2017$1,008/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−0.8%−0.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueNASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
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

No county ARC or PLC estimate here. ARC or PLC in Texas.

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

Crop insurance record

Premium and payoutsRMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620210849382

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

CRP enrolled, 2025382 ac19.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20290 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$25/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202291%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland54 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 149.3 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202211,537+25.9% since 2017
Beef cows, 20228,018head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 20226head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202244%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 rentLand value
Val Verde Countyn/a$1,000
Crockett Countyn/a$1,050
Edwards Countyn/a$1,467
Kinney County$11$1,573
Sutton County$8 2024$1,268
Terrell Countyn/a$1,263
Median next door$11 1 co.$1,268

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.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Val Verde 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/val-verde-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).