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County brief · Nov 1, 2026

Bailey County, Texas

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Barns near Bailey County

BarnMilesLast sale5-weight steers
Clovis
Clovis, NM
32Oct 28, 2026 $394.15
per cwt · 206 head
Tulia
Tulia, TX
68Oct 29, 2026 $385.58
per cwt · 81 head
Wildorado
Wildorado, TX
88Oct 27, 2026 $409.43
per cwt · 43 head

Steers 500–599 lb, head-weighted average of the sale. Source: USDA AMS Market News sale reports. Past sales, not a bid.

Grain and fuel prices

Grain bid$/buRange
North Panhandle corn$5.04$4.78–$5.23
North Panhandle sorghum$3.86$3.58–$4.28
North Panhandle wheat (hard red winter)$5.79$5.69–$6.19
Hooker, OK corn$4.93$4.93–$4.93
Hooker, OK sorghum$3.83$3.83–$3.83

Source: Texas Daily Grain Bids, Oct 30, 2026.

Fuel$/gal
No. 2 Diesel (Farm)
OK distributor ask, Oct 30, 2026
$5.54
Propane
OK distributor ask, Oct 30, 2026
$2.41
On-highway diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3, incl. Texas)
EIA retail, week of Oct 26, 2026
$5.95
On-highway diesel, Midwest (PADD 2, incl. Oklahoma, Kansas)
EIA retail, week of Oct 26, 2026
$6.48
On-highway diesel, U.S. average
EIA retail, week of Oct 26, 2026
$6.35

Sources: Oklahoma Production Cost Report (bi-weekly); EIA weekly retail diesel.

Drought

Deaf Smith: NoneHockley: NoneCottle: D1Taylor: D2Armstrong: D2Hutchinson: D1Mitchell: D2Yoakum: NoneChildress: D1Dickens: D2Hansford: D1Potter: D0Runnels: D2Hale: D0Moore: D0Martin: D2Cochran: NoneFisher: D2Lipscomb: D1Donley: D2Briscoe: D3Gray: D3Hall: D1Gaines: D0King: D1Swisher: D1Motley: D2Lynn: D2Nolan: D2Sterling: D2Garza: D2Stonewall: D2Hemphill: D2Castro: NoneMidland: D2Carson: D2Lamb: NoneLubbock: D1Andrews: D1Knox: D1Wheeler: D2Crosby: D2Roberts: D2Kent: D2Winkler: D1Jones: D2Sherman: D0Foard: D2Dallam: D0Ochiltree: D1Glasscock: D2Howard: D2Bailey: NoneRandall: D0Hudspeth: NoneLoving: D0Reeves: D0Oldham: D0Hardeman: D2Floyd: D2Parmer: NoneCoke: D2Scurry: D2Ector: D2Dawson: D2Haskell: D2Terry: D0Hartley: D0Collingsworth: D0Borden: D2Culberson: D0Beckham: D2Greer: D2Ellis: D2Jackson: D4Harmon: D2Roger Mills: D3Torrance: D2Union: D2De Baca: D0San Miguel: D2Otero: D0Eddy: D0Rio Arriba: D1Lincoln: D2Taos: D1Santa Fe: D1Mora: D1Quay: D2Lea: D0Curry: NoneChaves: D0Harding: D3Guadalupe: D2Roosevelt: None

No drought
across most of Bailey County (0%).

Outlined county is Bailey. Colors are the Drought Monitor levels D0 to D4.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map dated Oct 27, 2026.

Disaster designations

  • S6305 · Contiguous · Drought · approved Jul 28, 2026
  • S6312 · Primary · Drought · approved Jul 28, 2026
  • S6274 · Contiguous · Drought · approved Jun 4, 2026
  • S6198 · Contiguous · Drought · approved Apr 24, 2026

Primary or contiguous, both open FSA emergency loans. Source: USDA secretarial designations.

On FSA's 2026 drought-pay (LFP) list. FSA file of Oct 29, 2026.

Programs and deadlines

ProgramDateDays
NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP)Nov 13, 202612
Other crop insurance plansNov 20, 202619
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage rain insurance (PRF)Dec 1, 202630
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)Mar 1, 2027120
Emergency Assistance for Livestock (ELAP)Mar 1, 2027120
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)Mar 1, 2027120

Sources: FSA, RMA and NRCS program pages. Dates change; confirm with your FSA county office.

FSA money in Bailey County

$20,940,825
3,206 payments in the 2025 FSA file.

  • Emergency Commodity Assistance Program 2024: $8,353,443
  • Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 2023: $2,943,073
  • Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 2024: $2,781,187
  • Agricultural Risk Coverage Prog - County 2024: $1,362,153

Land in CRP: 92,272 acres (FSA, fiscal 2025 · $4,171,193 a year in rent)

County totals computed from FSA's public payment and CRP files. No names or addresses.

Burn ban and fire alerts

Burn ban on since Jul 25, 2022 Texas A&M Forest Service list, Nov 1, 2026

No National Weather Service fire-weather alerts right now.

No mapped wildfire within 50 miles.

Sources: NWS alerts; NIFC current fire perimeters, updated Nov 1, 2026.

Your FSA office

Call before you drive: hours and addresses change.

Find the nearest office and its phone number: offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app

Cownty does not hold FSA office addresses. The USDA Service Center Locator is the official list.

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