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Fresno County farmland

$22 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2026

Cash rent in Fresno County

What a farmer pays a landowner a year for an acre, from the USDA's county survey: the latest year NASS published for each kind of land.

Cash rent per acre a year in Fresno County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$222026Not published by NASS
Irrigated cropland$3052026Not published by NASS
Pasture$11.502026$12

Cash rent in Fresno County since 2008

Cropland and pasture rent an acre a year, every year the USDA's county survey published, newest first. "Not published" is a year NASS skipped or pooled the county; it is left blank, not estimated.

Cash rent per acre a year in Fresno County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedIrrigatedPasture
2026$22$305$11.50
2025Not publishedNot published$8.30
2024$18.50Not published$9.60
2023$30Not published$13
2022Not publishedNot published$12
2021$26Not published$11.50
2020$37$310$10
2019$26$420$11.50
2018Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2017$45$332$16
2016$40$321$12
2015Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2014$60$292$13
2013$43.50$258$10.50
2012$36$251Not published
2011$46.50$239$14.50
2010$51$220$16
2009$55$221$14
2008Not published$220$22

What farmland in Fresno County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$16,378 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms1,659,451 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

Cash rent

USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released Aug 21, 2026. NASS withholds a county's figure when too few farms answer. Public domain.

Land value

USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, released Feb 13, 2024. Public domain.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 31, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.