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Lake County farmland

$15 an acre a year

Cash rent for pasture, USDA NASS county survey, 2026

Cash rent in Lake 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 Lake County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Irrigated cropland$4912026Not published by NASS
Pasture$152026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Lake County since 2012

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 Lake County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearIrrigatedPasture
2026$491$15
2025Not published$17.50
2024Not publishedNot published
2023Not publishedNot published
2022Not publishedNot published
2021$350Not published
2020$400Not published
2019Not publishedNot published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017Not publishedNot published
2016$667Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014Not publishedNot published
2013Not publishedNot published
2012Not published$7.40

What farmland in Lake County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$7,833 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms138,030 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.