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Sierra County farmland

$17 an acre a year

Cash rent for pasture, USDA NASS county survey, 2023

Cash rent in Sierra 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 Sierra County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Pasture$172023Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Sierra County since 2014

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 Sierra County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearPasture
2023$17
2022Not published
2021Not published
2020Not published
2019Not published
2018Not published
2017$13.50
2016Not published
2015Not published
2014$16.50

What farmland in Sierra County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$2,427 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms65,468 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Farmland in nearby counties

Lassen CountyNevada CountyPlumas CountyYuba County

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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.