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Sutter County farmland

$37.50 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2023

Cash rent in Sutter 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 Sutter County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$37.502023Not published by NASS
Irrigated cropland$4202026$349
Pasture$322026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Sutter 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 Sutter County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedIrrigatedPasture
2026Not published$420$32
2025Not published$348Not published
2024Not published$348Not published
2023$37.50$454Not published
2022Not published$349Not published
2021$41$355Not published
2020$40Not published$18.50
2019$46.50$339Not published
2018Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2017$53.50$302$19
2016$85.50$309$25.50
2015Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2014$100$275$7.80
2013$68.50$275Not published
2012Not published$265Not published
2011$49$259$20
2010$61$244Not published
2009Not published$252Not published
2008Not published$267Not published

What farmland in Sutter County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$14,191 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms257,995 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Sutter County

Bushels an acre harvested, from the USDA's county crop estimates.

County crop yields in Sutter County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Winter wheat109.2 bu202591.2 bu2,930

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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.

Crop yields

USDA NASS county crop estimates, Quick Stats file of Oct 31, 2026. Public domain.

Data edition

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