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Boulder County farmland

$49 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2025

Cash rent in Boulder 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 Boulder County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$492025$29
Irrigated cropland$96.502026$95
Pasture$9.402026$12.50

Cash rent in Boulder County since 2009

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 Boulder County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedIrrigatedPasture
2026Not published$96.50$9.40
2025$49$86.50$16.50
2024Not published$85$21.50
2023$40.50$98$17
2022$29$95$12.50
2021$35.50$83.50Not published
2020$36.50$81$3.10
2019Not published$83.50$12
2018Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2017Not published$72.50$17
2016Not publishedNot published$15
2015Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2014Not published$50$6.40
2013Not publishedNot published$3.70
2012Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2011Not published$50Not published
2010Not publishedNot published$4.40
2009Not published$92.50$6.40

What farmland in Boulder County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$18,310 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms74,242 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Boulder County

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

County crop yields in Boulder County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn140.1 bu2023122 bu1,230

Farmland in nearby counties

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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.