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Jefferson County farmland

$35 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2021

Cash rent in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$352021Not published by NASS
Irrigated cropland$1202014Not published by NASS
Pasture$2.902024$1.90

Cash rent in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearIrrigatedPasture
2024Not published$2.90
2023Not publishedNot published
2022Not published$1.90
2021Not published$2
2020Not published$1.90
2019Not published$3.80
2018Not publishedNot published
2017Not publishedNot published
2016Not publishedNot published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$120$2.90
2013Not published$3.60
2012Not publishedNot published
2011$80$3
2010Not publishedNot published
2009Not published$5.50

What farmland in Jefferson County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$16,602 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms43,436 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.