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Mesa County farmland

$42 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Mesa 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 Mesa County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$422021Not published by NASS
Irrigated cropland$1132026$89
Pasture$5.502026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Mesa 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 Mesa County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedIrrigatedPasture
2026Not published$113$5.50
2025Not published$112$6.80
2024Not published$118$7.80
2023Not published$113$4.40
2022Not published$89Not published
2021$42$81.50$2.20
2020Not published$73$2.70
2019$12$88.50$3.80
2018Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2017Not published$81$7.50
2016Not published$85$5.20
2015Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2014$20$71$3
2013$39$67$3.70
2012$28.50$75$4.50
2011Not published$58$3.70
2010Not published$81Not published
2009$28.50$81$8.70

What farmland in Mesa County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$8,081 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms268,323 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Mesa County

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

County crop yields in Mesa County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn202.3 bu2024219.7 bu1,300
Winter wheat103.3 bu2025115.6 bu2,460

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.