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Montrose County farmland

$26 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2020

Cash rent in Montrose 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 Montrose County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$262020Not published by NASS
Irrigated cropland$1382026$116
Pasture$4.802026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Montrose 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 Montrose County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedIrrigatedPasture
2026Not published$138$4.80
2025Not published$135$4.80
2024Not published$125$4.90
2023Not published$109$5
2022Not published$116Not published
2021Not published$87$7
2020$26$89$8.30
2019$25$81$6.80
2018Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2017Not published$94$7
2016Not published$88$7.10
2015Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2014Not published$87$4.60
2013$31.50$72$4.80
2012Not published$65$4.50
2011Not published$60Not published
2010Not published$85$5.30
2009Not published$92$7

What farmland in Montrose County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$5,909 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms285,524 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Montrose County

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

County crop yields in Montrose County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn213 bu2025Not published5,170

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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.