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Johnson County farmland

$129 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Johnson 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 Johnson County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$1292025$52.50
Pasture$372026$21

Cash rent in Johnson 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 Johnson County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026Not published$37
2025$129$42.50
2024$76.50$25.50
2023$57.50$27.50
2022$52.50$21
2021$52$18
2020$50$22
2019$57Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$71.50$21.50
2016$55Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$80Not published
2013$69Not published
2012$72.50Not published
2011Not publishedNot published
2010$75$35
2009$76$16.50

What farmland in Johnson County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$4,327 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms108,064 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Johnson County

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

County crop yields in Johnson County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn124.7 bu2025150.8 bu6,550
Soybeans34 bu202541 bu18,200

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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.