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Jackson County farmland

$58.50 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Jackson 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 Jackson County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$58.502025$70

Cash rent in Jackson County since 2021

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 Jackson County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigated
2025$58.50
2024$71
2023Not published
2022$70
2021$90

What farmland in Jackson County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$8,324 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms22,208 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.