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Jones County farmland

$91 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Jones 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 Jones County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$912025$84
Pasture$522026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Jones County since 2008

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 Jones County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026Not published$52
2025$91Not published
2024Not publishedNot published
2023Not publishedNot published
2022$84Not published
2021$86.50Not published
2020$82Not published
2019$87Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$81Not published
2016$82Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$83Not published
2013$72Not published
2012$56$30.50
2011$60Not published
2010$51.50Not published
2009$51.50Not published
2008$54Not published

What farmland in Jones County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$3,602 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms66,287 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Jones County

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

County crop yields in Jones County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn159.9 bu2023114.8 bu17,500
Soybeans44.7 bu202338.6 bu23,800

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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.