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Mitchell County farmland

$56 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2026

Cash rent in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$562026$60
Pasture$352026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$56$35
2025Not published$28.50
2024Not publishedNot published
2023$58.50$12.50
2022$60Not published
2021$50Not published

What farmland in Mitchell County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$6,687 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms13,860 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

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.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 31, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.