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Montgomery County farmland

$45.50 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$45.502026$36
Pasture$352013Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$45.50Not published
2025$38.50Not published
2024$29Not published
2023Not publishedNot published
2022$36Not published
2021$49Not published
2020Not publishedNot published
2019Not publishedNot published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017Not publishedNot published
2016Not publishedNot published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014Not publishedNot published
2013Not published$35
2012Not published$32
2011Not published$26.50
2010$26.50$29.50
2009$36$42.50

What farmland in Montgomery County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$5,267 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms34,560 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Montgomery County

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

County crop yields in Montgomery County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn109.5 bu2025Not published2,000
Winter wheat77.9 bu202365.7 bu140

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.

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.