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Pender County farmland

$93 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Pender 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 Pender County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$932026$74.50
Irrigated cropland$1502021Not published by NASS
Pasture$322021Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Pender 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 Pender County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$93Not published
2025$83Not published
2024Not publishedNot published
2023$85.50Not published
2022$74.50Not published
2021$74.50$32
2020$70Not published
2019$62Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$60Not published
2016$62Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014Not publishedNot published
2013$59.50Not published
2012$49.50Not published
2011$49Not published
2010Not publishedNot published
2009Not published$32
2008$49.50Not published

What farmland in Pender County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$5,274 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms78,903 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Pender County

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

County crop yields in Pender County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn144.4 bu2025154.2 bu14,800
Soybeans41.4 bu202441 bu14,600
Winter wheat64.6 bu2025Not published3,840

Farmland in nearby counties

Bladen CountyBrunswick CountyColumbus CountyDuplin CountyOnslow CountySampson County

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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.