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Wilkes County farmland

$62 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$622026$54
Pasture$422026$32.50

Cash rent in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$62$42
2025$68.50$36.50
2024$59$33.50
2023$55.50$27.50
2022$54$32.50
2021$43.50$24
2020$46$33
2019$56$30
2018Not publishedNot published
2017Not publishedNot published
2016$60$35
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$54.50$31
2013$36.50$25
2012$51$28.50
2011$39$28
2010Not published$29.50
2009$32.50$26.50
2008$47.50$29

What farmland in Wilkes County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$5,664 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms114,778 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Wilkes County

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

County crop yields in Wilkes County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn155.4 bu2025156.3 bu6,500

Farmland in nearby counties

Alexander CountyAlleghany CountyAshe CountyCaldwell CountyIredell CountySurry CountyWatauga CountyYadkin 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.