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Athens County farmland

$55 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Athens 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 Athens County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$552026$45.50
Pasture$14.502026$10.50

Cash rent in Athens County since 2010

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 Athens County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$55$14.50
2025Not published$14
2024$47Not published
2023$69.50$12
2022$45.50$10.50
2021$60$14
2020$60$15
2019$56.50$15.50
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$57$17.50
2016$55Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$53Not published
2013Not published$13
2012Not published$15
2011Not published$19
2010Not published$20

What farmland in Athens County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$4,123 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms106,866 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Athens County

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

County crop yields in Athens County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn151.2 bu2025164.7 bu3,030
Soybeans47.9 bu202552 bu3,590

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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.