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Richland County farmland

$42 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Richland 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 Richland County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$422026Not published by NASS
Irrigated cropland$752017Not published by NASS
Pasture$21.502009Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Richland 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 Richland County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigated
2026$42
2025Not published
2024Not published
2023Not published
2022Not published
2021Not published
2020$32.50
2019$30
2018Not published
2017$31.50
2016$32
2015Not published
2014$36.50
2013Not published
2012Not published
2011$26
2010$26

What farmland in Richland County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$5,124 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms76,011 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.