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Union County farmland

$15 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Union 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 Union County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$152026$11.50
Pasture$142022$14

Cash rent in Union 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 Union County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$15Not published
2025Not publishedNot published
2024Not publishedNot published
2023Not publishedNot published
2022$11.50$14
2021$10.50$13.50
2020$12.50$10
2019Not published$10
2018Not publishedNot published
2017Not publishedNot published
2016$17$13
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$17$10.50
2013$21$11.50
2012$22.50$12
2011$15.50$10.50
2010$25$19
2009Not published$22.50

What farmland in Union County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$3,814 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms55,044 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

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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.