Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Sierra County, New Mexico
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2025, Sierra County's rent was 1.1 times the New Mexico average and 0.7 times the US average.
- It is the 4th highest of the 13 New Mexico counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2016 to 2025 it fell 11.7%, from $196 to $173 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sierra figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2026 it combined Sierra into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sierra County | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $159 | $244 |
| 2025 | $173 | $152 | $244 |
| 2024 | $227 | $149 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $155 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $151 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $136 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $136 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $136 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $215 |
| 2017 | $213 | $140 | $212 |
| 2016 | $196 | $155 | $206 |
Every New Mexico county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $62 an acre in Quay County to $296 an acre in Dona Ana County.
- Under $110 (2 counties)
- $110 to under $156 (2 counties)
- $156 to under $177 (2 counties)
- $177 to under $248 (2 counties)
- $248 and over (2 counties)
- Not published separately (23 counties, $110 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bernalillo County, Catron County, Cibola County, Colfax County, Grant County, Guadalupe County, Harding County, Hidalgo County, Lea County, Lincoln County, Los Alamos County, McKinley County, Mora County, Otero County, Rio Arriba County, San Miguel County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, Sierra County, Socorro County, Taos County, Torrance County and Union County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Sierra: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dona Ana County | $296 | 13.2% |
| 2 | Luna County | $248 | 13.3% |
| 3 | De Baca County | $194 | 11.4% |
| 4 | San Juan County | $177 | 11.3% |
| 5 | Chaves County | $175 | 11.1% |
| 6 | Valencia County | $156 | 11.1% |
| 7 | Roosevelt County | $122 | 21.9% |
| 8 | Eddy County | $110 | 9.6% |
| 9 | Curry County | $81 | 6.5% |
| 10 | Quay County | $62 | 19.4% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.