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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 2024 to 2025 it fell 23.8%, from $227 to $173 an acre.
Gaps are years with no separate Sierra figure: in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2026 NASS combined Sierra into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
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Cash rent: irrigated cropland, dollars an acre
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
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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.
Published New Mexico counties, highest first, 2026
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; state and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, CROPLAND, IRRIGATED - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Sierra is 19.0% (lower means more precise). Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
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.
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