Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Iron County, Utah
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
- Iron County's rent is 1.1 times the Utah average and 0.5 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 5th highest of the 24 Utah counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 31.3%, from $97.50 to $128 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Iron figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Iron County | Utah | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $128 | $120 | $244 |
| 2025 | $120 | $120 | $244 |
| 2024 | $111 | $117 | $245 |
| 2023 | $102 | $114 | $237 |
| 2022 | $109 | $121 | $227 |
| 2021 | $123 | $107 | $217 |
| 2020 | $113 | $101 | $216 |
| 2019 | $113 | $108 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $92 | $215 |
| 2017 | $97.50 | $90.50 | $212 |
Every Utah county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $61 an acre in Juab County to $165 an acre in Box Elder County.
- Under $90 (4 counties)
- $90 to under $103 (5 counties)
- $103 to under $117 (5 counties)
- $117 to under $128 (4 counties)
- $128 and over (6 counties)
- Not published separately (5 counties, $127 an acre combined)
NASS combined Beaver County, Daggett County, Grand County, San Juan County and Washington County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Box Elder County | $165 | 7.5% |
| 2 | Weber County | $163 | 4.3% |
| 3 | Davis County | $153 | 5.3% |
| 4 | Millard County | $135 | 9.8% |
| 5 | Iron County This county | $128 | 9.0% |
| 5 | Sanpete County | $128 | 4.9% |
| 7 | Utah County | $122 | 12.2% |
| 8 | Salt Lake County | $121 | 13.4% |
| 9 | Duchesne County | $117 | 10.8% |
| 9 | Wayne County | $117 | 4.4% |
| 11 | Wasatch County | $111 | 8.5% |
| 12 | Kane County | $107 | 14.9% |
| 13 | Emery County | $106 | 9.8% |
| 14 | Cache County | $105 | 4.8% |
| 15 | Tooele County | $103 | 7.0% |
| 16 | Sevier County | $96.50 | 4.8% |
| 17 | Garfield County | $95.50 | 4.7% |
| 17 | Morgan County | $95.50 | 12.5% |
| 19 | Summit County | $90.50 | 13.7% |
| 20 | Piute County | $90 | 6.9% |
| 21 | Carbon County | $88.50 | 7.1% |
| 22 | Uintah County | $84.50 | 5.5% |
| 23 | Rich County | $75.50 | 11.6% |
| 24 | Juab County | $61 | 5.5% |
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.