Cash rent for irrigated cropland: San Juan 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
- In 2020, San Juan County's rent was 0.6 times the Utah average and 0.3 times the US average.
- It is the 5th lowest of the 25 Utah counties NASS published for 2020.
- From 2011 to 2020 it rose 4.4%, from $56.50 to $59 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate San Juan figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined San Juan into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | San Juan County | Utah | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $120 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $120 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $117 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $114 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $121 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $107 | $217 |
| 2020 | $59 | $101 | $216 |
| 2019 | $53 | $108 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $92 | $215 |
| 2017 | $57.50 | $90.50 | $212 |
| 2016 | $53 | $88 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $92 | $209 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $91 | $208 |
| 2013 | Combined into "other counties" | $82 | $202 |
| 2012 | $63.50 | $80 | $187 |
| 2011 | $56.50 | $80 | $171 |
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.
San Juan: not published separately.
| 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 | $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.