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Cash rent for pasture: Sussex County, Delaware
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Aug 21, 2026. Next expected August 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Sussex County, 2009
$38 an acre
Delaware, 2020
$55 an acre
Up 37.5% from $40 in 2009
United States, 2026
$16.50 an acre
Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025
Sussex CountyDelawareUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2009, Sussex County's rent was the same as the Delaware average and 3.5 times the US average.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sussex figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2026 it combined Sussex into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sussex County | Delaware | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | No figure | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Not available | No figure | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Not available | No figure | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Not available | No figure | $15 |
| 2022 | Not available | No figure | $14 |
| 2021 | Not available | No figure | $13 |
| 2020 | Not available | $55 | $13 |
| 2019 | Not available | No figure | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Not available | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Not available | No figure | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Not available | Too few reports to publish | $12 |
| 2013 | Not available | Too few reports to publish | $12 |
| 2012 | Not available | Too few reports to publish | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Not available | No figure | $11.50 |
| 2010 | Not available | No figure | $11 |
| 2009 | $38 | $40 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | No figure | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
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Every Delaware county, 2009
Darker shading means a higher figure.
- All published values (1 county)
- No figure (2 counties)
No figure for 2009: Kent County and New Castle County.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussex County This county | $38 | Not given |
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, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. 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.