Cash rent for pasture: Sarasota County, Florida
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2024, Sarasota County's rent was 1.3 times the Florida average and 1.7 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 4th highest of the 24 Florida counties NASS published for 2024.
- From 2017 to 2024 it rose 209.5%, from $8.40 to $26 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sarasota figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025 and 2026 it combined Sarasota into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sarasota County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $21.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $20 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $26 | $19.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $27 | $16.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $17.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $12.50 | $17 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $17.50 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $15.50 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $17 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $8.40 | $15.50 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $15 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $13 | $14 |
Every Florida county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $7.60 an acre in Osceola County to $58 an acre in Palm Beach County.
- Under $12 (5 counties)
- $12 to under $17.50 (5 counties)
- $17.50 to under $27 (7 counties)
- $27 to under $37 (6 counties)
- $37 and over (6 counties)
- Not published separately (38 counties, $22 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bay County, Bradford County, Broward County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Collier County, Columbia County, Dixie County, Duval County, Escambia County, Flagler County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Hamilton County, Hernando County, Highlands County, Holmes County, Jefferson County, Leon County, Liberty County, Marion County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Nassau County, Okaloosa County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Putnam County, Santa Rosa County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, St. Johns County, Suwannee County, Taylor County, Union County, Wakulla County, Walton County and Washington County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Sarasota: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palm Beach County | $58 | 5.7% |
| 2 | Gilchrist County | $49 | 11.0% |
| 3 | Jackson County | $43.50 | 20.4% |
| 4 | Glades County | $41 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Lafayette County | $37.50 | 17.2% |
| 6 | St. Lucie County | $37 | 7.6% |
| 7 | Baker County | $36 | 6.2% |
| 8 | Gadsden County | $35 | 4.9% |
| 9 | Alachua County | $34 | 9.3% |
| 10 | Levy County | $31 | 9.2% |
| 11 | Volusia County | $27.50 | 10.5% |
| 12 | Hendry County | $27 | 12.5% |
| 13 | Indian River County | $24.50 | 16.5% |
| 14 | Brevard County | $22 | 4.8% |
| 15 | Polk County | $21 | 7.0% |
| 16 | Orange County | $20 | 29.0% |
| 17 | Madison County | $19.50 | 10.9% |
| 18 | De Soto County | $17.50 | 8.1% |
| 18 | Okeechobee County | $17.50 | 8.0% |
| 20 | Hardee County | $13.50 | 16.3% |
| 21 | Hillsborough County | $13 | 16.8% |
| 22 | Manatee County | $12.50 | 8.1% |
| 22 | Sumter County | $12.50 | 7.5% |
| 24 | Charlotte County | $12 | 6.4% |
| 25 | Lee County | $11.50 | 11.1% |
| 26 | Lake County | $10.50 | 8.8% |
| 27 | Citrus County | $10 | 7.5% |
| 27 | Martin County | $10 | 4.9% |
| 29 | Osceola County | $7.60 | 14.1% |
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.