Cash rent for pasture: Washington Parish, Louisiana
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
- Washington Parish's rent is 1.3 times the Louisiana average and 1.9 times the US average.
- It is the 12th highest of the 42 Louisiana parishes NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 85.3%, from $17 to $31.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Washington figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2024 it combined Washington into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Washington Parish | Louisiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $31.50 | $25 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $29.50 | $23 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $21.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $21.50 | $21 | $15 |
| 2022 | $21 | $21 | $14 |
| 2021 | $26 | $20 | $13 |
| 2020 | $20.50 | $19 | $13 |
| 2019 | $20.50 | $20 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $18 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $17 | $17 | $12.50 |
Every Louisiana parish, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $8.60 an acre in Plaquemines Parish to $46 an acre in Richland Parish.
- Under $19 (8 parishes)
- $19 to under $24 (7 parishes)
- $24 to under $30.50 (10 parishes)
- $30.50 to under $37 (8 parishes)
- $37 and over (9 parishes)
- Not published separately (22 parishes, $22 an acre combined)
NASS combined Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, Cameron Parish, Concordia Parish, East Carroll Parish, Iberville Parish, Jefferson Parish, LaSalle Parish, Livingston Parish, Madison Parish, Orleans Parish, Rapides Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Mary Parish, Tensas Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Vernon Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, West Feliciana Parish and Winn Parish into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | Parish | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richland Parish | $46 | 13.9% |
| 2 | Ouachita Parish | $42.50 | 12.3% |
| 3 | West Carroll Parish | $41.50 | 8.1% |
| 4 | Franklin Parish | $39 | 5.0% |
| 5 | Red River Parish | $38.50 | 5.5% |
| 6 | Caddo Parish | $38 | 9.1% |
| 6 | Iberia Parish | $38 | 12.2% |
| 8 | Pointe Coupee Parish | $37.50 | 8.3% |
| 9 | Morehouse Parish | $37 | 9.1% |
| 10 | Lafayette Parish | $35.50 | 5.9% |
| 11 | Grant Parish | $34.50 | 4.0% |
| 12 | Washington Parish This parish | $31.50 | 5.7% |
| 13 | East Baton Rouge Parish | $31 | 15.2% |
| 14 | Avoyelles Parish | $30.50 | 6.5% |
| 14 | Natchitoches Parish | $30.50 | 5.7% |
| 14 | Saint Martin Parish | $30.50 | 12.3% |
| 14 | Saint Tammany Parish | $30.50 | 15.8% |
| 18 | Tangipahoa Parish | $29.50 | 10.7% |
| 19 | Catahoula Parish | $27.50 | 7.1% |
| 19 | Webster Parish | $27.50 | 6.1% |
| 21 | Saint Landry Parish | $27 | 7.6% |
| 22 | Evangeline Parish | $25.50 | 7.3% |
| 22 | Saint Helena Parish | $25.50 | 10.1% |
| 24 | Vermilion Parish | $25 | 6.3% |
| 25 | Caldwell Parish | $24 | 5.3% |
| 25 | Saint James Parish | $24 | 3.9% |
| 25 | Union Parish | $24 | 14.6% |
| 28 | Bienville Parish | $23 | 3.9% |
| 28 | Lincoln Parish | $23 | 5.9% |
| 30 | Lafourche Parish | $22 | 6.8% |
| 31 | Acadia Parish | $20.50 | 10.2% |
| 32 | Bossier Parish | $19.50 | 8.3% |
| 33 | Claiborne Parish | $19 | 15.3% |
| 33 | East Feliciana Parish | $19 | 5.7% |
| 35 | Jackson Parish | $18.50 | 8.3% |
| 36 | De Soto Parish | $17.50 | 7.6% |
| 37 | Beauregard Parish | $16 | 5.1% |
| 38 | Sabine Parish | $14.50 | 11.5% |
| 39 | Jefferson Davis Parish | $14 | 5.1% |
| 40 | Allen Parish | $12.50 | 7.3% |
| 41 | Calcasieu Parish | $12 | 8.4% |
| 42 | Plaquemines Parish | $8.60 | 17.9% |
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.