Cash rent for pasture: Franklin County, Massachusetts
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 2021, Franklin County's rent was 1.1 times the Massachusetts average and 2.6 times the US average.
- It is the 2nd highest of the 3 Massachusetts counties NASS published for 2021.
- From 2012 to 2021 it rose 19.3%, from $28.50 to $34 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Franklin figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Franklin into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2022. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Franklin County | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $26.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $32 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $29 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $27.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | Not available | No figure | $14 |
| 2021 | $34 | $32 | $13 |
| 2020 | $15 | $28 | $13 |
| 2019 | Not available | No figure | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $22.50 | $27 | $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 | $28.50 | $25.50 | $11.50 |
Every Massachusetts county, 2025
Darker shading means a higher figure.
- All published values (1 county)
- Not published separately (13 counties, $28.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Barnstable County, Berkshire County, Bristol County, Dukes County, Essex County, Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Middlesex County, Nantucket County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County and Suffolk County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Franklin: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester County | $41 | 10.1% |
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.