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Cash rent for pasture: Worcester County, Massachusetts

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

Worcester County, 2025

$41 an acre

Up 5.1% from $39 in 2021

Massachusetts, 2026

$26.50 an acre

Down 17.2% from $32 in 2025

United States, 2026

$16.50 an acre

Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025

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What the numbers say

In 2025, Worcester County's rent was 1.3 times the Massachusetts average and 2.6 times the US average.
From 2020 to 2025 it rose 22.4%, from $33.50 to $41 an acre.
Gaps are years with no separate Worcester figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, in 2017, 2023, 2024 and 2026 it combined Worcester into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2016, 2019 and 2022. Nothing is filled in.

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Cash rent: pasture, dollars an acre
Year	Worcester County	Massachusetts	United States
2026	Combined into "other counties"	$26.50	$16.50
2025	$41	$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	$39	$32	$13
2020	$33.50	$28	$13
2019	Not available	No figure	$13
2018	No county survey that year	No figure	$12.50
2017	Combined into "other counties"	$27	$12.50
2016	Not available	No figure	$13

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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.

Published Massachusetts counties, highest first, 2025
Rank	County	Figure (dollars an acre)	Precision (CV)
1	Worcester County This county	$41	10.1%

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. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Worcester is 10.1% (lower means more precise). 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.