Cash rent for pasture: 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
Chart by TallyTill · tallytill.com
What the numbers say
- Massachusetts's rent is 1.6 times the US average.
- Since 2009 it has fallen 3.6%, from $27.50 to $26.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no Massachusetts figure: too few farms reported in 2013 and 2014 for NASS to publish a figure. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $26.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $32 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $29 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $27.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | No figure | $14 |
| 2021 | $32 | $13 |
| 2020 | $28 | $13 |
| 2019 | No figure | $13 |
| 2018 | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $27 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | No figure | $13 |
| 2015 | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Too few reports to publish | $12 |
| 2013 | Too few reports to publish | $12 |
| 2012 | $25.50 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | No figure | $11.50 |
| 2010 | No figure | $11 |
| 2009 | $27.50 | $11 |
| 2008 | No figure | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | $8.80 |
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.
| 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.