Cash rent for pasture: St Joseph County, Michigan
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, St Joseph County's rent was 0.7 times the Michigan average and 2.0 times the US average.
- It is the 6th lowest of the 13 Michigan counties NASS published for 2021.
- From 2009 to 2021 it fell 36.3%, from $40 to $25.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate St Joseph figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined St Joseph into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | St Joseph County | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $41 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $35 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $32 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $29.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $32 | $14 |
| 2021 | $25.50 | $35 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $28 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $30 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $24 | $28 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $30 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | $30 | $30 | $12 |
| 2013 | $23.50 | $26 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | Combined into "other counties" | $30 | $11 |
| 2009 | $40 | $34 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $37 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
| 1994 | No figure | $22.10 | No figure |
Every Michigan county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $30 an acre in Barry County to $81 an acre in Calhoun County.
- Under $45 (1 county)
- $45 to under $65 (1 county)
- $65 to under $81 (1 county)
- $81 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (79 counties, $39 an acre combined)
NASS combined Alcona County, Alger County, Alpena County, Antrim County, Arenac County, Baraga County, Bay County, Benzie County, Berrien County, Branch County, Cass County, Charlevoix County, Cheboygan County, Chippewa County, Clare County, Clinton County, Crawford County, Delta County, Dickinson County, Eaton County, Emmet County, Genesee County, Gladwin County, Gogebic County, Grand Traverse County, Gratiot County, Hillsdale County, Houghton County, Huron County, Ingham County, Ionia County, Iosco County, Iron County, Isabella County, Jackson County, Kalamazoo County, Kalkaska County, Keweenaw County, Lake County, Lapeer County, Leelanau County, Lenawee County, Livingston County, Luce County, Mackinac County, Macomb County, Manistee County, Marquette County, Mason County, Mecosta County, Menominee County, Midland County, Missaukee County, Monroe County, Montcalm County, Montmorency County, Muskegon County, Newaygo County, Oakland County, Oceana County, Ogemaw County, Ontonagon County, Osceola County, Oscoda County, Otsego County, Ottawa County, Presque Isle County, Roscommon County, Saginaw County, Sanilac County, Schoolcraft County, Shiawassee County, St. Clair County, St. Joseph County, Tuscola County, Van Buren County, Washtenaw County, Wayne County and Wexford County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
St. Joseph: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calhoun County | $81 | 8.9% |
| 2 | Kent County | $65 | 22.2% |
| 3 | Allegan County | $45 | 8.9% |
| 4 | Barry County | $30 | 7.9% |
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.