Cash rent for pasture: Scott County, Mississippi
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 2025, Scott County's rent was 1.1 times the Mississippi average and 1.6 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 8th highest of the 51 Mississippi counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2016 to 2025 it rose 37.8%, from $18.50 to $25.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Scott figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2026 it combined Scott into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Scott County | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $24 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $25.50 | $22.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $24.50 | $22.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $17 | $22 | $15 |
| 2022 | $21.50 | $22 | $14 |
| 2021 | $26.50 | $21 | $13 |
| 2020 | $22.50 | $20 | $13 |
| 2019 | $18.50 | $20 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $19 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $13.50 | $18 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $18.50 | $18 | $13 |
Every Mississippi county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $11 an acre in Tishomingo County to $32.50 an acre in Lincoln County.
- Under $16.50 (10 counties)
- $16.50 to under $19.50 (10 counties)
- $19.50 to under $22 (11 counties)
- $22 to under $27.50 (10 counties)
- $27.50 and over (12 counties)
- Not published separately (29 counties, $27 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Benton County, Bolivar County, Choctaw County, Coahoma County, Covington County, Forrest County, Franklin County, Greene County, Grenada County, Hancock County, Harrison County, Humphreys County, Issaquena County, Jackson County, Jefferson Davis County, Lauderdale County, Leflore County, Monroe County, Perry County, Quitman County, Scott County, Sharkey County, Simpson County, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, Warren County, Washington County and Wilkinson County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Scott: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | $32.50 | 5.4% |
| 2 | Marshall County | $32 | 13.7% |
| 3 | Copiah County | $31 | 11.8% |
| 4 | George County | $30.50 | 8.5% |
| 5 | Jefferson County | $30 | 12.0% |
| 6 | Oktibbeha County | $29 | 14.8% |
| 6 | Panola County | $29 | 16.1% |
| 8 | Pike County | $28.50 | 9.0% |
| 9 | Rankin County | $28 | 7.2% |
| 9 | Yazoo County | $28 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Noxubee County | $27.50 | 6.0% |
| 11 | Pearl River County | $27.50 | 4.6% |
| 13 | Chickasaw County | $26 | 7.2% |
| 14 | Newton County | $25 | 6.5% |
| 14 | Tippah County | $25 | 12.5% |
| 16 | Holmes County | $23 | 5.7% |
| 16 | Marion County | $23 | 17.2% |
| 18 | Hinds County | $22.50 | 5.7% |
| 18 | Lamar County | $22.50 | 3.6% |
| 18 | Lowndes County | $22.50 | 5.1% |
| 21 | Attala County | $22 | 7.8% |
| 21 | Prentiss County | $22 | 5.6% |
| 23 | Madison County | $21.50 | 9.8% |
| 23 | Smith County | $21.50 | 5.6% |
| 23 | Walthall County | $21.50 | 6.1% |
| 23 | Wayne County | $21.50 | 7.2% |
| 27 | Amite County | $21 | 7.5% |
| 27 | Carroll County | $21 | 12.8% |
| 29 | Alcorn County | $20.50 | 7.0% |
| 30 | Neshoba County | $20 | 7.3% |
| 31 | Kemper County | $19.50 | 5.8% |
| 31 | Leake County | $19.50 | 16.8% |
| 31 | Lee County | $19.50 | 7.7% |
| 34 | Clarke County | $18.50 | 5.6% |
| 34 | De Soto County | $18.50 | 11.5% |
| 34 | Montgomery County | $18.50 | 10.7% |
| 34 | Stone County | $18.50 | 10.3% |
| 38 | Clay County | $18 | 6.0% |
| 39 | Calhoun County | $17 | 18.6% |
| 39 | Tunica County | $17 | 7.5% |
| 39 | Winston County | $17 | 5.8% |
| 42 | Claiborne County | $16.50 | 6.9% |
| 42 | Jones County | $16.50 | 3.1% |
| 44 | Pontotoc County | $16 | 7.3% |
| 44 | Tate County | $16 | 4.0% |
| 46 | Itawamba County | $15.50 | 6.9% |
| 46 | Union County | $15.50 | 5.1% |
| 48 | Lafayette County | $15 | 4.2% |
| 48 | Yalobusha County | $15 | 6.3% |
| 50 | Lawrence County | $14.50 | 8.6% |
| 51 | Jasper County | $13.50 | 12.4% |
| 52 | Webster County | $13 | 5.5% |
| 53 | Tishomingo County | $11 | 9.0% |
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.