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Cash rent for pasture: Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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

Hunterdon County, 2025

$82.50 an acre

Up 83.3% from $45 in 2023

New Jersey, 2025

$47.50 an acre

Up 3.3% from $46 in 2021

United States, 2026

$16.50 an acre

Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025

Hunterdon CountyNew JerseyUnited States

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What the numbers say

In 2025, Hunterdon County's rent was 1.7 times the New Jersey average and 5.3 times the US average.
It is the highest of the 2 New Jersey counties NASS published for 2025.
From 2023 to 2025 it rose 83.3%, from $45 to $82.50 an acre.
Gaps are years with no separate Hunterdon figure: in 2021 and 2026 NASS combined Hunterdon into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2022 and 2024. Nothing is filled in.

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Cash rent: pasture, dollars an acre
Year	Hunterdon County	New Jersey	United States
2026	Combined into "other counties"	No figure	$16.50
2025	$82.50	$47.50	$15.50
2024	Not available	No figure	$15.50
2023	$45	No figure	$15
2022	Not available	No figure	$14
2021	Combined into "other counties"	$46	$13

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Every New Jersey county, 2025

Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $21 an acre in Salem County to $82.50 an acre in Hunterdon County.

Under $82.50 (1 county)
$82.50 and over (1 county)
Not published separately (19 counties, $43 an acre combined)

NASS combined Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County and Warren County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.

Published New Jersey counties, highest first, 2025
Rank	County	Figure (dollars an acre)	Precision (CV)
1	Hunterdon County This county	$82.50	18.2%
2	Salem County	$21	11.9%

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 Hunterdon is 18.2% (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.