Cash rent for pasture: New Jersey
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
- In 2025, New Jersey's rent was 3.1 times the US average.
- From 2009 to 2025 it rose 31.9%, from $36 to $47.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no New Jersey figure: too few farms reported in 2014 for NASS to publish a figure. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $47.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | No figure | $15.50 |
| 2023 | No figure | $15 |
| 2022 | No figure | $14 |
| 2021 | $46 | $13 |
| 2020 | $43 | $13 |
| 2019 | $45 | $13 |
| 2018 | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $36 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $40 | $13 |
| 2015 | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Too few reports to publish | $12 |
| 2013 | $28 | $12 |
| 2012 | $26 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | No figure | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $30 | $11 |
| 2009 | $36 | $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 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.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunterdon County | $82.50 | 18.2% |
| 2 | Salem County | $21 | 11.9% |
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.