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Cash rent for pasture: New Mexico

The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.

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Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Jul 31, 2026. Next expected July 2027.

The latest figures and how they have changed

New Mexico, 2026

$4.20 an acre

Up 2.4% from $4.10 in 2025

United States, 2026

$16.50 an acre

Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025

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What the numbers say

New Mexico's rent is 0.3 times the US average.
Since 2017 it has risen 31.3%, from $3.20 to $4.20 an acre.

Every figure behind this chart

Cash rent: pasture, dollars an acre
Year	New Mexico	United States
2026	$4.20	$16.50
2025	$4.10	$15.50
2024	$3.70	$15.50
2023	$3.60	$15
2022	$3.30	$14
2021	$3.20	$13
2020	$3	$13
2019	$2.80	$13
2018	No figure	$12.50
2017	$3.20	$12.50

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Every New Mexico county, 2026

Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $1.50 an acre in Cibola County to $8.80 an acre in Curry County.

Under $1.80 (2 counties)
$1.80 to under $2.80 (4 counties)
$2.80 to under $3.50 (3 counties)
$3.50 to under $4.90 (3 counties)
$4.90 and over (4 counties)
Not published separately (17 counties, $4.20 an acre combined)

NASS combined Bernalillo County, Catron County, Colfax County, Doña Ana County, Eddy County, Grant County, Hidalgo County, Los Alamos County, Luna County, McKinley County, Mora County, Otero County, San Juan County, Sierra County, Socorro County, Taos County and Valencia County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.

Published New Mexico counties, highest first, 2026
Rank	County	Figure (dollars an acre)	Precision (CV)
1	Curry County	$8.80	8.0%
2	Union County	$6.20	7.5%
3	Quay County	$4.90	5.6%
3	Roosevelt County	$4.90	7.5%
5	Harding County	$4.30	10.4%
6	De Baca County	$3.70	9.5%
7	Guadalupe County	$3.50	11.9%
8	San Miguel County	$3.20	15.9%
9	Chaves County	$2.80	8.9%
9	Lincoln County	$2.80	8.4%
11	Torrance County	$2.20	7.7%
12	Rio Arriba County	$2.10	11.6%
13	Lea County	$1.80	9.5%
13	Sandoval County	$1.80	35.5%
15	Santa Fe County	$1.60	9.2%
16	Cibola County	$1.50	8.7%

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. 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. 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.