Cash rent for pasture: Luna County, New Mexico
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 2024, Luna County's rent was 1.1 times the New Mexico average and 0.3 times the US average.
- It is the 6th highest of the 20 New Mexico counties NASS published for 2024.
- From 2016 to 2024 it rose 225.0%, from $1.20 to $3.90 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Luna figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2017, 2020, 2022, 2025 and 2026 it combined Luna into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Luna County | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.20 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.10 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $3.90 | $3.70 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $3.70 | $3.60 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $3.30 | $14 |
| 2021 | $1.90 | $3.20 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $3 | $13 |
| 2019 | $0.80 | $2.80 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $3.20 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $1.20 | $3 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
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.
Luna: not published separately.
| 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% |
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.