Cash rent for pasture: Otsego County, New York
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
- Otsego County's rent is 0.7 times the New York average and 1.3 times the US average.
- It is the 8th lowest of the 16 New York counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 30.3%, from $16.50 to $21.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Otsego figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 it combined Otsego into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Otsego County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $21.50 | $30.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $31 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $26.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $30.50 | $25 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $27 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $26 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $16.50 | $23 | $12.50 |
Every New York county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $13.50 an acre in Oneida County to $127 an acre in Fulton County.
- Under $17 (3 counties)
- $17 to under $18.50 (3 counties)
- $18.50 to under $26.50 (3 counties)
- $26.50 to under $36 (3 counties)
- $36 and over (4 counties)
- Not published separately (46 counties, $34 an acre combined)
NASS combined Albany County, Allegany County, Bronx County, Broome County, Cattaraugus County, Cayuga County, Chemung County, Clinton County, Delaware County, Dutchess County, Essex County, Franklin County, Genesee County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Kings County, Livingston County, Monroe County, Nassau County, New York County, Niagara County, Onondaga County, Ontario County, Orange County, Orleans County, Oswego County, Putnam County, Queens County, Rensselaer County, Richmond County, Rockland County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, Schuyler County, Seneca County, St. Lawrence County, Suffolk County, Sullivan County, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Ulster County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Westchester County and Wyoming County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County | $127 | 4.7% |
| 2 | Herkimer County | $40 | 21.1% |
| 3 | Cortland County | $39.50 | 13.9% |
| 4 | Lewis County | $36 | 3.8% |
| 5 | Madison County | $35 | 13.7% |
| 6 | Jefferson County | $30.50 | 10.4% |
| 7 | Chautauqua County | $26.50 | 8.3% |
| 8 | Erie County | $23 | 13.7% |
| 9 | Otsego County This county | $21.50 | 10.0% |
| 10 | Montgomery County | $18.50 | 11.7% |
| 11 | Columbia County | $18 | 19.8% |
| 11 | Schoharie County | $18 | 9.7% |
| 13 | Yates County | $17 | 13.5% |
| 14 | Steuben County | $15 | 10.6% |
| 15 | Chenango County | $14.50 | 11.3% |
| 16 | Oneida County | $13.50 | 9.8% |
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.