Cash rent for pasture: Preble County, Ohio
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
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What the numbers say
- In 2017, Preble County's rent was 1.8 times the Ohio average and 3.6 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 5th highest of the 33 Ohio counties NASS published for 2017.
- From 2013 to 2017 it rose 18.4%, from $38 to $45 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Preble figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Preble into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Preble County | Ohio | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $37 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $31 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $28 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $26 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $25.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $26 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $26 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $28 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $45 | $25 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $40 | $27 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | $44 | $25 | $12 |
| 2013 | $38 | $25 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $30 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $35 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | Combined into "other counties" | $35 | $11 |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $43 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $47 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
| 1994 | No figure | $25.50 | No figure |
Every Ohio county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $14.50 an acre in Athens County to $95.50 an acre in Wayne County.
- Under $19 (5 counties)
- $19 to under $24.50 (5 counties)
- $24.50 to under $37 (5 counties)
- $37 to under $50 (5 counties)
- $50 and over (6 counties)
- Not published separately (62 counties, $51.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Allen County, Ashland County, Ashtabula County, Auglaize County, Brown County, Clark County, Clinton County, Columbiana County, Crawford County, Cuyahoga County, Darke County, Defiance County, Delaware County, Erie County, Fairfield County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Geauga County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Henry County, Hocking County, Huron County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Lake County, Lawrence County, Logan County, Lorain County, Lucas County, Mahoning County, Marion County, Medina County, Meigs County, Mercer County, Miami County, Montgomery County, Morrow County, Ottawa County, Paulding County, Pickaway County, Portage County, Preble County, Putnam County, Richland County, Sandusky County, Scioto County, Seneca County, Shelby County, Summit County, Trumbull County, Tuscarawas County, Union County, Van Wert County, Vinton County, Warren County, Williams County, Wood County and Wyandot County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Preble: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne County | $95.50 | 7.3% |
| 2 | Holmes County | $65.50 | 5.0% |
| 3 | Champaign County | $56.50 | 10.2% |
| 4 | Highland County | $50 | 20.1% |
| 4 | Ross County | $50 | 9.6% |
| 4 | Stark County | $50 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Knox County | $46 | 12.6% |
| 8 | Madison County | $44.50 | 14.5% |
| 9 | Butler County | $42 | 10.4% |
| 10 | Adams County | $38 | 16.9% |
| 11 | Coshocton County | $37 | 8.9% |
| 12 | Licking County | $33.50 | 6.3% |
| 13 | Pike County | $32.50 | 9.9% |
| 14 | Perry County | $30.50 | 14.7% |
| 15 | Muskingum County | $27 | 7.3% |
| 16 | Washington County | $24.50 | 12.1% |
| 17 | Carroll County | $23.50 | 9.4% |
| 18 | Monroe County | $22 | 10.6% |
| 19 | Gallia County | $19.50 | 7.7% |
| 19 | Guernsey County | $19.50 | 37.8% |
| 21 | Clermont County | $19 | 7.5% |
| 22 | Morgan County | $18 | 6.0% |
| 23 | Belmont County | $17.50 | 23.9% |
| 24 | Harrison County | $17 | 8.7% |
| 25 | Noble County | $15.50 | 6.9% |
| 26 | Athens County | $14.50 | 11.6% |
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.