Cash rent for pasture: Benton County, Oregon
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 2025, Benton County's rent was 2.1 times the Oregon average and 1.5 times the US average.
- It is the 14th highest of the 28 Oregon counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2010 to 2025 it fell 25.4%, from $31.50 to $23.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Benton figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009, 2016 and 2026 it combined Benton into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Benton County | Oregon | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $13.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $23.50 | $11 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $37 | $11.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $30 | $11.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | $29 | $11.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $42 | $11 | $13 |
| 2020 | $33.50 | $15 | $13 |
| 2019 | $20 | $11 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $12 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $15 | $11 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $12 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $15 | $14 |
| 2014 | $20 | $15 | $12 |
| 2013 | $40 | $18 | $12 |
| 2012 | $52 | $21 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $35.50 | $23 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $31.50 | $23 | $11 |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $28 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $25 | $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 | $21.50 | No figure |
Every Oregon county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $4 an acre in Wheeler County to $128 an acre in Tillamook County.
- Under $9.70 (5 counties)
- $9.70 to under $12 (3 counties)
- $12 to under $34 (7 counties)
- $34 to under $49.50 (5 counties)
- $49.50 and over (5 counties)
- Not published separately (11 counties, $34.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Benton County, Columbia County, Gilliam County, Hood River County, Josephine County, Lane County, Lincoln County, Multnomah County, Polk County, Sherman County and Washington County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Benton: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tillamook County | $128 | 10.3% |
| 2 | Yamhill County | $65.50 | 8.9% |
| 3 | Clackamas County | $65 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Linn County | $55 | 8.6% |
| 5 | Marion County | $49.50 | 9.8% |
| 6 | Clatsop County | $48 | 19.2% |
| 6 | Jackson County | $48 | 7.8% |
| 8 | Curry County | $40 | 6.2% |
| 9 | Deschutes County | $39 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Coos County | $34 | 14.5% |
| 11 | Klamath County | $27 | 27.4% |
| 12 | Jefferson County | $24 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Douglas County | $21 | 12.1% |
| 14 | Lake County | $15 | 8.9% |
| 15 | Baker County | $12 | 6.7% |
| 15 | Malheur County | $12 | 8.3% |
| 15 | Union County | $12 | 11.2% |
| 18 | Crook County | $10.50 | 10.7% |
| 19 | Umatilla County | $10 | 19.6% |
| 20 | Grant County | $9.70 | 14.4% |
| 21 | Harney County | $9.40 | 11.1% |
| 22 | Morrow County | $8 | 9.9% |
| 23 | Wasco County | $6.90 | 11.1% |
| 24 | Wallowa County | $5.50 | 13.1% |
| 25 | Wheeler County | $4 | 10.0% |
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.