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Cash rent for pasture: Madison County, Tennessee
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Aug 21, 2026. Next expected August 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Madison County, 2025
$26.50 an acre
Down 5.4% from $28 in 2024
Tennessee, 2026
$30 an acre
Up 15.4% from $26 in 2025
United States, 2026
$16.50 an acre
Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025
Madison CountyTennesseeUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2025, Madison County's rent was the same as the Tennessee average and 1.7 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 33rd highest of the 81 Tennessee counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2010 to 2025 it rose 1.9%, from $26 to $26.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Madison figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009 and 2026 it combined Madison into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Madison County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $30 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $26.50 | $26 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $28 | $24.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $26 | $23 | $15 |
| 2022 | $24 | $22 | $14 |
| 2021 | $29 | $21.50 | $13 |
| 2020 | $25 | $22 | $13 |
| 2019 | $21 | $21 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $20 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $18.50 | $20 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $22.50 | $20 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $20 | $14 |
| 2014 | $26.50 | $20 | $12 |
| 2013 | $25.50 | $20 | $12 |
| 2012 | $26 | $20 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $24.50 | $19 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $26 | $19 | $11 |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $20 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $22 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $20 | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $19 | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $18 | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $19 | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $17.50 | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $17 | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $18 | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $18 | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $16.40 | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | $18 | $8.80 |
| 1997 | No figure | $16 | No figure |
| 1996 | No figure | $13.50 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $14.30 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $15.20 | No figure |
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Every Tennessee county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $12 an acre in Claiborne County to $55.50 an acre in Gibson County.
- Under $21 (16 counties)
- $21 to under $25.50 (16 counties)
- $25.50 to under $32 (18 counties)
- $32 to under $40 (17 counties)
- $40 and over (17 counties)
- Not published separately (11 counties, $33 an acre combined)
NASS combined Benton County, Campbell County, Cheatham County, Chester County, Davidson County, Haywood County, Lake County, Madison County, Sequatchie County, Stewart County and Unicoi County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Madison: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibson County | $55.50 | 6.5% |
| 1 | Warren County | $55.50 | 10.6% |
| 3 | Tipton County | $55 | 17.1% |
| 4 | Lauderdale County | $52 | 5.4% |
| 5 | Franklin County | $49.50 | 8.9% |
| 6 | Weakley County | $49 | 5.9% |
| 7 | Obion County | $47 | 7.7% |
| 7 | Robertson County | $47 | 7.2% |
| 9 | Coffee County | $46.50 | 6.3% |
| 10 | Carroll County | $43.50 | 6.0% |
| 11 | De Kalb County | $43 | 4.8% |
| 12 | Henderson County | $42.50 | 15.3% |
| 13 | Dyer County | $42 | 7.4% |
| 14 | Bledsoe County | $41 | 21.0% |
| 15 | Cumberland County | $40.50 | 8.4% |
| 15 | McMinn County | $40.50 | 6.1% |
| 17 | Putnam County | $40 | 8.0% |
| 18 | Loudon County | $39.50 | 19.0% |
| 19 | Decatur County | $38 | 8.5% |
| 20 | Roane County | $37 | 6.5% |
| 21 | Greene County | $36.50 | 9.7% |
| 21 | Shelby County | $36.50 | 6.8% |
| 23 | Henry County | $35.50 | 6.8% |
| 23 | Jackson County | $35.50 | 23.1% |
| 25 | Grundy County | $33.50 | 7.6% |
| 25 | Macon County | $33.50 | 9.3% |
| 25 | Monroe County | $33.50 | 9.0% |
| 25 | Montgomery County | $33.50 | 14.2% |
| 25 | Pickett County | $33.50 | 11.7% |
| 25 | Sullivan County | $33.50 | 11.6% |
| 25 | Sumner County | $33.50 | 6.6% |
| 25 | Trousdale County | $33.50 | 13.4% |
| 33 | Fentress County | $32.50 | 5.0% |
| 34 | Cannon County | $32 | 8.0% |
| 35 | Giles County | $31 | 4.7% |
| 35 | Washington County | $31 | 4.0% |
| 37 | Hardeman County | $30 | 13.9% |
| 37 | Hickman County | $30 | 7.2% |
| 39 | Wilson County | $29.50 | 16.7% |
| 40 | Lincoln County | $29 | 6.6% |
| 40 | Wayne County | $29 | 4.6% |
| 42 | Crockett County | $28.50 | 8.7% |
| 43 | Blount County | $28 | 9.9% |
| 43 | Overton County | $28 | 9.8% |
| 45 | Polk County | $27 | 9.3% |
| 45 | White County | $27 | 4.5% |
| 47 | Hamilton County | $26.50 | 11.5% |
| 47 | Lawrence County | $26.50 | 8.9% |
| 49 | Grainger County | $26 | 8.4% |
| 50 | Anderson County | $25.50 | 14.2% |
| 50 | Cocke County | $25.50 | 10.5% |
| 50 | Perry County | $25.50 | 6.1% |
| 53 | Fayette County | $24.50 | 4.8% |
| 53 | Marion County | $24.50 | 9.8% |
| 53 | McNairy County | $24.50 | 4.3% |
| 56 | Bradley County | $24 | 7.4% |
| 57 | Hawkins County | $23 | 8.7% |
| 57 | Williamson County | $23 | 4.2% |
| 59 | Jefferson County | $22.50 | 6.0% |
| 59 | Maury County | $22.50 | 5.1% |
| 59 | Van Buren County | $22.50 | 5.2% |
| 62 | Hamblen County | $22 | 9.0% |
| 62 | Rhea County | $22 | 6.6% |
| 62 | Rutherford County | $22 | 6.2% |
| 65 | Clay County | $21.50 | 5.5% |
| 65 | Houston County | $21.50 | 7.6% |
| 65 | Meigs County | $21.50 | 10.1% |
| 68 | Carter County | $21 | 5.9% |
| 69 | Bedford County | $20 | 3.7% |
| 69 | Hancock County | $20 | 4.9% |
| 71 | Knox County | $19.50 | 4.9% |
| 71 | Sevier County | $19.50 | 5.8% |
| 71 | Smith County | $19.50 | 4.0% |
| 74 | Marshall County | $19 | 5.3% |
| 75 | Dickson County | $18 | 4.6% |
| 75 | Hardin County | $18 | 6.3% |
| 77 | Johnson County | $17.50 | 6.5% |
| 78 | Humphreys County | $17 | 7.3% |
| 78 | Lewis County | $17 | 8.2% |
| 80 | Moore County | $16.50 | 7.0% |
| 81 | Morgan County | $16 | 5.3% |
| 82 | Scott County | $13 | 9.6% |
| 83 | Claiborne County | $12 | 6.6% |
| 83 | Union County | $12 | 6.8% |
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; 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. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Madison is 6.5% (lower means more precise). 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.