This winter USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) released cash rental rates for irrigated and non-irrigated cropland and pastureland for Virginia counties and cities. Listed below are:

• Table 1 – listing of 2010 rental rates by jurisdiction for irrigated and nonirrigated cropland and pastureland
• Table 2 – listing of counties and cities in each NASS crop reporting district

NASS rental rates are annual values in $/acre summarized from NASS surveys for the crop year 2010 and the data can be found at this NASS site: http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/. If there are sufficient numbers of responses to meet NASS nondisclosure requirements for a jurisdiction then that value is published. For example, in Table 1 the specific rental rate for cropland in Accomack is $59.5 per acre. If there were not enough responses in a jurisdiction to meet NASS nondisclosure requirements, then all the data for the non-disclosed jurisdictions within a crop reporting district are summarized and published as a Combined Counties value. For example, in Table 1 the rental rate for cropland in Bland is $19 per acre, the combined value for Southwestern District counties. For jurisdictions in the Eastern Crop Reporting District (Table 2), few individual counties had sufficient responses to provide county-level pastureland values; thus, the district average is published. For example, the rental rate for pastureland in Accomack is $35 per acre (the average for the district). A note of caution: Combined Counties rental rates cut across jurisdictional lines and may not reflect local market conditions.

The level of reporting for irrigated cropland is limited and only 7 counties reported rates. Footnote 5, Table 1, list the Combined County averages for the counties not meeting the nondisclosure requirements.

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Gordon Groover, Extension Economist Farm Management
Office: 540-231-5850
Fax: 540-231-7417
E-mail: groover@vt.edu

¹National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) County-Level Cash Rent Data http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/. Accessed 2/9/2011.
²When county data is not disclosed, rates are reported by NASS Crop Reporting District. See Table 2 for a listing of counties in each crop reporting districts.
³Cropland Rental Rates By NASS Crop Reporting Districts

^cccentral District Other (Combined) Counties Cropland $ / Acre = 38
^eceastern District Other (Combined) Counties Cropland $ / Acre = 54
^ncnorthern District Other (Combined) Counties Cropland $ / Acre = 32.5
^scsouthern District Other (Combined) Counties Cropland $ / Acre = 29
^swcsouthwestern District Other (Combined) Counties Cropland $ / Acre = 19
^wcwestern District Other (Combined) Counties Cropland $ / Acre = 25

⁴Pastureland Rental Rates By NASS Crop Reporting Districts

^cpcentral District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 23
^epeastern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 35
^npnorthern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 22.5
^sepsoutheastern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 33
^swpsouthwestern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 9.4
^wpwestern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 19.5

⁵Irrigated Cropland Rental Rates By NASS Crop Reporting Districts

Eastern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 87
Northern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 40.5
Southeastern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 54.5
Southern District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 30
Western District Other (Combined) Counties Pasture $ / Acre = 39.5

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