NASS Releases County-Based Cash Rent Data

Ohio State University Extension has been providing local cash rent data and thanks to NASS (National Agricultural Statistical Service) we have access to another source of cash rent data.  NASS cash rent data should be used as a supplement to the Ohio Cash Rent data provided by OSU Leader of Production Business Management, Barry Ward.

The cash rent information provided by NASS includes average rental rates for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pastureland during the 2008 and 2009 calendar years. NASS is providing the county data in response to requests from customers as well as the new requirements of the 2008 Farm Bill.

Since 1997, NASS has published land value and rental rate data at the state level. Last year marked the first time NASS began publishing cash rent information at the county level. The data will is based on information NASS gathered from agricultural producers nationwide during end-of-year surveys.

The county-level data on cash rental rates will be available online through NASS’s agricultural statistics database, at

www.nass.usda.gov .

Users will be able to access cash rental rates at the state, county or crop reporting district level.

Here is the procedure I recommend you use to get the data for your area:

1. start at the NASS homepage http://www.nass.usda.gov/

2. navigate to the left sidebar and click on ‘Economics’, which brings you to this page

http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/indexbysubject.jsp?Pass_group=Economics

3. select ‘cash rents’ then hit the search button

4. Select: County Cash Rents Data Query – allow the page to refresh

5.  Under “Select Location” – “Locale” select: COUNTY; allow the page to refresh

6. Under “State” select: OHIO (or whatever state you have an interest); allow the page to refresh

7. Under “Select Time” select 2009; allow the page to refresh

8. You can select an individual county but I recommend you skip that and go to the bottom and select: Get Data

This will give you county by county cash rent averages from this Ag Stats survey for the entire state. You can view your county(ies) of interest. Cash rent data provided by NASS and Ohio State University Extension is a good place to begin the cash rent negotiation process.

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