Every rent NASS published here
- No 2023 estimate to compare
- 12% below the Florida average ($55.50)
- Coefficient of variation: 4.5%
- No 2025 estimate to compare
- 74% above the Florida average ($21.50)
- Coefficient of variation: 17.2%
| Land type | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-irrigated cropland | $49 | — | — |
| Pasture | — | — | $37.50 |
— means NASS did not publish a county estimate that year (too few reports, or withheld to protect respondents). We never fill the gap.
Lafayette County against the counties that touch it
Pasture, 2026. The 2 bordering counties with a published rent average $34 an acre, so Lafayette County sits 9% above its neighbors.
| # | County | $/acre | vs Lafayette | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilchrist County | $49 | +$11.50 | −5.8% |
| 2 | Lafayette County | $37.50 | — | — |
| 3 | Madison County | $19.50 | −$18 | — |
In the NASS Northeast district, Lafayette County ranks #1 of 3 on pasture rent.
Can your crop budget carry $49?
The county average is what tenants paid, not what the ground can earn. Plug in your own yield, price and costs to see the most rent your budget supports, and how that compares with the 2024 non-irrigated cropland average for Lafayette County. The starting values are a generic corn example, not Lafayette County figures. Replace them.
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What the assumptions produce
Residual after non-land costs and target return.
Per-acre ceiling multiplied by rented acres.
Calculated rent ceiling as a share of crop revenue.
Yield revenue plus other entered revenue.
Compare your result with the Lafayette County non-irrigated cropland average.
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Where these numbers come from
- Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
- NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
- The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
- "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
- An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.
Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.