Cost of Renting Farmland Down in Most Areas

Renters of cropland paid less per acre in 2016 than they did in 2015 according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Renting any Washington cropland cost on average $13 less at $195 an acre while in Oregon the cost was down $9 to $137 per acre.

The most expensive place in Washington rent cropland was in what was designated as the East Central area consisting of Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Grant and Lincoln counties at $401 per acre.

In Oregon the North Central area of Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman and Wasco counties topped the state at $325 per acre.

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