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New Mexico Cash Rent by County — 2026 USDA Rates
Compare mean annual cash rent per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, and pasture. Every summary keeps land type and rate year separate, with active history from 2019 through 2026.
2026 USDA rate year
The median among 3 reporting counties was $19 per acre. USDA's separately published statewide mean was $21 per acre. Curry County had the highest reported county mean at $28. The largest absolute consecutive-year change was -25.5% in Roosevelt County.
Geographic pattern
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State history
2019–2026 median among reporting counties
314 published county-land-type records and 478 suppressed or missing records are retained. Unavailable annual values are shown explicitly and never interpolated.
- Non-irrigated cropland
- Irrigated cropland
- Pasture
Year-by-year values by land type
Non-irrigated cropland
| Year | USDA state mean | County median | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not available | $18 | 3 |
| 2020 | Not available | $17 | 3 |
| 2021 | Not available | $19 | 2 |
| 2022 | Not available | $15 | 4 |
| 2023 | Not available | $18 | 2 |
| 2024 | Not available | $22 | 4 |
| 2025 | $19 | $19 | 4 |
| 2026 | $21 | $19 | 3 |
Irrigated cropland
| Year | USDA state mean | County median | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not available | $125 | 10 |
| 2020 | Not available | $104 | 20 |
| 2021 | Not available | $123 | 16 |
| 2022 | Not available | $150 | 10 |
| 2023 | Not available | $168 | 13 |
| 2024 | Not available | $129 | 14 |
| 2025 | $152 | $140 | 13 |
| 2026 | $159 | $166 | 10 |
Pasture
| Year | USDA state mean | County median | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not available | $2 | 27 |
| 2020 | Not available | $2 | 24 |
| 2021 | Not available | $2 | 25 |
| 2022 | Not available | $2 | 25 |
| 2023 | Not available | $3 | 23 |
| 2024 | Not available | $3 | 20 |
| 2025 | $4 | $3 | 23 |
| 2026 | $4 | $3 | 16 |
Highest and lowest reported means
County rankings by land type
Each list uses 2026 values for one land type only.
Non-irrigated cropland
Highest
Lowest
Not available
Irrigated cropland
Highest
- Doña Ana County$296
- Luna County$248
- De Baca County$194
- San Juan County$177
- Chaves County$175
Lowest
- Quay County$62
- Curry County$81
- Eddy County$110
- Roosevelt County$122
- Valencia County$156
Pasture
Sortable county table
2026 county cash rents
Change is shown only when the same land type has a valid value in the immediately prior year.
| County | Non-irrigated cropland | YoY change | Rate year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curry County | $28/acre | +17.0% | 2026 |
| Roosevelt County | $19/acre | -25.5% | 2026 |
| Quay County | $11/acre | -18.5% | 2026 |
| Chaves County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Cibola County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| De Baca County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Doña Ana County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Eddy County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Guadalupe County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Harding County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Lea County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Lincoln County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Luna County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Rio Arriba County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Juan County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Miguel County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Sandoval County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Santa Fe County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Torrance County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Union County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Valencia County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
Source and method
How to read this report
USDA county cash rent is a mean for a named land-use category. It is not a low, median, and high distribution. The state cards above are labeled medians among reporting counties unless an official USDA statewide mean is explicitly available.
Rate year: 2026. USDA source release: Aug 21, 2026. Dataset refreshed: Oct 9, 2026.
Data editor: LandLeaseRates Data Team · Reviewed against active release bce02b07.
Read the full methodologyNarrative limitsFindings on this page are generated only from the active typed release; they do not infer causes or interpolate missing data.