Massachusetts → Berkshire
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Pasture here rented for $18 an acre in 2020. That's the 44th percentile nationally. Fewer than 5 Massachusetts counties reported that year, too few to rank within the state.
NASS has no 2026 pasture cash rent result for this county (suppressed or left out of the survey that year). The rate shown is from 2020, this county's most recent published year.
The record, computed from 2 archived USDA survey years, 2017–2020
too few years on record to draw a fair trend; the table below has what exists
Since 2017, this county's rate has risen 20 percent: $15 then, $18 in 2020.
The counties next door
The comparison made at the kitchen table is with the neighbors. Every bordering county NASS tracks is listed at its most recent published rate.
| County | $/acre |
|---|---|
| Rensselaer, New York | $61.50 (2025) |
| Franklin | $34 (2021) |
| Hampshire | $25 (2021) |
| Dutchess, New York | $20 (2020) |
| Columbia, New York | $18 |
Every year on record
| Year | $/acre |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $15 |
| 2020 | $18 |
This page prints clean from your browser. Take it to the table.
Planned: the Berkshire County negotiation packet. A one-page brief
to hand across the table, lease terms as ranchers contribute them (water, fencing, maintenance, term
length) and the stocking-rate bridge between dollars per acre and per-head rates. The rates, the history
and the neighbors table above stay free. What's free today.