# PastureRents

> US pasture and grazing lease rate benchmark, computed from USDA NASS survey data. Two
> independent series, never blended: county-level pasture cash rent ($/acre, 2008-2025,
> 2,657 counties) and state-level grazing fees ($/animal-unit-month,
> per cow-calf pair, per head; 1979-2025, 17 Western states).

## Headline facts (as of 2026-10-01)
- National median county-level pasture cash rent, 2025: $23.00/acre.
- Every county's rate carries a same-state and national percentile, a typical range
  (25th-75th percentile of county averages), full year-by-year history, and the rates of
  every county sharing its border (US Census adjacency).
- Counties NASS suppressed or skipped show their most recent published year, always labeled.

## URL patterns
- County: /county-{STATE_CODE}-{county-name-slug}.html (e.g. /county-IA-story.html)
- State: /state-{STATE_CODE}.html (e.g. /state-TX.html)
- Rankings: /rankings.html — state medians and grazing fees, ranked
- Movers: /movers.html — the counties whose rate changed the most, year over year
- Method: /methodology.html — sources, percentile math, suppression handling
- Full data: /llms-full.txt — every county's current figure, percentile, and URL in one file

## Coverage
- Pasture cash rent states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
- Grazing fee states (the 17 NASS surveys): Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
- Alaska, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have never carried the county pasture rent item.

## Citing
- Format: "PastureRents, USDA NASS pasture cash rent and grazing fee benchmark, 2026-10-01."
- License: CC BY 4.0 — reuse free with attribution and a link.
- Underlying survey data is USDA NASS (public domain); the percentiles, ranges, histories,
  and adjacency joins are computed by this site.