1999 North Dakota County Rents & Values April 1999 Introduction The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an annual survey of farmers and ranchers to obtain rental rates and the value of rented land in their localities. This report is the result of the 1999 survey. The 1999 Survey Over 3,100 North Dakota agricultural producers were sampled for this survey conducted January 19 to February 3, 1999. Of those selected, over 3,000 reports were collected. We would like to thank all who participated for without their cooperation this report would not be possible. The Data The tables in this report contain county level data for cropland, pasture, alfalfa hay, other tame hay, and wild hay. All data refer to non-irrigated land and only include information for cash rental arrangements. All share rent arrangements were excluded. County level data include number of positive reports, minimum and maximum rent reported, the most frequently reported rent (mode), average of positive cash rents reported and the average of positive land value reports. Also included is a 5-year average of rents and values. The minimum and maximum show the range of reported data in each county. This range is affected by the diversity of land and many other factors such as the proximity to towns or cities, availability of rental land and the average size of farms in the area. We advise the reader to exercise discretion when using data from counties with less than fifteen reports tabulated. Using a 3-year average is one way to minimize variability that can occur from year to year. Other Reports The National Agricultural Statistics Service publishes state level estimates for land values and rental rates. These data are not part of this report but are available upon request. For additional information, contact North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service at 701-239-5306 or toll-free at 1-800-626-3134. NON-IRRIGATED CROPLAND CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1999 and Average 1994-98 Average ________________________1999_________________________ Average Most Average County Average Value of Number Minimum Maximum Frequently Average Value of Rental Rented Of Rent Rent Reported Rental Rented Rate Land Reports Reported Reported Rent Rate Land -Dollars Per Acre- -No.- --------Dollars Per Acre-------- ADAMS 20.40 229.00 40 10.00 28.00 20.00 20.60 231.00 BARNES 36.20 440.00 34 22.50 45.00 40.00 36.30 427.00 BENSON 28.90 330.00 39 20.00 35.00 30.00 28.20 338.00 BILLINGS 20.10 252.00 36 11.15 35.00 20.00 20.60 287.00 BOTTINEAU 28.20 369.00 43 16.00 40.00 30.00 28.80 370.00 BOWMAN 18.40 236.00 44 15.00 35.00 20.00 21.40 253.00 BURKE 26.20 308.00 48 20.00 38.00 25.00 26.00 313.00 BURLEIGH 22.70 272.00 35 15.00 30.00 25.00 23.00 248.00 CASS 55.30 838.00 41 37.50 75.00 60.00 54.60 850.00 CAVALIER 36.70 530.00 63 25.00 50.00 35.00 37.10 539.00 DICKEY 31.70 353.00 24 22.00 45.00 35.00 33.50 382.00 DIVIDE 24.00 303.00 37 20.00 35.00 25.00 26.70 321.00 DUNN 19.60 248.00 30 9.00 27.00 20.00 20.40 255.00 EDDY 30.70 324.00 34 20.00 40.00 30.00 30.70 307.00 EMMONS 24.20 277.00 35 18.00 31.00 20.00 24.40 273.00 FOSTER 35.30 374.00 38 28.00 45.00 30.00 34.30 382.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 22.60 276.00 51 12.00 30.00 25.00 23.30 288.00 GRAND FORKS 51.10 687.00 49 30.00 85.00 40.00 48.00 734.00 GRANT 21.30 217.00 38 12.50 27.00 20.00 20.90 218.00 GRIGGS 34.20 355.00 31 25.00 40.00 30.00 33.60 371.00 HETTINGER 24.60 314.00 46 20.00 32.00 25.00 26.10 340.00 KIDDER 22.00 215.00 35 12.00 35.00 20.00 22.60 229.00 LaMOURE 33.30 400.00 26 20.00 50.00 40.00 35.10 414.00 LOGAN 23.80 270.00 32 12.00 37.00 25.00 24.50 264.00 McHENRY 29.60 345.00 28 18.00 40.00 30.00 30.00 314.00 McINTOSH 21.30 245.00 25 18.00 30.00 25.00 22.70 265.00 McKENZIE 21.30 281.00 43 15.00 35.00 20.00 21.60 299.00 McLEAN 30.60 394.00 37 20.00 48.50 30.00 32.70 396.00 MERCER 21.10 282.00 39 15.00 30.00 20.00 22.10 263.00 MORTON 23.80 252.00 43 15.00 30.00 25.00 23.10 240.00 MOUNTRAIL 27.10 333.00 45 20.00 50.00 30.00 31.00 391.00 NELSON 31.70 359.00 55 25.00 38.00 30.00 31.00 348.00 OLIVER 21.70 247.00 31 14.00 31.00 25.00 22.20 252.00 PEMBINA 56.50 928.00 56 30.00 80.00 60.00 53.80 889.00 PIERCE 27.80 325.00 37 20.00 40.00 30.00 29.00 333.00 RAMSEY 31.20 378.00 59 20.00 42.00 30.00 31.00 374.00 RANSOM 39.40 455.00 24 32.50 55.00 40.00 41.90 512.00 RENVILLE 31.40 438.00 51 15.00 45.00 30.00 32.90 475.00 RICHLAND 60.00 894.00 25 45.00 82.50 65.00 63.90 979.00 ROLETTE 28.90 339.00 36 15.00 37.00 30.00 27.60 325.00 SARGENT 38.40 494.00 29 35.00 57.00 40.00 43.10 576.00 SHERIDAN 26.30 285.00 32 20.00 36.00 30.00 29.00 314.00 SIOUX 19.00 177.00 58 12.00 30.00 20.00 18.80 187.00 SLOPE 19.90 257.00 42 10.00 31.00 20.00 21.60 259.00 STARK 22.00 280.00 41 12.00 30.00 25.00 22.50 300.00 STEELE 44.50 535.00 34 25.00 63.00 40.00 43.00 534.00 STUTSMAN 32.70 347.00 37 18.50 45.00 30.00 31.80 364.00 TOWNER 29.30 370.00 52 20.00 40.00 30.00 29.20 365.00 TRAILL 59.30 925.00 29 30.00 80.00 65.00 57.80 907.00 WALSH 48.90 729.00 52 25.00 88.00 35.00 49.60 696.00 WARD 33.10 463.00 43 20.00 45.00 30.00 33.60 457.00 WELLS 30.50 374.00 39 18.00 40.00 30.00 30.60 402.00 WILLIAMS 21.30 299.00 53 15.00 30.00 25.00 22.60 321.00 NON-IRRIGATED PASTURE CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1999 and Average 1994-98 Average _________________________1999________________________ Average Most Average County Average Value of Number Minimum Maximum Frequently Average Value of Rental Rented Of Rent Rent Reported Rental Rented Rate Land Reports Reported Reported Rent Rate Land -Dollars Per Acre- -No.- --------Dollars Per Acre-------- ADAMS 9.80 145.00 30 4.50 15.00 10.00 8.70 152.00 BARNES 10.80 180.00 24 7.00 20.00 10.00 11.10 178.00 BENSON 8.90 149.00 34 5.00 15.00 10.00 9.30 159.00 BILLINGS 10.10 154.00 36 3.00 15.00 10.00 9.80 181.00 BOTTINEAU 10.20 167.00 28 3.00 18.75 10.00 10.50 185.00 BOWMAN 8.00 131.00 39 3.50 16.75 8.00 9.20 148.00 BURKE 7.30 138.00 38 3.50 13.00 5.00 7.30 141.00 BURLEIGH 10.00 156.00 35 6.00 13.50 10.00 9.90 165.00 CASS 13.90 285.00 7 10.00 20.00 10.00 13.00 318.00 CAVALIER 9.80 184.00 12 5.00 15.00 5.00 9.60 180.00 DICKEY 13.50 188.00 22 10.00 20.00 12.00 13.90 228.00 DIVIDE 7.00 130.00 29 4.00 13.00 5.00 7.60 148.00 DUNN 10.30 155.00 30 3.00 15.00 10.00 10.20 170.00 EDDY 10.90 167.00 34 5.00 15.00 10.00 10.90 169.00 EMMONS 10.50 155.00 36 4.30 15.00 10.00 10.60 151.00 FOSTER 11.40 178.00 27 6.00 22.00 10.00 12.00 167.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 7.10 110.00 41 2.00 17.00 6.00 8.10 127.00 GRAND FORKS 10.30 194.00 25 2.00 25.00 10.00 10.30 191.00 GRANT 9.70 143.00 40 6.00 12.00 10.00 9.50 138.00 GRIGGS 10.30 158.00 26 7.00 15.00 10.00 10.40 140.00 HETTINGER 10.70 179.00 40 7.00 15.10 10.00 11.20 193.00 KIDDER 10.70 144.00 37 7.00 18.00 12.00 12.00 144.00 LaMOURE 12.30 210.00 20 7.00 18.00 10.00 11.60 224.00 LOGAN 11.20 171.00 34 8.00 17.00 12.00 11.50 164.00 McHENRY 9.80 154.00 32 7.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 148.00 McINTOSH 11.20 157.00 23 8.00 17.00 10.00 11.50 156.00 McKENZIE 6.80 126.00 29 3.00 15.00 6.00 7.60 146.00 McLEAN 9.20 176.00 31 6.00 15.00 8.00 9.30 177.00 MERCER 8.90 171.00 40 7.00 20.00 10.00 9.70 173.00 MORTON 10.00 155.00 35 6.00 18.00 10.00 10.30 145.00 MOUNTRAIL 7.10 132.00 33 5.00 19.00 8.00 8.40 146.00 NELSON 9.90 159.00 32 6.00 20.00 10.00 10.40 150.00 OLIVER 9.20 158.00 31 4.50 12.00 10.00 9.50 176.00 PEMBINA 11.80 221.00 14 5.00 27.50 10.00 13.90 293.00 PIERCE 9.40 147.00 34 5.00 22.00 10.00 10.40 150.00 RAMSEY 11.80 186.00 22 7.00 20.00 10.00 11.50 195.00 RANSOM 13.70 208.00 17 10.00 18.00 12.00 13.40 245.00 RENVILLE 10.10 165.00 21 4.00 20.00 10.00 10.20 195.00 RICHLAND 15.50 256.00 7 7.50 25.00 15.00 16.10 297.00 ROLETTE 11.60 172.00 28 2.00 25.00 10.00 10.70 163.00 SARGENT 14.20 216.00 15 9.00 25.00 15.00 16.70 277.00 SHERIDAN 9.00 141.00 29 5.00 14.00 10.00 9.30 145.00 SIOUX 8.00 112.00 42 2.00 15.00 10.00 8.20 119.00 SLOPE 9.50 141.00 31 2.50 18.00 10.00 9.90 152.00 STARK 11.20 174.00 41 6.00 18.00 10.00 11.10 191.00 STEELE 9.80 153.00 12 7.50 15.00 10.00 9.70 160.00 STUTSMAN 11.50 179.00 29 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.70 177.00 TOWNER 9.30 144.00 21 3.50 17.00 10.00 9.40 164.00 TRAILL 10.00 238.00 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ WALSH 10.70 160.00 21 4.00 20.00 10.00 9.90 183.00 WARD 9.30 174.00 32 2.50 15.00 10.00 8.90 164.00 WELLS 9.90 167.00 34 6.00 17.50 10.00 10.30 177.00 WILLIAMS 6.30 122.00 34 2.50 17.00 5.00 6.70 144.00 1/ Insufficient data. NON-IRRIGATED HAYLAND CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1999 ________Alfalfa 1/________ _____Other Tame Hay 2/____ _Wild or Prairie Grass 3/_ Average Average Average Number Average Value of Number Average Value of Number Average Value of COUNTY of Rental Rented of Rental Rented of Rental Rented Reports Rate Land Reports Rate Land Reports Rate Land -No.- -Dollars per Acre- -No.- -Dollars per Acre- -No.- -Dollars per Acre- ADAMS 27 17.40 209.00 26 13.30 182.00 21 10.70 155.00 BARNES 14 29.90 360.00 11 16.50 236.00 13 13.50 189.00 BENSON 16 16.30 266.00 19 9.80 163.00 17 9.10 133.00 BILLINGS 32 17.90 253.00 28 15.50 228.00 21 11.00 174.00 BOTTINEAU 20 17.50 259.00 23 11.40 193.00 23 10.00 169.00 BOWMAN 38 17.20 216.00 34 14.20 189.00 23 10.10 147.00 BURKE 23 15.80 210.00 24 12.00 180.00 22 9.00 147.00 BURLEIGH 25 17.00 237.00 24 13.40 189.00 26 9.40 160.00 CASS 7 46.10 636.00 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ CAVALIER 10 26.50 323.00 9 14.10 214.00 10 12.90 181.00 DICKEY 13 22.50 328.00 16 16.30 268.00 15 13.60 223.00 DIVIDE 14 17.40 240.00 12 10.90 159.00 11 9.60 151.00 DUNN 25 16.80 237.00 20 13.90 204.00 19 8.90 168.00 EDDY 24 22.10 240.00 24 12.70 172.00 25 10.80 152.00 EMMONS 26 26.70 230.00 23 12.40 168.00 27 10.20 140.00 FOSTER 14 20.40 303.00 17 15.40 185.00 13 10.20 142.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 23 20.70 247.00 25 15.20 199.00 17 9.40 125.00 GRAND FORKS 20 28.20 414.00 16 16.10 271.00 18 13.70 190.00 GRANT 30 21.60 193.00 31 14.50 157.00 24 10.00 133.00 GRIGGS 14 25.90 268.00 11 14.10 187.00 15 11.80 147.00 HETTINGER 33 20.70 280.00 30 13.90 208.00 23 11.00 173.00 KIDDER 30 16.60 216.00 26 12.50 164.00 28 10.90 146.00 LaMOURE 10 31.80 398.00 11 17.80 249.00 13 11.80 208.00 LOGAN 24 19.90 242.00 23 13.70 196.00 22 11.00 155.00 McHENRY 18 17.60 186.00 20 11.30 154.00 22 10.60 145.00 McINTOSH 14 17.80 235.00 12 13.10 188.00 15 10.40 152.00 McKENZIE 23 18.00 246.00 23 13.10 201.00 23 9.80 139.00 McLEAN 16 17.50 308.00 16 11.40 220.00 15 9.20 189.00 MERCER 23 19.80 249.00 23 13.40 202.00 22 9.90 179.00 MORTON 30 21.30 213.00 26 16.30 174.00 29 11.60 143.00 MOUNTRAIL 21 17.20 255.00 18 11.90 200.00 15 8.30 128.00 NELSON 15 26.00 280.00 17 15.40 203.00 19 10.60 156.00 OLIVER 20 22.50 247.00 19 18.70 230.00 19 11.20 183.00 PEMBINA 11 38.60 471.00 8 17.10 261.00 7 15.90 257.00 PIERCE 21 20.00 243.00 26 10.80 155.00 27 10.20 145.00 RAMSEY 10 24.10 280.00 8 14.50 224.00 11 10.50 183.00 RANSOM 11 34.10 460.00 9 15.20 258.00 9 14.20 233.00 RENVILLE 20 18.50 334.00 11 16.20 292.00 12 12.20 233.00 RICHLAND 7 63.20 524.00 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ ROLETTE 22 19.20 277.00 18 13.10 211.00 22 10.40 169.00 SARGENT 9 37.50 545.00 10 17.60 369.00 14 14.50 281.00 SHERIDAN 11 16.70 233.00 11 11.60 190.00 13 7.60 141.00 SIOUX 46 19.10 176.00 38 13.40 146.00 31 8.40 118.00 SLOPE 31 18.20 219.00 30 13.60 179.00 25 9.70 146.00 STARK 32 19.20 266.00 29 14.20 232.00 21 10.80 183.00 STEELE 8 40.30 450.00 6 12.50 249.00 7 10.70 186.00 STUTSMAN 16 19.00 290.00 16 14.10 175.00 16 10.30 155.00 TOWNER 12 23.20 296.00 8 15.60 160.00 9 11.20 183.00 TRAILL 6 42.50 533.00 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ WALSH 13 31.20 346.00 14 15.00 200.00 14 8.00 152.00 WARD 13 21.20 344.00 14 13.80 240.00 14 9.20 159.00 WELLS 15 19.20 307.00 16 10.80 194.00 16 9.50 153.00 WILLIAMS 19 18.30 262.00 16 11.40 199.00 16 8.00 157.00 1/ Alfalfa and alfalfa-grass mixtures to be cut for hay. 2/ Excludes grain hay and wild hay. 3/ To be cut for hay. 4/ Insufficient data. 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