1996 North Dakota County Rents & Values April 1996 Introduction The USDA's North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service 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 1996 survey. The 1996 Survey Over 3,100 North Dakota agricultural producers were sampled for this survey conducted January 16-30, 1996. Of those selected, over 2,800 reports were tabulated. 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 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 three-year average is one way to minimize variability that can occur from year to year. Other Reports USDA's Economic Research 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 the 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, 1996 and Average 1991-95 Average _________________________1996________________________ 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 18.50 213.00 44 15.00 25.00 20.00 19.70 221.00 BARNES 34.70 388.00 31 30.00 45.00 35.00 36.40 456.00 BENSON 26.80 298.00 39 24.00 35.00 30.00 28.90 326.00 BILLINGS 18.00 226.00 37 11.00 27.00 20.00 20.50 242.00 BOTTINEAU 26.40 325.00 40 20.00 35.00 30.00 28.40 362.00 BOWMAN 17.80 222.00 27 8.50 30.00 20.00 18.10 218.00 BURKE 23.90 274.00 44 19.00 46.00 25.00 26.40 335.00 BURLEIGH 20.90 241.00 34 18.00 28.00 20.00 23.00 270.00 CASS 52.70 733.00 36 35.00 75.00 55.00 54.10 785.00 CAVALIER 35.20 474.00 49 25.00 55.00 35.00 36.30 529.00 DICKEY 27.90 297.00 31 22.50 40.00 35.00 32.00 350.00 DIVIDE 22.40 257.00 41 18.50 32.50 25.00 24.80 297.00 DUNN 18.50 218.00 28 10.00 30.00 20.00 19.60 245.00 EDDY 29.60 309.00 32 20.00 42.50 30.00 32.80 326.00 EMMONS 22.50 247.00 38 20.00 35.00 25.00 24.80 260.00 FOSTER 33.90 352.00 32 25.00 45.00 35.00 35.80 378.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 22.10 267.00 41 15.00 32.00 20.00 21.80 264.00 GRAND FORKS 50.00 656.00 49 30.00 85.00 45.00 49.70 628.00 GRANT 20.20 198.00 39 13.50 28.50 22.00 20.80 209.00 GRIGGS 34.10 350.00 28 21.00 45.00 30.00 33.50 349.00 HETTINGER 21.90 266.00 35 18.50 30.00 25.00 24.90 328.00 KIDDER 21.10 204.00 34 12.00 35.00 20.00 22.20 201.00 LaMOURE 30.70 347.00 21 25.00 40.00 30.00 31.30 381.00 LOGAN 23.00 260.00 27 15.00 35.00 20.00 24.00 261.00 McHENRY 25.70 297.00 28 20.00 45.00 35.00 29.60 335.00 McINTOSH 20.20 231.00 27 15.50 30.00 22.00 21.60 248.00 McKENZIE 21.30 281.00 40 15.00 25.00 20.00 20.20 258.00 McLEAN 27.00 332.00 36 24.00 40.00 30.00 30.20 420.00 MERCER 19.70 256.00 33 15.00 35.00 20.00 20.80 302.00 MORTON 21.80 225.00 35 16.00 40.00 25.00 24.20 245.00 MOUNTRAIL 24.30 291.00 37 17.00 42.00 30.00 27.60 324.00 NELSON 30.40 344.00 45 20.00 40.00 30.00 30.40 333.00 OLIVER 20.20 233.00 35 16.00 29.50 20.00 21.70 244.00 PEMBINA 56.00 883.00 50 30.00 85.00 50.00 53.90 921.00 PIERCE 25.90 289.00 31 20.00 42.00 30.00 28.40 320.00 RAMSEY 29.10 346.00 50 24.00 40.00 30.00 32.30 369.00 RANSOM 37.60 417.00 23 25.00 55.00 40.00 38.60 433.00 RENVILLE 27.90 366.00 34 25.00 47.00 30.00 32.40 430.00 RICHLAND 58.00 833.00 24 35.00 80.00 70.00 60.00 910.00 ROLETTE 26.30 290.00 40 13.00 42.50 30.00 29.00 325.00 SARGENT 36.70 428.00 26 30.00 53.00 35.00 39.10 496.00 SHERIDAN 24.00 257.00 28 20.00 38.00 25.00 26.10 292.00 SIOUX 17.60 157.00 44 12.00 26.50 20.00 18.50 183.00 SLOPE 18.00 231.00 31 15.00 25.00 20.00 19.90 257.00 STARK 20.60 257.00 33 15.00 30.00 20.00 22.10 281.00 STEELE 43.10 458.00 34 30.00 70.00 40.00 44.90 548.00 STUTSMAN 31.60 318.00 34 17.50 40.00 30.00 32.30 331.00 TOWNER 28.10 335.00 57 20.00 37.50 30.00 28.70 377.00 TRAILL 59.00 869.00 27 42.50 85.00 50.00 61.20 905.00 WALSH 47.60 673.00 44 28.00 86.00 65.00 52.20 792.00 WARD 29.00 382.00 41 19.00 42.00 35.00 33.80 476.00 WELLS 29.40 333.00 45 20.00 43.00 30.00 30.50 376.00 WILLIAMS 19.40 265.00 47 12.00 35.00 20.00 21.60 285.00 NON-IRRIGATED PASTURE CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1996 and Average 1991-95 Average ________________________1996_________________________ 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 9.10 129.00 40 5.00 18.00 10.00 9.80 140.00 BARNES 10.70 165.00 22 7.50 20.00 10.00 11.30 167.00 BENSON 8.60 135.00 26 6.00 12.00 10.00 9.00 137.00 BILLINGS 9.40 136.00 35 3.50 23.50 10.00 10.90 153.00 BOTTINEAU 9.50 149.00 29 3.00 20.00 10.00 10.20 176.00 BOWMAN 7.60 117.00 31 3.00 17.00 8.00 7.80 124.00 BURKE 6.90 118.00 26 4.00 12.00 7.00 7.20 144.00 BURLEIGH 9.40 140.00 31 6.50 15.00 10.00 10.00 150.00 CASS 14.90 249.00 9 10.00 25.00 18.00 15.10 226.00 CAVALIER 8.50 157.00 12 7.00 20.00 10.00 11.80 205.00 DICKEY 12.30 157.00 23 10.00 18.75 12.00 13.30 196.00 DIVIDE 7.20 123.00 29 2.00 15.00 5.00 7.10 136.00 DUNN 9.30 141.00 26 3.50 15.00 10.00 10.40 153.00 EDDY 10.90 152.00 30 8.00 15.00 10.00 11.00 171.00 EMMONS 10.20 142.00 36 7.00 15.00 10.00 10.80 154.00 FOSTER 11.20 159.00 26 8.50 20.00 10.00 11.80 168.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 6.30 98.00 21 2.00 15.00 10.00 8.60 103.00 GRAND FORKS 9.30 175.00 19 2.00 25.00 10.00 9.70 168.00 GRANT 9.00 127.00 41 4.50 19.00 10.00 9.70 146.00 GRIGGS 10.70 144.00 20 7.00 15.00 10.00 10.60 157.00 HETTINGER 9.90 156.00 31 8.50 15.00 10.00 10.60 182.00 KIDDER 10.40 134.00 36 7.00 17.50 10.00 10.50 131.00 LaMOURE 11.70 180.00 20 8.00 18.00 10.00 11.80 197.00 LOGAN 10.70 164.00 28 8.00 14.00 12.00 10.90 172.00 McHENRY 9.20 139.00 28 3.50 20.00 10.00 9.90 156.00 McINTOSH 11.00 146.00 26 8.00 15.00 10.00 11.10 161.00 McKENZIE 6.90 115.00 25 3.00 13.50 8.00 7.30 136.00 McLEAN 8.60 155.00 27 6.00 15.00 8.00 9.00 175.00 MERCER 8.50 153.00 34 6.00 11.00 8.00 8.50 169.00 MORTON 9.50 138.00 32 5.00 17.50 10.00 10.30 151.00 MOUNTRAIL 6.80 118.00 31 4.50 15.00 8.00 6.90 127.00 NELSON 9.20 140.00 25 3.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 150.00 OLIVER 8.70 152.00 38 5.50 15.00 10.00 9.40 157.00 PEMBINA 11.40 207.00 15 4.50 20.00 10.00 11.10 187.00 PIERCE 9.00 133.00 21 5.50 16.50 8.00 9.30 149.00 RAMSEY 10.70 163.00 17 5.00 15.00 15.00 11.50 171.00 RANSOM 12.50 188.00 19 9.00 25.00 15.00 15.10 210.00 RENVILLE 9.20 143.00 16 6.00 15.00 10.00 9.60 156.00 RICHLAND 14.60 233.00 7 12.00 25.00 12.00 16.90 200.00 ROLETTE 10.60 142.00 32 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.30 166.00 SARGENT 13.10 187.00 15 8.00 16.50 12.00 13.40 203.00 SHERIDAN 8.60 126.00 24 7.00 10.00 10.00 8.90 134.00 SIOUX 7.10 95.00 32 3.00 16.00 8.00 8.10 113.00 SLOPE 8.20 127.00 27 2.50 18.00 10.00 9.50 137.00 STARK 10.20 155.00 27 8.00 15.00 10.00 11.10 174.00 STEELE 10.00 145.00 19 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.30 160.00 STUTSMAN 11.30 161.00 26 7.00 14.00 10.00 11.10 175.00 TOWNER 9.20 144.00 21 4.50 15.00 10.00 8.80 139.00 TRAILL 10.80 244.00 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ WALSH 10.40 158.00 16 5.00 20.00 15.00 12.70 156.00 WARD 8.60 152.00 31 5.00 16.00 10.00 9.60 177.00 WELLS 9.60 152.00 37 6.00 15.00 10.00 9.70 169.00 WILLIAMS 6.00 109.00 32 3.25 12.00 5.00 6.50 118.00 1/ Insufficient data. NON-IRRIGATED HAYLAND CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1996 ________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 32 17.40 195.00 30 14.10 161.00 26 10.60 134.00 BARNES 10 25.40 400.00 8 16.40 230.00 8 12.30 185.00 BENSON 11 14.30 209.00 15 11.00 170.00 17 8.50 139.00 BILLINGS 29 16.50 208.00 28 12.70 184.00 26 10.70 152.00 BOTTINEAU 11 16.50 252.00 16 13.20 204.00 14 9.60 168.00 BOWMAN 22 15.70 190.00 21 11.90 156.00 19 8.70 129.00 BURKE 9 14.30 265.00 9 11.70 165.00 11 6.30 135.00 BURLEIGH 22 16.10 215.00 25 11.40 184.00 26 8.70 145.00 CASS 9 52.30 640.00 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ CAVALIER 8 31.90 515.00 8 11.80 289.00 11 8.60 189.00 DICKEY 14 27.30 338.00 16 18.70 253.00 17 14.20 182.00 DIVIDE 4/ 4/ 4/ 6 13.20 200.00 7 7.60 125.00 DUNN 22 15.30 222.00 22 13.80 208.00 20 10.00 153.00 EDDY 24 20.80 255.00 25 15.70 194.00 27 11.20 160.00 EMMONS 25 25.20 240.00 28 13.30 173.00 31 11.20 151.00 FOSTER 11 21.60 309.00 11 18.40 248.00 12 12.60 178.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 18 21.40 232.00 18 15.60 169.00 16 11.50 106.00 GRAND FORKS 12 38.00 468.00 9 16.30 228.00 8 12.60 172.00 GRANT 33 22.80 197.00 32 15.80 169.00 28 10.80 142.00 GRIGGS 11 25.50 300.00 12 16.20 204.00 11 11.70 161.00 HETTINGER 17 19.60 256.00 15 15.20 215.00 16 11.50 173.00 KIDDER 27 15.40 174.00 28 11.80 152.00 25 9.40 131.00 LaMOURE 9 27.70 342.00 10 15.90 228.00 12 11.00 186.00 LOGAN 21 19.20 263.00 17 13.50 185.00 16 10.80 163.00 McHENRY 14 20.80 202.00 16 11.30 157.00 16 9.70 152.00 McINTOSH 16 19.10 226.00 19 14.70 185.00 18 9.70 152.00 McKENZIE 21 19.50 244.00 19 15.30 207.00 14 9.90 152.00 McLEAN 9 19.60 282.00 9 10.00 210.00 13 8.90 153.00 MERCER 20 19.40 256.00 17 13.30 210.00 18 9.20 168.00 MORTON 18 21.80 208.00 14 15.00 184.00 16 10.10 149.00 MOUNTRAIL 15 18.50 241.00 12 13.00 180.00 12 7.50 124.00 NELSON 13 24.70 259.00 15 15.40 186.00 16 12.40 155.00 OLIVER 23 19.30 231.00 20 14.50 197.00 21 9.40 153.00 PEMBINA 11 44.80 731.00 7 15.30 179.00 6 15.80 200.00 PIERCE 12 23.70 219.00 18 12.30 124.00 17 9.20 119.00 RAMSEY 12 25.50 333.00 10 16.20 244.00 10 14.00 183.00 RANSOM 12 34.80 416.00 10 29.00 333.00 10 16.50 218.00 RENVILLE 11 21.20 325.00 11 14.20 239.00 11 12.00 157.00 RICHLAND 9 51.10 805.00 8 27.40 404.00 6 13.40 194.00 ROLETTE 23 22.20 290.00 18 14.80 203.00 17 10.70 163.00 SARGENT 10 28.70 449.00 9 11.60 226.00 10 11.90 193.00 SHERIDAN 14 13.90 203.00 13 11.30 173.00 14 9.10 129.00 SIOUX 34 18.30 167.00 30 14.20 149.00 28 7.30 115.00 SLOPE 15 17.60 181.00 16 13.70 162.00 13 10.50 139.00 STARK 24 20.00 263.00 20 17.20 221.00 17 11.60 164.00 STEELE 5 37.80 436.00 7 15.70 209.00 8 11.00 150.00 STUTSMAN 17 25.80 280.00 15 15.40 184.00 17 10.70 154.00 TOWNER 11 22.70 328.00 11 14.80 189.00 8 10.00 147.00 TRAILL 5 57.00 767.00 5 21.50 280.00 4/ 4/ 4/ WALSH 11 23.60 339.00 8 9.20 184.00 10 7.90 162.00 WARD 15 21.40 361.00 16 16.10 296.00 18 9.40 183.00 WELLS 16 23.20 316.00 12 14.90 186.00 16 9.70 160.00 WILLIAMS 10 22.80 239.00 11 18.10 187.00 11 10.90 132.00 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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