1997 North Dakota County Rents & Values April 1997 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 1997 survey. The 1997 Survey Over 3,100 North Dakota agricultural producers were sampled for this survey conducted January 8-25, 1997. Of those selected, over 2,850 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 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 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, 1997 and Average 1992-96 Average ________________________1997_________________________ 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 19.20 220.00 42 15.00 30.00 20.00 22.20 246.00 BARNES 35.70 405.00 29 27.50 45.00 35.00 36.80 454.00 BENSON 27.50 307.00 39 25.00 40.00 30.00 30.10 356.00 BILLINGS 18.80 233.00 30 15.00 27.50 20.00 20.50 261.00 BOTTINEAU 27.00 335.00 39 17.50 42.00 30.00 29.70 395.00 BOWMAN 18.10 226.00 35 10.00 25.00 20.00 18.70 238.00 BURKE 24.60 289.00 38 18.00 39.00 25.00 26.50 303.00 BURLEIGH 21.50 254.00 25 17.50 30.00 25.00 23.60 280.00 CASS 53.20 759.00 30 32.00 75.00 50.00 56.60 846.00 CAVALIER 35.80 492.00 58 28.00 47.50 40.00 37.90 579.00 DICKEY 29.20 316.00 26 25.00 45.00 30.00 33.10 397.00 DIVIDE 23.20 269.00 37 14.00 35.00 25.00 24.30 332.00 DUNN 19.00 225.00 25 13.00 25.00 20.00 18.70 255.00 EDDY 30.60 318.00 30 20.00 38.00 30.00 29.70 320.00 EMMONS 23.20 257.00 37 20.00 30.00 25.00 24.50 292.00 FOSTER 34.40 362.00 33 27.00 42.50 35.00 35.20 383.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 22.00 270.00 48 13.00 35.00 20.00 22.60 277.00 GRAND FORKS 49.90 662.00 47 35.00 87.50 50.00 53.80 764.00 GRANT 20.60 204.00 37 11.00 27.50 20.00 21.30 228.00 GRIGGS 34.10 351.00 25 23.00 45.00 35.00 34.40 342.00 HETTINGER 23.00 285.00 41 20.00 31.50 25.00 25.50 324.00 KIDDER 21.70 207.00 35 13.50 35.00 20.00 21.80 219.00 LaMOURE 31.10 365.00 25 30.00 42.50 35.00 36.20 434.00 LOGAN 23.30 265.00 26 18.00 32.50 25.00 23.70 275.00 McHENRY 26.90 311.00 27 20.00 40.00 32.50 31.20 366.00 McINTOSH 20.40 236.00 23 15.00 30.00 20.00 21.80 262.00 McKENZIE 21.40 285.00 34 17.00 26.00 20.00 20.80 276.00 McLEAN 28.10 352.00 35 24.00 40.00 35.00 32.70 405.00 MERCER 20.10 268.00 37 14.50 30.00 20.00 22.10 297.00 MORTON 22.50 231.00 37 15.00 30.00 25.00 23.70 257.00 MOUNTRAIL 25.30 302.00 31 17.50 40.00 25.00 28.50 361.00 NELSON 30.70 349.00 49 25.00 42.50 35.00 32.80 370.00 OLIVER 20.80 239.00 33 17.00 30.00 20.00 22.00 256.00 PEMBINA 55.70 905.00 51 35.00 85.00 50.00 57.90 929.00 PIERCE 26.40 295.00 31 20.00 35.00 30.00 27.90 331.00 RAMSEY 30.10 356.00 49 25.00 45.00 30.00 31.40 377.00 RANSOM 38.00 433.00 25 33.00 50.00 40.00 41.00 492.00 RENVILLE 29.30 386.00 41 20.00 47.50 30.00 31.90 454.00 RICHLAND 59.00 862.00 29 40.00 75.00 60.00 58.60 872.00 ROLETTE 27.20 300.00 36 20.00 35.00 35.00 30.10 375.00 SARGENT 37.50 449.00 29 25.00 52.50 37.50 37.80 499.00 SHERIDAN 24.70 264.00 29 20.00 40.00 25.00 27.50 298.00 SIOUX 18.10 164.00 51 8.50 30.00 20.00 19.80 184.00 SLOPE 18.50 241.00 28 12.50 27.50 20.00 20.60 264.00 STARK 21.00 265.00 38 16.00 35.00 22.00 22.40 282.00 STEELE 44.10 486.00 32 34.00 65.00 45.00 44.80 563.00 STUTSMAN 31.90 327.00 28 25.00 45.00 35.00 33.70 359.00 TOWNER 28.60 350.00 46 20.00 37.00 30.00 29.20 366.00 TRAILL 59.80 887.00 22 45.00 85.00 45.00 58.10 937.00 WALSH 48.90 715.00 51 30.00 90.00 30.00 46.20 620.00 WARD 30.40 406.00 42 27.00 50.00 40.00 36.10 532.00 WELLS 29.60 345.00 36 22.00 40.00 30.00 30.70 376.00 WILLIAMS 20.10 273.00 45 18.50 30.00 20.00 22.40 309.00 NON-IRRIGATED PASTURE CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1997 and Average 1992-96 Average _______________________1997__________________________ 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 9.30 135.00 35 4.00 18.00 10.00 10.30 156.00 BARNES 11.00 166.00 15 7.00 15.00 10.00 11.00 178.00 BENSON 8.70 136.00 26 5.00 18.00 10.00 8.90 164.00 BILLINGS 9.70 141.00 25 3.00 15.00 10.00 10.60 165.00 BOTTINEAU 9.80 153.00 23 6.00 15.00 10.00 10.10 177.00 BOWMAN 7.70 123.00 31 3.75 16.00 8.00 8.30 131.00 BURKE 7.00 127.00 25 4.00 14.00 6.00 7.50 144.00 BURLEIGH 9.70 147.00 24 7.50 15.00 10.00 10.20 153.00 CASS 15.30 259.00 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ CAVALIER 9.10 173.00 11 5.00 20.00 11.00 11.20 173.00 DICKEY 12.60 170.00 23 10.00 20.00 15.00 13.60 212.00 DIVIDE 7.10 127.00 26 4.00 10.00 7.00 7.10 129.00 DUNN 9.60 143.00 21 3.00 18.00 10.00 10.40 161.00 EDDY 11.10 159.00 26 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.80 168.00 EMMONS 10.30 147.00 35 8.00 14.00 10.00 10.20 168.00 FOSTER 11.40 165.00 26 7.00 15.00 11.00 10.70 190.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 6.80 100.00 27 2.00 15.00 5.00 7.00 113.00 GRAND FORKS 9.40 176.00 12 7.50 17.00 10.00 10.50 230.00 GRANT 9.30 134.00 37 5.50 12.00 10.00 9.70 146.00 GRIGGS 10.70 147.00 23 7.00 15.00 10.00 10.30 147.00 HETTINGER 10.20 164.00 32 6.25 18.00 10.00 11.10 187.00 KIDDER 10.60 136.00 38 5.00 14.00 10.00 11.00 153.00 LaMOURE 11.80 190.00 20 9.00 17.50 11.00 13.00 219.00 LOGAN 10.80 169.00 30 9.00 13.50 10.00 11.10 169.00 McHENRY 9.40 143.00 25 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.60 159.00 McINTOSH 11.10 151.00 24 8.00 14.00 12.00 11.60 155.00 McKENZIE 7.00 122.00 20 2.00 11.00 5.00 6.10 124.00 McLEAN 8.80 163.00 27 5.25 15.00 9.00 9.40 182.00 MERCER 8.50 160.00 33 7.00 15.50 10.00 9.50 184.00 MORTON 9.70 144.00 34 7.00 14.00 10.00 9.90 150.00 MOUNTRAIL 6.90 121.00 25 4.00 10.00 6.00 7.00 150.00 NELSON 9.60 146.00 28 4.00 18.00 10.00 10.00 181.00 OLIVER 9.00 156.00 39 5.50 14.00 8.00 9.10 165.00 PEMBINA 11.00 201.00 15 5.00 20.00 10.00 11.80 285.00 PIERCE 9.00 139.00 23 4.00 16.00 10.00 9.10 143.00 RAMSEY 11.10 170.00 14 8.00 20.00 10.00 11.80 194.00 RANSOM 13.10 200.00 17 10.00 24.00 12.00 14.40 228.00 RENVILLE 9.50 147.00 17 7.00 15.00 10.00 10.20 198.00 RICHLAND 15.50 228.00 6 10.00 25.00 10.00 15.20 300.00 ROLETTE 10.90 149.00 25 7.00 25.00 10.00 11.70 200.00 SARGENT 13.20 194.00 16 10.00 20.00 10.00 13.80 228.00 SHERIDAN 8.70 128.00 26 6.50 12.00 9.00 9.10 143.00 SIOUX 7.60 100.00 36 3.75 16.00 8.00 7.80 117.00 SLOPE 8.50 132.00 25 5.00 18.00 8.00 10.90 151.00 STARK 10.50 161.00 35 6.00 18.00 10.00 11.60 180.00 STEELE 9.90 150.00 11 6.00 15.00 10.00 9.80 171.00 STUTSMAN 11.40 169.00 24 8.00 18.00 12.00 11.60 189.00 TOWNER 9.10 143.00 24 5.00 17.00 10.00 10.10 169.00 TRAILL 10.80 244.00 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ WALSH 10.60 159.00 21 4.00 15.00 10.00 9.80 162.00 WARD 8.80 160.00 31 4.68 15.00 10.00 9.30 185.00 WELLS 9.70 155.00 30 7.00 15.00 10.00 9.50 177.00 WILLIAMS 6.10 111.00 31 3.00 12.00 6.00 6.30 128.00 1/ Insufficient data. NON-IRRIGATED HAYLAND CASH RENTS AND VALUES, North Dakota, 1997 ________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 35 17.80 220.00 31 13.00 167.00 22 10.80 139.00 BARNES 7 32.50 412.00 7 13.70 326.00 6 10.30 228.00 BENSON 6 16.90 254.00 12 9.10 171.00 11 8.10 146.00 BILLINGS 21 17.90 232.00 20 14.30 201.00 17 10.20 178.00 BOTTINEAU 16 20.30 291.00 13 14.60 209.00 14 10.10 178.00 BOWMAN 24 14.50 183.00 24 12.00 162.00 19 9.80 144.00 BURKE 13 16.40 218.00 11 11.90 201.00 8 8.80 128.00 BURLEIGH 13 21.20 265.00 12 13.00 182.00 17 9.60 151.00 CASS 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ CAVALIER 4/ 4/ 4/ 5 15.00 360.00 5 11.20 235.00 DICKEY 14 24.50 391.00 12 16.20 241.00 17 14.10 207.00 DIVIDE 7 13.70 205.00 5 11.90 187.00 7 7.90 127.00 DUNN 17 15.00 234.00 18 14.20 201.00 14 10.10 172.00 EDDY 15 18.50 273.00 19 12.70 193.00 20 10.00 173.00 EMMONS 23 24.70 281.00 22 14.30 178.00 20 10.10 172.00 FOSTER 18 25.80 326.00 17 13.20 206.00 19 11.80 200.00 GOLDEN VALLEY 24 21.80 242.00 17 15.50 173.00 13 10.20 107.00 GRAND FORKS 8 31.60 440.00 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ GRANT 31 23.50 219.00 22 15.70 175.00 21 10.90 146.00 GRIGGS 11 20.00 253.00 11 14.70 176.00 10 12.00 143.00 HETTINGER 18 19.80 246.00 16 17.00 213.00 12 11.80 173.00 KIDDER 29 16.10 195.00 31 12.50 167.00 30 9.90 142.00 LaMOURE 9 28.60 393.00 8 21.90 325.00 9 16.70 217.00 LOGAN 24 19.10 237.00 23 13.20 202.00 21 10.50 170.00 McHENRY 12 17.70 220.00 15 11.90 161.00 19 11.30 142.00 McINTOSH 16 21.00 245.00 13 14.20 197.00 16 10.30 141.00 McKENZIE 15 17.20 213.00 9 11.20 160.00 8 9.40 117.00 McLEAN 8 17.60 292.00 6 14.00 223.00 8 9.50 166.00 MERCER 24 18.80 271.00 21 13.20 231.00 19 9.10 179.00 MORTON 24 20.20 239.00 21 14.80 182.00 20 10.60 149.00 MOUNTRAIL 10 19.80 249.00 5 11.50 228.00 6 8.20 139.00 NELSON 14 25.10 314.00 18 15.30 255.00 17 11.80 178.00 OLIVER 26 21.10 237.00 18 13.80 188.00 16 10.50 162.00 PEMBINA 13 35.10 638.00 14 26.40 334.00 11 17.50 284.00 PIERCE 15 22.00 233.00 16 12.30 170.00 18 9.50 133.00 RAMSEY 8 29.10 333.00 9 17.90 253.00 7 12.30 217.00 RANSOM 7 36.70 408.00 10 23.60 253.00 9 16.90 185.00 RENVILLE 13 18.40 288.00 13 14.10 261.00 7 9.10 197.00 RICHLAND 5 43.90 715.00 5 13.90 325.00 5 13.40 270.00 ROLETTE 15 22.30 318.00 15 15.30 215.00 14 10.60 180.00 SARGENT 10 36.10 456.00 11 19.40 272.00 10 15.60 241.00 SHERIDAN 9 16.30 227.00 7 14.00 171.00 10 8.80 150.00 SIOUX 37 18.90 176.00 36 15.00 150.00 36 7.80 117.00 SLOPE 19 16.70 217.00 19 14.00 192.00 15 10.10 150.00 STARK 27 19.90 248.00 28 15.60 212.00 24 12.10 186.00 STEELE 5 37.40 539.00 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ STUTSMAN 12 24.90 307.00 11 17.20 268.00 12 13.30 186.00 TOWNER 7 22.90 291.00 12 13.00 181.00 14 7.60 129.00 TRAILL 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ WALSH 7 25.40 358.00 9 16.80 218.00 14 10.70 172.00 WARD 6 22.80 376.00 11 10.70 229.00 10 8.70 196.00 WELLS 13 20.80 291.00 18 12.00 208.00 19 9.30 161.00 WILLIAMS 13 15.40 266.00 15 13.40 229.00 13 8.90 137.00 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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