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Cash rent tracker · USDA 2026

What the ground costs to rent. Every county USDA counts.

Rent is the first check most young and tenant farmers write, and it's set against land prices that outside money keeps bidding up. Here's the published USDA number for your county, how it moved, and how it stacks up against the county next door, so you walk into the lease talk with receipts.

2,796 counties48 states3 land types0 guesses
2026 non-irrigated cropland cash rent by stateAK: no county cash-rent surveyAlabama: $75/acreArkansas: $50/acreArizona: no state average publishedCalifornia: $39/acreColorado: $33.50/acreConnecticut: $91/acreDelaware: $112/acreFlorida: $58/acreGeorgia: $83.50/acreHawaii: $194/acreIowa: $271/acreIdaho: $64.50/acreIllinois: $261/acreIndiana: $230/acreKansas: $66.50/acreKentucky: $169/acreLouisiana: $84.50/acreMassachusetts: $97.50/acreMaryland: $129/acreMaine: $80/acreMichigan: $148/acreMinnesota: $205/acreMissouri: $145/acreMississippi: $103/acreMontana: $33/acreNorth Carolina: $104/acreNorth Dakota: $85/acreNebraska: $168/acreNew Hampshire: $64/acreNew Jersey: $84.50/acreNew Mexico: $20.50/acreNevada: no state average publishedNew York: $88.50/acreOhio: $188/acreOklahoma: $36/acreOregon: $115/acrePennsylvania: $112/acreRI: no county cash-rent surveySouth Carolina: $50/acreSouth Dakota: $140/acreTennessee: $118/acreTexas: $35.50/acreUtah: $32/acreVirginia: $69.50/acreVermont: $68/acreWashington: $74.50/acreWisconsin: $166/acreWest Virginia: $38.50/acreWyoming: $14.50/acre
Non-irrigated cropland, 2026 state average$14.50$271no data
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State averages, 2026

$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published

Alabama$75$139$27−2.0%63
Arizona—$328$2.80—12
Arkansas$50$163$23.50−3.8%73
California$39$470$16.50−2.5%52
Colorado$33.50$185$7.60+1.5%50
Connecticut$91——+11.7%7
Delaware$112$197—+7.7%3
Florida$58$279$21.50+3.6%46
Georgia$83.50$242$38+1.2%120
Hawaii$194$437$15+2.1%4
Idaho$64.50$287$17+2.4%42
Illinois$261$275$53−1.1%97
Indiana$230$277$61+2.2%91
Iowa$271$285$68.50−1.1%99
Kansas$66.50$172$24+3.9%105
Kentucky$169$217$39.50+1.8%98
Louisiana$84.50$131$250%52
Maine$80——+3.2%10
Maryland$129$233$62.50+7.5%22
Massachusetts$97.50$297$26.50+10.2%12
Michigan$148$260$41+3.5%74
Minnesota$205$235$35+3.0%84
Mississippi$103$185$24+3.5%76
Missouri$145$226$39.50−2.0%114
Montana$33$112$9.10+1.5%52
Nebraska$168$283$29.50+1.2%93
Nevada—$172$14—6
New Hampshire$64——+6.7%7
New Jersey$84.50$162—+15.0%12
New Mexico$20.50$159$4.20+10.8%29
New York$88.50$182$30.50+7.3%48
North Carolina$104$137$38−1.0%96
North Dakota$85$186$23.50+2.4%53
Ohio$188$220$37+2.2%86
Oklahoma$36$108$180%77
Oregon$115$265$13.50+4.5%34
Pennsylvania$112$189$48.50+2.8%61
South Carolina$50$122$24.50+1.0%43
South Dakota$140$235$31+2.9%66
Tennessee$118$182$30+2.6%93
Texas$35.50$125$8.60−2.7%244
Utah$32$120$8.20−7.2%27
Vermont$68—$310%11
Virginia$69.50$132$33.50+2.2%91
Washington$74.50$430$8.30−1.3%35
West Virginia$38.50—$19−13.5%35
Wisconsin$166$258$44.50+3.1%68
Wyoming$14.50$86.50$7.30−9.4%23
Top of the market

Priciest dryland counties, 2026

  1. 1Macon County, IL$347
  2. 2Moultrie County, IL$337
  3. 3Sioux County, IA$336
  4. 4Sangamon County, IL$334
  5. 5Christian County, IL$332
  6. 6Logan County, IL$326
  7. 7McLean County, IL$326
  8. 8Grundy County, IA$322
  9. 9Champaign County, IL$316
  10. 10Douglas County, IL$313
Use it

Turn the average into a number you can pay

  • Find your county and note the rent for your land type, its one-year move, and the CV.
  • Check the bordering counties. A field on the county line competes with both.
  • Run the cash rent ceiling calculator on each county page with your own yield, price and costs. If the going rate is above your ceiling, that's the conversation to have before you sign.
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Sources & method

Where these numbers come from

  • Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
  • NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
  • The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
  • "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
  • An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.

Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.