Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Limestone County$139
- 2Lawrence County$113
- 3Colbert County$105
- 4Escambia County$101
- 5Cherokee County$94.50
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Choctaw County$14.50
- 2Clarke County$17
- 3Clay County$18
- 4Sumter County$20
- 5Walker County$24
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Lee County+68.3% (+$14)
- 2St. Clair County+49.0% (+$12)
- 3Winston County+43.2% (+$8)
- 4Lowndes County+37.7% (+$11.50)
- 5Chambers County+36.6% (+$7.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Marshall County−20.0% (−$10)
- 2Choctaw County−19.4% (−$3.50)
- 3Calhoun County−15.1% (−$11.50)
- 4Morgan County−15.0% (−$11.50)
- 5Montgomery County−14.5% (−$5)
All 63 counties
Alabama cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Autauga County | Black Belt | $50.50 | — | $33 | 0% |
| Baldwin County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $90 | $143 | $33.50 | −2.7% |
| Barbour County | Wiregrass | $58.50 | — | $37.50 | +15.8% |
| Bibb County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $24 | — | $20.50 | +4.3% |
| Blount County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $48 | — | $24 | +2.1% |
| Bullock County | Black Belt | — | — | $14.50 | — |
| Calhoun County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $64.50 | — | $33 | −15.1% |
| Chambers County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $28 | — | $18.50 | +36.6% |
| Cherokee County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $94.50 | $172 | $27.50 | −1.6% |
| Chilton County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $24.50 | — | $14.50 | +8.9% |
| Choctaw County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $14.50 | — | — | −19.4% |
| Clarke County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $17 | — | — | — |
| Clay County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $18 | — | $11.50 | +33.3% |
| Cleburne County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $30.50 | — | $26 | +5.2% |
| Coffee County | Wiregrass | $49.50 | — | $35.50 | +1.0% |
| Colbert County | Northern Valley | $105 | — | $31 | +1.0% |
| Conecuh County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $27.50 | — | $17 | −14.1% |
| Covington County | Wiregrass | $66.50 | — | $33 | +9.9% |
| Crenshaw County | Wiregrass | $30 | — | $22.50 | +15.4% |
| Cullman County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $47.50 | — | $29 | +33.8% |
| Dale County | Wiregrass | $54.50 | — | $32.50 | +11.2% |
| Dallas County | Black Belt | $36.50 | — | $25.50 | +5.8% |
| DeKalb County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $60 | — | $28.50 | +4.3% |
| Elmore County | Black Belt | $44.50 | — | $13.50 | +4.7% |
| Escambia County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $101 | — | $45 | −10.6% |
| Etowah County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $59.50 | — | $45.50 | +13.3% |
| Fayette County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $46.50 | — | $22 | +12.0% |
| Franklin County | Northern Valley | $72.50 | — | $37 | +2.1% |
| Geneva County | Wiregrass | $59.50 | — | $37 | −5.6% |
| Greene County | Black Belt | $26 | — | $24 | +30.0% |
| Hale County | Black Belt | $52.50 | — | $31.50 | +16.7% |
| Henry County | Wiregrass | $51.50 | — | $30.50 | −1.0% |
| Houston County | Wiregrass | $61 | — | $29 | +8.0% |
| Jackson County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $61.50 | — | $38 | +10.8% |
| Lamar County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $40.50 | — | $23.50 | 0% |
| Lauderdale County | Northern Valley | $78.50 | — | $23.50 | +1.9% |
| Lawrence County | Northern Valley | $113 | $152 | $30.50 | +7.6% |
| Lee County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $34.50 | — | $15.50 | +68.3% |
| Limestone County | Northern Valley | $139 | — | $31 | +9.4% |
| Lowndes County | Black Belt | $42 | — | $27.50 | +37.7% |
| Macon County | Black Belt | $41 | — | $22.50 | — |
| Madison County | Northern Valley | — | — | $26 | — |
| Marengo County | Black Belt | $39.50 | — | $38 | +1.3% |
| Marion County | Northern Valley | $34 | — | $20.50 | −8.1% |
| Marshall County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $40 | — | $32.50 | −20.0% |
| Mobile County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $83.50 | — | $33.50 | — |
| Monroe County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $66.50 | $160 | $26.50 | −1.5% |
| Montgomery County | Black Belt | $29.50 | — | $21.50 | −14.5% |
| Morgan County | Northern Valley | $65 | — | $32 | −15.0% |
| Perry County | Black Belt | — | — | — | — |
| Pickens County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $49.50 | — | — | — |
| Pike County | Wiregrass | $40 | — | $36 | −9.1% |
| Randolph County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $25.50 | — | $24.50 | −8.9% |
| Russell County | Wiregrass | $41.50 | — | $20.50 | — |
| Shelby County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $41.50 | $69.50 | $18 | −1.2% |
| St. Clair County | Mountains & Eastern Valley | $36.50 | — | $17 | +49.0% |
| Sumter County | Black Belt | $20 | — | $19.50 | −4.8% |
| Talladega County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $53.50 | — | $11 | +17.6% |
| Tuscaloosa County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $46 | — | $30 | +4.5% |
| Walker County | Upper Plains & Piedmont | $24 | — | $18 | +2.1% |
| Washington County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | — | — | $20 | — |
| Wilcox County | Coastal Plains & Gulf Coast | $33.50 | — | $17.50 | +26.4% |
| Winston County | Northern Valley | $26.50 | — | $24 | +43.2% |
Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.
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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.