Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Mississippi County$169
- 2Chicot County$159
- 3Cross County$140
- 4St. Francis County$136
- 5Woodruff County$127
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Grant County$13
- 2Dallas County$13.50
- 3Saline County$17
- 4Columbia County$17
- 5Searcy County$19
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Montgomery County+147.8% (+$17)
- 2Poinsett County+71.9% (+$46)
- 3Stone County+71.4% (+$12.50)
- 4Sebastian County+70.7% (+$14.50)
- 5Pike County+65.2% (+$15)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Prairie County−33.3% (−$13)
- 2Cleveland County−25.8% (−$8.50)
- 3Lawrence County−21.7% (−$25)
- 4Little River County−20.0% (−$7)
- 5Randolph County−19.5% (−$8.50)
All 73 counties
Arkansas cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Arkansas County | East Central | — | $158 | $27 | — |
| Ashley County | Southeast | — | $170 | $37.50 | — |
| Baxter County | North Central | $25.50 | — | $19.50 | +24.4% |
| Benton County | Northwest | $52.50 | — | $30 | +50.0% |
| Boone County | Northwest | $35.50 | — | $27.50 | −5.3% |
| Calhoun County | South Central | — | — | — | — |
| Carroll County | Northwest | $50 | — | $37.50 | 0% |
| Chicot County | Southeast | $159 | $165 | — | — |
| Clark County | South Central | $39.50 | — | $13 | +29.5% |
| Clay County | Northeast | — | $195 | — | — |
| Cleburne County | North Central | $23 | — | $17.50 | −11.5% |
| Cleveland County | South Central | $24.50 | — | — | −25.8% |
| Columbia County | South Central | $17 | — | $33 | +41.7% |
| Conway County | Central | $24.50 | — | $14 | +40.0% |
| Craighead County | Northeast | — | $159 | $19.50 | — |
| Crawford County | West Central | $31 | — | $22.50 | +34.8% |
| Crittenden County | East Central | $109 | $157 | — | +5.8% |
| Cross County | East Central | $140 | $149 | — | +43.6% |
| Dallas County | South Central | $13.50 | — | — | — |
| Desha County | Southeast | — | $177 | — | — |
| Drew County | Southeast | $39 | $150 | $20.50 | +59.2% |
| Faulkner County | Central | $26 | $100 | $18 | −16.1% |
| Franklin County | West Central | $26.50 | — | $14 | +43.2% |
| Fulton County | North Central | $32 | — | $27 | +30.6% |
| Garland County | Central | — | — | $8.40 | — |
| Grant County | Central | $13 | — | — | — |
| Greene County | Northeast | $105 | $192 | $20 | +34.6% |
| Hempstead County | Southwest | $30 | — | $26.50 | +30.4% |
| Hot Spring County | Central | $25.50 | — | $19 | — |
| Howard County | Southwest | $32 | — | $27 | +48.8% |
| Independence County | Northeast | $28.50 | — | $28 | −10.9% |
| Izard County | North Central | $28 | — | $14.50 | +40.0% |
| Jackson County | Northeast | — | $185 | $30.50 | — |
| Jefferson County | Southeast | $82.50 | $185 | — | +52.8% |
| Johnson County | West Central | $23.50 | — | $19.50 | +11.9% |
| Lafayette County | Southwest | — | $174 | $34.50 | — |
| Lawrence County | Northeast | $90 | $150 | $25 | −21.7% |
| Lee County | East Central | — | $152 | — | — |
| Lincoln County | Southeast | $25 | $156 | $21 | −5.7% |
| Little River County | Southwest | $28 | — | $27.50 | −20.0% |
| Logan County | West Central | $33 | — | $16.50 | +29.4% |
| Lonoke County | East Central | $30 | $174 | $18 | −14.3% |
| Madison County | Northwest | $53 | — | $35 | +53.6% |
| Marion County | North Central | $30 | — | $32 | +17.6% |
| Miller County | Southwest | $32 | — | $20 | −8.6% |
| Mississippi County | Northeast | $169 | $184 | — | +52.3% |
| Monroe County | East Central | — | $157 | — | — |
| Montgomery County | Southwest | $28.50 | — | $22.50 | +147.8% |
| Nevada County | South Central | $19 | — | $32 | +5.6% |
| Newton County | Northwest | $25.50 | — | $24.50 | +15.9% |
| Perry County | Central | $27 | — | $22 | +10.2% |
| Phillips County | East Central | $119 | $146 | — | — |
| Pike County | Southwest | $38 | — | $24.50 | +65.2% |
| Poinsett County | Northeast | $110 | $184 | — | +71.9% |
| Polk County | West Central | $31 | — | $26 | +34.8% |
| Pope County | West Central | $19 | — | $27 | −13.6% |
| Prairie County | East Central | $26 | $140 | $17.50 | −33.3% |
| Pulaski County | Central | $39 | — | — | −8.2% |
| Randolph County | Northeast | $35 | $172 | $29.50 | −19.5% |
| Saline County | Central | $17 | — | $10.50 | +21.4% |
| Scott County | West Central | $23 | — | $21.50 | +48.4% |
| Searcy County | North Central | $19 | — | $19.50 | +52.0% |
| Sebastian County | West Central | $35 | — | $11.50 | +70.7% |
| Sevier County | Southwest | $24 | — | $30.50 | −9.4% |
| Sharp County | North Central | $25 | — | $18.50 | +28.2% |
| St. Francis County | East Central | $136 | $152 | — | +36.7% |
| Stone County | North Central | $30 | — | $24 | +71.4% |
| Union County | South Central | — | — | $16 | — |
| Van Buren County | North Central | $21 | — | $14.50 | +50.0% |
| Washington County | Northwest | $53 | — | $31 | +1.0% |
| White County | Northeast | $30.50 | $118 | $18.50 | +17.3% |
| Woodruff County | East Central | $127 | $155 | — | — |
| Yell County | West Central | $26 | — | $18.50 | +52.9% |
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.