Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Nez Perce County$89
- 2Lewis County$87.50
- 3Boundary County$81
- 4Benewah County$80
- 5Latah County$79.50
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Bannock County$22.50
- 2Oneida County$26
- 3Teton County$26.50
- 4Power County$32
- 5Blaine County$32
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Oneida County+26.8% (+$5.50)
- 2Bear Lake County+25.0% (+$7)
- 3Franklin County+19.0% (+$5.50)
- 4Blaine County+14.3% (+$4)
- 5Madison County+13.5% (+$6)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Teton County−8.6% (−$2.50)
- 2Power County−5.9% (−$2)
- 3Boundary County−5.3% (−$4.50)
- 4Latah County−4.2% (−$3.50)
- 5Bonner County−3.6% (−$2)
All 42 counties
Idaho cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Ada County | Southwest | — | $208 | $12 | — |
| Adams County | Southwest | — | $70 | $30 | — |
| Bannock County | East | $22.50 | $167 | $12.50 | — |
| Bear Lake County | East | $35 | $78.50 | $16 | +25.0% |
| Benewah County | North | $80 | — | — | +7.4% |
| Bingham County | East | — | $286 | $22 | — |
| Blaine County | South Central | $32 | $120 | $15.50 | +14.3% |
| Bonner County | North | $53 | — | $10.50 | −3.6% |
| Bonneville County | East | — | $146 | $16.50 | — |
| Boundary County | North | $81 | — | $17.50 | −5.3% |
| Butte County | East | — | $178 | — | — |
| Camas County | South Central | — | — | $11 | — |
| Canyon County | Southwest | — | $300 | — | — |
| Caribou County | East | $43.50 | $140 | — | +8.8% |
| Cassia County | South Central | — | $405 | $12 | — |
| Clark County | East | — | $138 | $25 | — |
| Clearwater County | North | $57 | — | $19 | +7.5% |
| Custer County | East | — | $90 | $16 | — |
| Elmore County | Southwest | — | $405 | — | — |
| Franklin County | East | $34.50 | $106 | — | +19.0% |
| Fremont County | East | $58 | $180 | $39 | +8.4% |
| Gem County | Southwest | — | $143 | $9.40 | — |
| Gooding County | South Central | — | $425 | $25 | — |
| Idaho County | North | $70 | — | $9.20 | +2.9% |
| Jefferson County | East | — | $168 | $28 | — |
| Jerome County | South Central | — | $410 | — | — |
| Kootenai County | North | — | $70 | $19 | — |
| Latah County | North | $79.50 | — | $9.80 | −4.2% |
| Lemhi County | East | — | $74 | $25 | — |
| Lewis County | North | $87.50 | — | — | −1.7% |
| Lincoln County | South Central | — | $261 | $50 | — |
| Madison County | East | $50.50 | $190 | — | +13.5% |
| Minidoka County | South Central | — | $390 | — | — |
| Nez Perce County | North | $89 | — | — | +4.1% |
| Oneida County | East | $26 | $127 | $9.50 | +26.8% |
| Owyhee County | Southwest | — | $254 | $16.50 | — |
| Payette County | Southwest | — | $184 | — | — |
| Power County | East | $32 | $290 | — | −5.9% |
| Teton County | East | $26.50 | $59.50 | $21.50 | −8.6% |
| Twin Falls County | South Central | — | $319 | — | — |
| Valley County | Southwest | — | $106 | $21 | — |
| Washington County | Southwest | — | $221 | — | — |
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.