Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Doniphan County$193
- 2Brown County$184
- 3Nemaha County$159
- 4Atchison County$131
- 5Marshall County$126
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Morton County$29.50
- 2Grant County$30.50
- 3Stanton County$32.50
- 4Kearny County$32.50
- 5Hamilton County$34
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Franklin County+20.2% (+$12.50)
- 2Greeley County+19.5% (+$8)
- 3Woodson County+19.4% (+$9.50)
- 4Harper County+19.0% (+$7.50)
- 5Finney County+17.9% (+$7.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Neosho County−12.7% (−$8)
- 2Coffey County−12.1% (−$8.50)
- 3Jackson County−11.2% (−$11.50)
- 4Trego County−9.9% (−$4.50)
- 5Johnson County−9.6% (−$7.50)
All 105 counties
Kansas cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Allen County | Southeast | $70.50 | — | $31 | +11.0% |
| Anderson County | East Central | $70.50 | — | $33.50 | +11.9% |
| Atchison County | Northeast | $131 | — | $41.50 | −3.0% |
| Barber County | South Central | $43 | — | $15 | +1.2% |
| Barton County | Central | $44.50 | $135 | $22 | −1.1% |
| Bourbon County | Southeast | $63.50 | — | $33.50 | +10.4% |
| Brown County | Northeast | $184 | — | $49 | −6.6% |
| Butler County | Southeast | $54 | — | $28 | −2.7% |
| Chase County | East Central | $63 | — | $36 | −9.4% |
| Chautauqua County | Southeast | — | — | $16.50 | — |
| Cherokee County | Southeast | $70 | — | $44.50 | +5.3% |
| Cheyenne County | Northwest | $55 | $170 | $12.50 | +2.8% |
| Clark County | Southwest | $37.50 | — | $15 | +2.7% |
| Clay County | North Central | $99 | — | $35 | +3.1% |
| Cloud County | North Central | $115 | $236 | $40.50 | +4.5% |
| Coffey County | East Central | $61.50 | — | $33 | −12.1% |
| Comanche County | South Central | $35.50 | — | $13 | +7.6% |
| Cowley County | Southeast | $52 | — | $23 | +4.0% |
| Crawford County | Southeast | $73.50 | — | $38 | +8.9% |
| Decatur County | Northwest | $52.50 | — | $16.50 | −6.2% |
| Dickinson County | Central | $62 | — | $26 | −6.8% |
| Doniphan County | Northeast | $193 | — | — | −4.5% |
| Douglas County | East Central | $84.50 | — | $32.50 | −5.6% |
| Edwards County | South Central | $40.50 | $167 | $18.50 | −1.2% |
| Elk County | Southeast | $51 | — | $23.50 | −1.0% |
| Ellis County | Central | — | — | $20 | — |
| Ellsworth County | Central | $45.50 | — | $26 | −8.1% |
| Finney County | Southwest | $49.50 | $210 | $14.50 | +17.9% |
| Ford County | Southwest | $47 | $169 | $15.50 | +10.6% |
| Franklin County | East Central | $74.50 | — | $31.50 | +20.2% |
| Geary County | East Central | $76.50 | — | $31.50 | −6.7% |
| Gove County | West Central | $50 | — | $24.50 | +3.1% |
| Graham County | Northwest | $41.50 | $110 | $20 | −5.7% |
| Grant County | Southwest | $30.50 | — | $12 | — |
| Gray County | Southwest | $49.50 | $154 | $18 | +3.1% |
| Greeley County | West Central | $49 | — | $17 | +19.5% |
| Greenwood County | Southeast | $61 | — | $26 | +10.9% |
| Hamilton County | Southwest | $34 | — | — | +4.6% |
| Harper County | South Central | $47 | — | $21.50 | +19.0% |
| Harvey County | South Central | $67.50 | — | $27.50 | +1.5% |
| Haskell County | Southwest | $41 | $145 | — | +1.2% |
| Hodgeman County | Southwest | $37.50 | — | $17 | +1.4% |
| Jackson County | Northeast | $91.50 | — | $34 | −11.2% |
| Jefferson County | Northeast | $82 | — | $31.50 | +13.9% |
| Jewell County | North Central | $82.50 | — | $30 | −1.2% |
| Johnson County | East Central | $70.50 | — | $31 | −9.6% |
| Kearny County | Southwest | $32.50 | $204 | $11 | −7.1% |
| Kingman County | South Central | $47.50 | — | $21 | +4.4% |
| Kiowa County | South Central | $39 | — | $17 | +14.7% |
| Labette County | Southeast | $61 | — | $37.50 | +15.1% |
| Lane County | West Central | $41 | — | $16 | 0% |
| Leavenworth County | Northeast | $85.50 | — | $39.50 | −2.8% |
| Lincoln County | Central | $68.50 | — | $27 | +7.9% |
| Linn County | East Central | $97 | — | $38.50 | +10.2% |
| Logan County | West Central | $50 | $130 | $13 | 0% |
| Lyon County | East Central | $71.50 | — | $33 | +9.2% |
| Marion County | Central | $55.50 | $102 | $25 | −5.9% |
| Marshall County | Northeast | $126 | — | $27.50 | +9.6% |
| McPherson County | Central | $70.50 | $152 | $28.50 | +5.2% |
| Meade County | Southwest | $46 | — | $12 | +8.2% |
| Miami County | East Central | $86.50 | — | $32.50 | +13.1% |
| Mitchell County | North Central | $76 | $148 | $31.50 | −5.0% |
| Montgomery County | Southeast | $68 | — | $27.50 | +7.9% |
| Morris County | East Central | $61.50 | — | $33 | +6.0% |
| Morton County | Southwest | $29.50 | — | $10 | −1.7% |
| Nemaha County | Northeast | $159 | — | $39.50 | +17.8% |
| Neosho County | Southeast | $55 | — | $35 | −12.7% |
| Ness County | West Central | $41.50 | — | $20.50 | +3.8% |
| Norton County | Northwest | $55 | — | $20 | +14.6% |
| Osage County | East Central | $70 | — | $30 | −2.8% |
| Osborne County | North Central | $58 | — | $23 | −1.7% |
| Ottawa County | North Central | $76 | — | $31.50 | +8.6% |
| Pawnee County | South Central | $47 | — | $17.50 | +8.0% |
| Phillips County | North Central | $58 | — | $25.50 | +12.6% |
| Pottawatomie County | Northeast | $97.50 | — | $30.50 | 0% |
| Pratt County | South Central | $46 | $150 | $18 | +9.5% |
| Rawlins County | Northwest | $66.50 | — | $18 | +3.9% |
| Reno County | South Central | $53 | $181 | $21.50 | −2.8% |
| Republic County | North Central | $99.50 | $237 | $32.50 | +2.6% |
| Rice County | Central | $56.50 | $164 | $19 | −4.2% |
| Riley County | Northeast | $87.50 | — | $31 | +16.7% |
| Rooks County | North Central | $48.50 | — | $21.50 | 0% |
| Rush County | Central | $46 | — | $19 | +13.6% |
| Russell County | Central | $42 | — | $20.50 | +5.0% |
| Saline County | Central | $65 | — | $30.50 | 0% |
| Scott County | West Central | $56.50 | $115 | $17 | +2.7% |
| Sedgwick County | South Central | $56 | $169 | — | 0% |
| Seward County | Southwest | $37 | $137 | $14 | +15.6% |
| Shawnee County | East Central | $71 | $201 | $23.50 | +10.1% |
| Sheridan County | Northwest | $63.50 | $199 | $21.50 | +1.6% |
| Sherman County | Northwest | $63 | $193 | $18.50 | +8.6% |
| Smith County | North Central | $75.50 | — | $27 | +3.4% |
| Stafford County | South Central | $48 | $151 | $19.50 | −6.8% |
| Stanton County | Southwest | $32.50 | $101 | — | +4.8% |
| Stevens County | Southwest | $36 | $131 | $10.50 | −2.7% |
| Sumner County | South Central | $57 | — | $22 | +17.5% |
| Thomas County | Northwest | $65 | $189 | $18.50 | +12.1% |
| Trego County | West Central | $41 | — | $17 | −9.9% |
| Wabaunsee County | East Central | $63 | — | $30.50 | +2.4% |
| Wallace County | West Central | $52.50 | — | $16.50 | +16.7% |
| Washington County | North Central | $91.50 | — | $32.50 | +6.4% |
| Wichita County | West Central | $55.50 | — | $17 | 0% |
| Wilson County | Southeast | $75 | — | $24 | −2.6% |
| Woodson County | Southeast | $58.50 | — | $30.50 | +19.4% |
| Wyandotte County | Northeast | — | — | — | — |
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.