Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Aroostook County$108
- 2Franklin County$71.50
- 3Cumberland County$66.50
- 4York County$58
- 5Penobscot County$52.50
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Oxford County$24
- 2Somerset County$25.50
- 3Waldo County$27.50
- 4Androscoggin County$43.50
- 5Kennebec County$48.50
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Kennebec County+34.7% (+$12.50)
- 2York County+28.9% (+$13)
- 3Penobscot County+22.1% (+$9.50)
- 4Waldo County+14.6% (+$3.50)
- 5Aroostook County+0.9% (+$1)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Franklin County−21.9% (−$20)
- 2Cumberland County−18.9% (−$15.50)
- 3Somerset County−15.0% (−$4.50)
- 4Oxford County−7.7% (−$2)
- 5Androscoggin County−3.3% (−$1.50)
Maine cash rent table, 2026
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| Androscoggin County | South | $43.50 | — | — | −3.3% |
| Aroostook County | North | $108 | — | — | +0.9% |
| Cumberland County | South | $66.50 | — | — | −18.9% |
| Franklin County | South | $71.50 | — | — | −21.9% |
| Kennebec County | South | $48.50 | — | — | +34.7% |
| Oxford County | South | $24 | — | — | −7.7% |
| Penobscot County | Central | $52.50 | — | — | +22.1% |
| Somerset County | Central | $25.50 | — | — | −15.0% |
| Waldo County | Central | $27.50 | — | — | +14.6% |
| York County | South | $58 | — | — | +28.9% |
Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.
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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.