Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Martin County$280
- 2Sibley County$278
- 3Dodge County$277
- 4Goodhue County$277
- 5Rock County$277
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Aitkin County$18.50
- 2Carlton County$19
- 3St. Louis County$20.50
- 4Hubbard County$23.50
- 5Cass County$30
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1St. Louis County+95.2% (+$10)
- 2Hubbard County+46.9% (+$7.50)
- 3Itasca County+27.9% (+$8.50)
- 4Otter Tail County+27.2% (+$26.50)
- 5Lake of the Woods County+24.5% (+$11.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Carlton County−20.8% (−$5)
- 2Pine County−19.8% (−$10)
- 3Winona County−15.4% (−$38)
- 4Mille Lacs County−12.0% (−$11)
- 5Mahnomen County−10.5% (−$15)
All 84 counties
Minnesota cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Aitkin County | East Central | $18.50 | — | $14.50 | +5.7% |
| Anoka County | East Central | $70.50 | — | — | −0.7% |
| Becker County | Northwest | $127 | — | $26 | +1.6% |
| Beltrami County | North Central | $54 | — | $15 | +14.9% |
| Benton County | Central | $128 | — | $27 | +17.4% |
| Big Stone County | West Central | $184 | — | — | +8.9% |
| Blue Earth County | South Central | $252 | — | — | −5.3% |
| Brown County | South Central | $236 | $251 | — | +4.0% |
| Carlton County | East Central | $19 | — | $13 | −20.8% |
| Carver County | Central | $252 | — | $47.50 | +9.1% |
| Cass County | North Central | $30 | — | $22.50 | +20.0% |
| Chippewa County | West Central | $212 | — | — | −6.2% |
| Chisago County | East Central | $81 | — | $27.50 | −2.4% |
| Clay County | Northwest | $172 | — | — | +1.2% |
| Clearwater County | Northwest | $48 | — | $19 | +4.3% |
| Cottonwood County | Southwest | $231 | — | $52.50 | −5.3% |
| Crow Wing County | East Central | $44.50 | — | $15.50 | +2.3% |
| Dakota County | Southeast | $252 | $285 | $62.50 | +5.9% |
| Dodge County | Southeast | $277 | — | $42 | +1.8% |
| Douglas County | West Central | $162 | — | $35 | +6.6% |
| Faribault County | South Central | $254 | — | — | −3.8% |
| Fillmore County | Southeast | $263 | — | $48.50 | +13.9% |
| Freeborn County | South Central | $272 | — | — | −1.4% |
| Goodhue County | Southeast | $277 | $284 | $43.50 | — |
| Grant County | West Central | $188 | $195 | — | −6.9% |
| Hennepin County | East Central | $141 | — | — | −2.8% |
| Houston County | Southeast | $217 | — | $40 | −1.4% |
| Hubbard County | North Central | $23.50 | $220 | $18.50 | +46.9% |
| Isanti County | East Central | $59.50 | — | — | — |
| Itasca County | North Central | $39 | — | — | +27.9% |
| Jackson County | Southwest | $243 | — | $70 | +1.7% |
| Kanabec County | East Central | $70.50 | — | $20.50 | +12.8% |
| Kandiyohi County | Central | $275 | $287 | $63.50 | +10.0% |
| Kittson County | Northwest | $89.50 | — | — | −3.2% |
| Koochiching County | North Central | — | — | — | — |
| Lac qui Parle County | West Central | $215 | — | $39 | +1.4% |
| Lake of the Woods County | North Central | $58.50 | — | — | +24.5% |
| Le Sueur County | South Central | $258 | — | — | +1.6% |
| Lincoln County | Southwest | $223 | — | $67 | +1.4% |
| Lyon County | Southwest | $230 | — | $55 | +3.6% |
| Mahnomen County | Northwest | $128 | — | $17.50 | −10.5% |
| Marshall County | Northwest | $114 | — | $24.50 | −5.0% |
| Martin County | South Central | $280 | — | — | −1.8% |
| McLeod County | Central | $233 | — | — | −7.2% |
| Meeker County | Central | $217 | $230 | $45 | +2.4% |
| Mille Lacs County | East Central | $80.50 | — | $21 | −12.0% |
| Morrison County | Central | $94 | — | $19.50 | +2.2% |
| Mower County | Southeast | $276 | — | $39.50 | +4.5% |
| Murray County | Southwest | $246 | — | $61.50 | −0.4% |
| Nicollet County | South Central | $275 | — | — | +6.6% |
| Nobles County | Southwest | $244 | — | $70 | −3.2% |
| Norman County | Northwest | $161 | — | — | +5.9% |
| Olmsted County | Southeast | $246 | — | $53.50 | +2.5% |
| Otter Tail County | West Central | $124 | $217 | $26.50 | +27.2% |
| Pennington County | Northwest | $83 | — | $22 | −4.6% |
| Pine County | East Central | $40.50 | — | $21.50 | −19.8% |
| Pipestone County | Southwest | $233 | — | $68.50 | +9.4% |
| Polk County | Northwest | $166 | $211 | $29 | +21.2% |
| Pope County | West Central | $177 | $229 | $40.50 | +14.2% |
| Red Lake County | Northwest | $90.50 | — | — | +2.8% |
| Redwood County | Southwest | — | — | — | — |
| Renville County | Central | $268 | — | $64.50 | −0.4% |
| Rice County | South Central | $276 | $350 | — | +7.0% |
| Rock County | Southwest | $277 | — | $68 | +15.4% |
| Roseau County | Northwest | $70.50 | — | $21 | +9.3% |
| Scott County | Central | $236 | — | — | +12.9% |
| Sherburne County | Central | $66 | $235 | $36.50 | +20.0% |
| Sibley County | Central | $278 | — | — | 0% |
| St. Louis County | Northeast | $20.50 | — | — | +95.2% |
| Stearns County | Central | $191 | $273 | $33.50 | +2.7% |
| Steele County | South Central | $258 | — | $39 | 0% |
| Stevens County | West Central | $189 | $207 | — | −0.5% |
| Swift County | West Central | $220 | $229 | $42.50 | −3.9% |
| Todd County | Central | $110 | — | — | −5.2% |
| Traverse County | West Central | $182 | — | — | −9.9% |
| Wabasha County | Southeast | $241 | — | $54 | +3.4% |
| Wadena County | Central | $39 | $215 | — | −9.3% |
| Waseca County | South Central | $263 | — | — | +1.2% |
| Washington County | East Central | $145 | $216 | — | −5.2% |
| Watonwan County | South Central | $252 | — | — | −2.7% |
| Wilkin County | West Central | $180 | — | — | +19.2% |
| Winona County | Southeast | $208 | — | $69.50 | −15.4% |
| Wright County | Central | $192 | — | $37.50 | +9.7% |
| Yellow Medicine County | West Central | — | — | $57 | — |
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.