Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Suffolk County$146
- 2Livingston County$141
- 3Cayuga County$133
- 4Genesee County$131
- 5Orleans County$128
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Schoharie County$38
- 2Essex County$45
- 3Otsego County$48.50
- 4Tioga County$49
- 5Jefferson County$49
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Herkimer County+42.2% (+$21.50)
- 2Seneca County+38.8% (+$25)
- 3Ulster County+38.7% (+$29)
- 4Dutchess County+33.3% (+$13.50)
- 5Schoharie County+33.3% (+$9.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Fulton County−64.4% (−$89.50)
- 2Montgomery County−19.7% (−$13.50)
- 3Rensselaer County−17.3% (−$11)
- 4Franklin County−16.9% (−$13)
- 5Chemung County−14.7% (−$9.50)
All 48 counties
New York cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Allegany County | Southwest | $85 | — | — | −2.9% |
| Broome County | Southern | $65.50 | — | — | −5.8% |
| Cattaraugus County | Southwest | $83.50 | — | — | — |
| Cayuga County | Central | $133 | — | — | +17.7% |
| Chautauqua County | Southwest | $95.50 | — | $26.50 | +20.1% |
| Chemung County | Southern | $55 | — | — | −14.7% |
| Chenango County | Central | $63 | — | $14.50 | +2.4% |
| Clinton County | Northeast | $62.50 | — | — | +14.7% |
| Columbia County | Southeast | $54 | — | $18 | +17.4% |
| Cortland County | Central | $75.50 | — | $39.50 | +4.1% |
| Delaware County | Southeast | $49.50 | — | — | +10.0% |
| Dutchess County | Southeast | $54 | — | — | +33.3% |
| Erie County | Western | $86.50 | $90.50 | $23 | +10.2% |
| Essex County | Northeast | $45 | — | — | — |
| Franklin County | Northeast | $64 | — | — | −16.9% |
| Fulton County | Eastern | $49.50 | — | $127 | −64.4% |
| Genesee County | Western | $131 | — | — | +6.5% |
| Greene County | Southeast | — | — | — | — |
| Herkimer County | Central | $72.50 | — | $40 | +42.2% |
| Jefferson County | Northern | $49 | — | $30.50 | +4.3% |
| Lewis County | Northern | $79 | — | $36 | +10.5% |
| Livingston County | Western | $141 | — | — | −8.4% |
| Madison County | Central | $68.50 | — | $35 | +7.0% |
| Monroe County | Western | $80.50 | — | — | −12.0% |
| Montgomery County | Eastern | $55 | — | $18.50 | −19.7% |
| Niagara County | Western | $74.50 | — | — | +2.1% |
| Oneida County | Central | $73 | — | $13.50 | +28.1% |
| Onondaga County | Central | $80.50 | — | — | +1.3% |
| Ontario County | Western | $107 | — | — | +17.6% |
| Orange County | Southeast | $77 | — | — | — |
| Orleans County | Western | $128 | — | — | +2.4% |
| Oswego County | Central | $60 | — | — | +30.4% |
| Otsego County | Central | $48.50 | — | $21.50 | +16.9% |
| Rensselaer County | Eastern | $52.50 | — | — | −17.3% |
| Saratoga County | Eastern | $65 | — | — | +9.2% |
| Schoharie County | Eastern | $38 | — | $18 | +33.3% |
| Schuyler County | Southern | $56 | — | — | +10.9% |
| Seneca County | Western | $89.50 | — | — | +38.8% |
| St. Lawrence County | Northern | $75 | — | — | +5.6% |
| Steuben County | Southwest | $57.50 | — | $15 | +22.3% |
| Suffolk County | Long Island | $146 | $288 | — | +4.3% |
| Tioga County | Southern | $49 | — | — | +32.4% |
| Tompkins County | Southern | $69 | — | — | +7.0% |
| Ulster County | Southeast | $104 | — | — | +38.7% |
| Washington County | Eastern | $88 | — | — | +28.5% |
| Wayne County | Western | $94 | — | — | −14.5% |
| Wyoming County | Western | $126 | — | — | +14.5% |
| Yates County | Western | $111 | — | $17 | −7.5% |
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.