Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Cass County$163
- 2Richland County$163
- 3Traill County$161
- 4Walsh County$136
- 5Sargent County$135
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1McKenzie County$29.50
- 2Golden Valley County$35.50
- 3Burke County$37
- 4Billings County$37
- 5Williams County$38
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Towner County+14.4% (+$8)
- 2Mercer County+13.8% (+$6.50)
- 3Morton County+13.3% (+$6.50)
- 4Bowman County+11.7% (+$4.50)
- 5Adams County+11.3% (+$4.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Sioux County−13.3% (−$7)
- 2Mountrail County−6.7% (−$3)
- 3Billings County−5.1% (−$2)
- 4Dickey County−4.7% (−$6)
- 5Sheridan County−3.4% (−$2)
All 53 counties
North Dakota cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Adams County | Southwest | $44.50 | — | $23 | +11.3% |
| Barnes County | East Central | $111 | — | $34 | +9.9% |
| Benson County | North Central | $68.50 | — | $22 | +8.7% |
| Billings County | Southwest | $37 | — | $16.50 | −5.1% |
| Bottineau County | North Central | $63 | — | $19.50 | −2.3% |
| Bowman County | Southwest | $43 | — | $22 | +11.7% |
| Burke County | Northwest | $37 | — | $11.50 | −2.6% |
| Burleigh County | South Central | $72 | — | $28.50 | +0.7% |
| Cass County | East Central | $163 | — | $35.50 | 0% |
| Cavalier County | Northeast | $84 | — | — | +5.7% |
| Dickey County | Southeast | $121 | $199 | $46 | −4.7% |
| Divide County | Northwest | $40.50 | — | $12 | +2.5% |
| Dunn County | West Central | $41 | — | $20.50 | +9.3% |
| Eddy County | Central | $73 | — | $25.50 | +9.0% |
| Emmons County | South Central | $95 | — | $36 | +3.3% |
| Foster County | Central | $91 | — | $27 | −2.7% |
| Golden Valley County | Southwest | $35.50 | — | $14.50 | +7.6% |
| Grand Forks County | Northeast | $134 | — | $21.50 | 0% |
| Grant County | South Central | $50.50 | — | $27 | +11.0% |
| Griggs County | East Central | $80 | — | $27 | −1.2% |
| Hettinger County | Southwest | $49 | — | $23 | 0% |
| Kidder County | Central | $58 | $194 | $29 | +4.5% |
| LaMoure County | Southeast | $122 | — | $40.50 | +4.3% |
| Logan County | Southeast | $68.50 | — | $34 | −0.7% |
| McHenry County | North Central | $57 | — | $22 | −0.9% |
| McIntosh County | Southeast | $78 | — | $34.50 | −3.1% |
| McKenzie County | West Central | $29.50 | $185 | $12 | +1.7% |
| McLean County | West Central | $72.50 | — | $20.50 | 0% |
| Mercer County | West Central | $53.50 | — | $21 | +13.8% |
| Morton County | South Central | $55.50 | — | $29.50 | +13.3% |
| Mountrail County | Northwest | $41.50 | — | $13.50 | −6.7% |
| Nelson County | Northeast | $67.50 | — | $27 | −2.2% |
| Oliver County | West Central | $48.50 | — | $23 | +10.2% |
| Pembina County | Northeast | $131 | — | $21 | −1.5% |
| Pierce County | North Central | $64.50 | — | $22.50 | +5.7% |
| Ramsey County | Northeast | $66 | — | — | −0.8% |
| Ransom County | Southeast | $118 | $198 | $33 | −2.5% |
| Renville County | Northwest | $64.50 | — | — | +9.3% |
| Richland County | Southeast | $163 | — | $32.50 | 0% |
| Rolette County | North Central | $54 | — | $21.50 | +0.9% |
| Sargent County | Southeast | $135 | $177 | $42 | +0.7% |
| Sheridan County | Central | $56.50 | — | $20.50 | −3.4% |
| Sioux County | South Central | $45.50 | — | $23.50 | −13.3% |
| Slope County | Southwest | $47 | — | $15.50 | +6.8% |
| Stark County | Southwest | $47.50 | — | $20.50 | 0% |
| Steele County | East Central | $99 | — | $26.50 | −0.5% |
| Stutsman County | Central | $96.50 | — | $28 | +9.7% |
| Towner County | Northeast | $63.50 | — | $21.50 | +14.4% |
| Traill County | East Central | $161 | — | $26.50 | +8.8% |
| Walsh County | Northeast | $136 | $218 | $21 | +3.8% |
| Ward County | Northwest | $59.50 | — | $19.50 | −2.5% |
| Wells County | Central | $81 | — | $26 | +4.5% |
| Williams County | Northwest | $38 | $165 | $12.50 | −2.6% |
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.