Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Weber County$58.50
- 2Uintah County$46
- 3Duchesne County$40
- 4Cache County$37
- 5Box Elder County$35
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Sevier County$12
- 2Millard County$15
- 3Emery County$20
- 4Morgan County$27.50
- 5Utah County$33
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Duchesne County+77.8% (+$17.50)
- 2Utah County+17.9% (+$5)
- 3Box Elder County+4.5% (+$1.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Cache County−19.6% (−$9)
- 2Sevier County−17.2% (−$2.50)
- 3Emery County−4.8% (−$1)
- 4Uintah County−1.1% (−$0.50)
Utah cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Beaver County | Southern | — | — | — | — |
| Box Elder County | Northern | $35 | $165 | $6.10 | +4.5% |
| Cache County | Northern | $37 | $105 | $13 | −19.6% |
| Carbon County | Eastern | — | $88.50 | — | — |
| Davis County | Northern | — | $153 | — | — |
| Duchesne County | Eastern | $40 | $117 | $15 | +77.8% |
| Emery County | Eastern | $20 | $106 | $5.40 | −4.8% |
| Garfield County | Southern | — | $95.50 | — | — |
| Iron County | Southern | — | $128 | — | — |
| Juab County | Central | — | $61 | $1.90 | — |
| Kane County | Southern | — | $107 | $2.90 | — |
| Millard County | Central | $15 | $135 | $4.80 | — |
| Morgan County | Northern | $27.50 | $95.50 | — | — |
| Piute County | Southern | — | $90 | — | — |
| Rich County | Northern | — | $75.50 | $10 | — |
| Salt Lake County | Northern | — | $121 | — | — |
| San Juan County | Eastern | — | — | — | — |
| Sanpete County | Central | — | $128 | $6.20 | — |
| Sevier County | Central | $12 | $96.50 | $14 | −17.2% |
| Summit County | Eastern | — | $90.50 | $5.10 | — |
| Tooele County | Northern | — | $103 | $1.20 | — |
| Uintah County | Eastern | $46 | $84.50 | $6.40 | −1.1% |
| Utah County | Central | $33 | $122 | $14 | +17.9% |
| Wasatch County | Eastern | — | $111 | — | — |
| Washington County | Southern | — | — | $11.50 | — |
| Wayne County | Southern | — | $117 | $9.30 | — |
| Weber County | Northern | $58.50 | $163 | $26.50 | — |
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.