Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Franklin County$90
- 2Orange County$71
- 3Addison County$65.50
- 4Grand Isle County$61.50
- 5Bennington County$59.50
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Windsor County$40
- 2Chittenden County$47
- 3Caledonia County$52
- 4Rutland County$57.50
- 5Orleans County$58.50
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Chittenden County+27.0% (+$10)
- 2Caledonia County+25.3% (+$10.50)
- 3Rutland County+17.3% (+$8.50)
- 4Orleans County+6.4% (+$3.50)
- 5Orange County+5.2% (+$3.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Franklin County−7.2% (−$7)
Vermont cash rent table, 2026
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| Addison County | All Counties | $65.50 | — | — | +4.0% |
| Bennington County | All Counties | $59.50 | — | — | — |
| Caledonia County | All Counties | $52 | — | $15 | +25.3% |
| Chittenden County | All Counties | $47 | — | $34 | +27.0% |
| Franklin County | All Counties | $90 | — | $41 | −7.2% |
| Grand Isle County | All Counties | $61.50 | — | — | — |
| Lamoille County | All Counties | — | — | — | — |
| Orange County | All Counties | $71 | — | $26 | +5.2% |
| Orleans County | All Counties | $58.50 | — | $25.50 | +6.4% |
| Rutland County | All Counties | $57.50 | — | — | +17.3% |
| Windsor County | All Counties | $40 | — | — | — |
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.