County cash rent

Colorado Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 24 Colorado county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 34/ac, up USD 1/ac from 2025.

Check a Colorado parcel in Scout County table plus state-level fallback rule.

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The five highest reported Colorado counties in 2026 are Phillips (USD 48/ac), Sedgwick (USD 45/ac), Yuma (USD 45/ac), Kit Carson (USD 40/ac), Washington (USD 40/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Las Animas (USD 6/ac), Arapahoe (USD 14/ac), San Miguel (USD 14/ac), Routt (USD 17/ac), Bent (USD 18/ac), which shows why a statewide average is a weak substitute for county data.

Colorado cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 20/acNASS county figure
Arapahoe2026USD 14/acNASS county figure
Baca2026USD 31/acNASS county figure
Bent2026USD 18/acNASS county figure
Chaffee2026USD 31/acNASS county figure
Cheyenne2026USD 32/acNASS county figure
Conejos2026USD 36/acNASS county figure
Elbert2026USD 29/acNASS county figure
Kiowa2026USD 29/acNASS county figure
Kit Carson2026USD 40/acNASS county figure
La Plata2026USD 24/acNASS county figure
Larimer2026USD 29/acNASS county figure
Las Animas2026USD 6/acNASS county figure
Lincoln2026USD 28/acNASS county figure
Logan2026USD 37/acNASS county figure
Morgan2026USD 36/acNASS county figure
Phillips2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Prowers2026USD 34/acNASS county figure
Routt2026USD 17/acNASS county figure
San Miguel2026USD 14/acNASS county figure
Sedgwick2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 40/acNASS county figure
Weld2026USD 25/acNASS county figure
Yuma2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 34/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

County averages, not medians. The final fallback row shows the Colorado state figure explicitly labeled as state-level for counties NASS does not separately report.

Source: USDA NASS QuickStats, Survey years 2022 to 2026. Retrieved October 2026. Labeled Measured.

Five-year Colorado trend

The 2026 state average is USD 34/ac, up USD 1/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Colorado non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 35 30 2022 34 2023 32 2024 34 2025 33 2026 34
Dollars per acre per year. State rows are USDA NASS QuickStats records.

From county average to parcel read

A county average tells you what surveyed non-irrigated cropland rented for in that county. It does not see whether your acres are high-PI prairie soil, a wet corner, a small irregular field, or ground with better access and drainage than the county average.

Scout reads the parcel's SSURGO soil profile, starts from the county NASS rent when it exists, and applies AgriTerra's PI-based soil band around that benchmark. If the county is unavailable, Scout uses the state figure and labels the downgrade.

County average vs. a real parcel

The Colorado state average is not your number.

Colorado state average, 2026

$34/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every Colorado parcel reads differently on soil, drainage, and rotation.

Use the land's address. If it has no street address, open Scout to find or draw the parcel. No account needed; Scout asks for an email once, before it shows the analysis.

Every parcel-scale figure is a Scout free read; see how we get our numbers. The state average anchor is the USDA NASS 2026 survey for non-irrigated cropland.

Check the parcel, not just the county.

Start with the Colorado county benchmark, then let Scout read the parcel's soils, acreage, flood, wetlands, CRP fit, and energy context.

Analyze Colorado farmland free

Free here: outline your field and see its three uses side by side, with CRP shown as paused. Parcel maps you tap to select are Ohio and Indiana only for now; get an email when your county is live.