County cash rent

Iowa Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 99 Iowa county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2025. The 2026 state average is USD 271/ac, down USD 3/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported Iowa counties in 2025 are Butler (USD 322/ac), Ida (USD 322/ac), Sioux (USD 315/ac), Grundy (USD 311/ac), Bremer (USD 310/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Clarke (USD 153/ac), Appanoose (USD 161/ac), Lucas (USD 176/ac), Decatur (USD 177/ac), Monroe (USD 183/ac), which shows why a statewide average is a weak substitute for county data.

For broader state soil, parcel, energy, and CRP context, use the Iowa farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

Iowa cash rent by county (2025)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adair2025USD 219/acNASS county figure
Adams2025USD 220/acNASS county figure
Allamakee2025USD 247/acNASS county figure
Appanoose2025USD 161/acNASS county figure
Audubon2025USD 295/acNASS county figure
Benton2025USD 290/acNASS county figure
Black Hawk2025USD 282/acNASS county figure
Boone2025USD 282/acNASS county figure
Bremer2025USD 310/acNASS county figure
Buchanan2025USD 287/acNASS county figure
Buena Vista2025USD 270/acNASS county figure
Butler2025USD 322/acNASS county figure
Calhoun2025USD 286/acNASS county figure
Carroll2025USD 280/acNASS county figure
Cass2025USD 241/acNASS county figure
Cedar2025USD 290/acNASS county figure
Cerro Gordo2025USD 288/acNASS county figure
Cherokee2025USD 296/acNASS county figure
Chickasaw2025USD 282/acNASS county figure
Clarke2025USD 153/acNASS county figure
Clay2025USD 270/acNASS county figure
Clayton2025USD 291/acNASS county figure
Clinton2025USD 279/acNASS county figure
Crawford2025USD 304/acNASS county figure
Dallas2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Davis2025USD 212/acNASS county figure
Decatur2025USD 177/acNASS county figure
Delaware2025USD 297/acNASS county figure
Des Moines2025USD 240/acNASS county figure
Dickinson2025USD 268/acNASS county figure
Dubuque2025USD 301/acNASS county figure
Emmet2025USD 265/acNASS county figure
Fayette2025USD 269/acNASS county figure
Floyd2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Franklin2025USD 286/acNASS county figure
Fremont2025USD 216/acNASS county figure
Greene2025USD 276/acNASS county figure
Grundy2025USD 311/acNASS county figure
Guthrie2025USD 241/acNASS county figure
Hamilton2025USD 286/acNASS county figure
Hancock2025USD 285/acNASS county figure
Hardin2025USD 282/acNASS county figure
Harrison2025USD 249/acNASS county figure
Henry2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Howard2025USD 264/acNASS county figure
Humboldt2025USD 272/acNASS county figure
Ida2025USD 322/acNASS county figure
Iowa2025USD 278/acNASS county figure
Jackson2025USD 256/acNASS county figure
Jasper2025USD 267/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2025USD 256/acNASS county figure
Johnson2025USD 259/acNASS county figure
Jones2025USD 290/acNASS county figure
Keokuk2025USD 246/acNASS county figure
Kossuth2025USD 267/acNASS county figure
Lee2025USD 232/acNASS county figure
Linn2025USD 270/acNASS county figure
Louisa2025USD 232/acNASS county figure
Lucas2025USD 176/acNASS county figure
Lyon2025USD 276/acNASS county figure
Madison2025USD 220/acNASS county figure
Mahaska2025USD 242/acNASS county figure
Marion2025USD 214/acNASS county figure
Marshall2025USD 298/acNASS county figure
Mills2025USD 272/acNASS county figure
Mitchell2025USD 270/acNASS county figure
Monona2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Monroe2025USD 183/acNASS county figure
Montgomery2025USD 274/acNASS county figure
Muscatine2025USD 264/acNASS county figure
O Brien2025USD 309/acNASS county figure
Osceola2025USD 282/acNASS county figure
Page2025USD 243/acNASS county figure
Palo Alto2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Plymouth2025USD 290/acNASS county figure
Pocahontas2025USD 295/acNASS county figure
Polk2025USD 267/acNASS county figure
Pottawattamie2025USD 281/acNASS county figure
Poweshiek2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Ringgold2025USD 193/acNASS county figure
Sac2025USD 306/acNASS county figure
Scott2025USD 286/acNASS county figure
Shelby2025USD 270/acNASS county figure
Sioux2025USD 315/acNASS county figure
Story2025USD 278/acNASS county figure
Tama2025USD 270/acNASS county figure
Taylor2025USD 240/acNASS county figure
Union2025USD 237/acNASS county figure
Van Buren2025USD 197/acNASS county figure
Wapello2025USD 242/acNASS county figure
Warren2025USD 213/acNASS county figure
Washington2025USD 264/acNASS county figure
Wayne2025USD 200/acNASS county figure
Webster2025USD 280/acNASS county figure
Winnebago2025USD 277/acNASS county figure
Winneshiek2025USD 268/acNASS county figure
Woodbury2025USD 278/acNASS county figure
Worth2025USD 255/acNASS county figure
Wright2025USD 288/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 271/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

Source: USDA NASS QuickStats, Survey years 2022 to 2026. Retrieved August 2026. High confidence.

Five-year Iowa trend

The 2026 state average is USD 271/ac, down USD 3/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Iowa non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 280 250 2022 256 2023 269 2024 276 2025 274 2026 271
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.

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