County cash rent

Minnesota Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 81 Minnesota county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2025. The 2026 state average is USD 205/ac, up USD 6/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported Minnesota counties in 2025 are Martin (USD 285/ac), Sibley (USD 278/ac), Freeborn (USD 276/ac), Dodge (USD 272/ac), Renville (USD 269/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are St. Louis (USD 11/ac), Hubbard (USD 16/ac), Aitkin (USD 18/ac), Carlton (USD 24/ac), Cass (USD 25/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 Minnesota farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

Minnesota cash rent by county (2025)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Aitkin2025USD 18/acNASS county figure
Anoka2025USD 71/acNASS county figure
Becker2025USD 125/acNASS county figure
Beltrami2025USD 47/acNASS county figure
Benton2025USD 109/acNASS county figure
Big Stone2025USD 169/acNASS county figure
Blue Earth2025USD 266/acNASS county figure
Brown2025USD 227/acNASS county figure
Carlton2025USD 24/acNASS county figure
Carver2025USD 231/acNASS county figure
Cass2025USD 25/acNASS county figure
Chippewa2025USD 226/acNASS county figure
Chisago2025USD 83/acNASS county figure
Clay2025USD 170/acNASS county figure
Clearwater2025USD 46/acNASS county figure
Cottonwood2025USD 244/acNASS county figure
Crow Wing2025USD 44/acNASS county figure
Dakota2025USD 238/acNASS county figure
Dodge2025USD 272/acNASS county figure
Douglas2025USD 152/acNASS county figure
Faribault2025USD 264/acNASS county figure
Fillmore2025USD 231/acNASS county figure
Freeborn2025USD 276/acNASS county figure
Grant2025USD 202/acNASS county figure
Hennepin2025USD 145/acNASS county figure
Houston2025USD 220/acNASS county figure
Hubbard2025USD 16/acNASS county figure
Itasca2025USD 31/acNASS county figure
Jackson2025USD 239/acNASS county figure
Kanabec2025USD 63/acNASS county figure
Kandiyohi2025USD 250/acNASS county figure
Kittson2025USD 93/acNASS county figure
Lac Qui Parle2025USD 212/acNASS county figure
Lake Of The Woods2025USD 47/acNASS county figure
Le Sueur2025USD 254/acNASS county figure
Lincoln2025USD 220/acNASS county figure
Lyon2025USD 222/acNASS county figure
Mahnomen2025USD 143/acNASS county figure
Marshall2025USD 120/acNASS county figure
Martin2025USD 285/acNASS county figure
Mcleod2025USD 251/acNASS county figure
Meeker2025USD 212/acNASS county figure
Mille Lacs2025USD 92/acNASS county figure
Morrison2025USD 92/acNASS county figure
Mower2025USD 264/acNASS county figure
Murray2025USD 247/acNASS county figure
Nicollet2025USD 258/acNASS county figure
Nobles2025USD 252/acNASS county figure
Norman2025USD 152/acNASS county figure
Olmsted2025USD 240/acNASS county figure
Otter Tail2025USD 98/acNASS county figure
Pennington2025USD 87/acNASS county figure
Pine2025USD 51/acNASS county figure
Pipestone2025USD 213/acNASS county figure
Polk2025USD 137/acNASS county figure
Pope2025USD 155/acNASS county figure
Red Lake2025USD 88/acNASS county figure
Redwood2025USD 251/acNASS county figure
Renville2025USD 269/acNASS county figure
Rice2025USD 258/acNASS county figure
Rock2025USD 240/acNASS county figure
Roseau2025USD 65/acNASS county figure
Scott2025USD 209/acNASS county figure
Sherburne2025USD 55/acNASS county figure
Sibley2025USD 278/acNASS county figure
St. Louis2025USD 11/acNASS county figure
Stearns2025USD 186/acNASS county figure
Steele2025USD 258/acNASS county figure
Stevens2025USD 190/acNASS county figure
Swift2025USD 229/acNASS county figure
Todd2025USD 116/acNASS county figure
Traverse2025USD 202/acNASS county figure
Wabasha2025USD 233/acNASS county figure
Wadena2025USD 43/acNASS county figure
Waseca2025USD 260/acNASS county figure
Washington2025USD 153/acNASS county figure
Watonwan2025USD 259/acNASS county figure
Wilkin2025USD 151/acNASS county figure
Winona2025USD 246/acNASS county figure
Wright2025USD 175/acNASS county figure
Yellow Medicine2025USD 230/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 205/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

County averages, not medians. The final fallback row shows the Minnesota 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 Minnesota trend

The 2026 state average is USD 205/ac, up USD 6/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Minnesota non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 210 180 2022 185 2023 198 2024 200 2025 199 2026 205
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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