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 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 205/ac, up USD 6/ac from 2025.

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

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The five highest reported Minnesota counties in 2026 are Martin (USD 280/ac), Sibley (USD 278/ac), Dodge (USD 277/ac), Goodhue (USD 277/ac), Rock (USD 277/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Aitkin (USD 19/ac), Carlton (USD 19/ac), St. Louis (USD 21/ac), Hubbard (USD 24/ac), Cass (USD 30/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 (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Aitkin2026USD 19/acNASS county figure
Anoka2026USD 71/acNASS county figure
Becker2026USD 127/acNASS county figure
Beltrami2026USD 54/acNASS county figure
Benton2026USD 128/acNASS county figure
Big Stone2026USD 184/acNASS county figure
Blue Earth2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Brown2026USD 236/acNASS county figure
Carlton2026USD 19/acNASS county figure
Carver2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Cass2026USD 30/acNASS county figure
Chippewa2026USD 212/acNASS county figure
Chisago2026USD 81/acNASS county figure
Clay2026USD 172/acNASS county figure
Clearwater2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Cottonwood2026USD 231/acNASS county figure
Crow Wing2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Dakota2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Dodge2026USD 277/acNASS county figure
Douglas2026USD 162/acNASS county figure
Faribault2026USD 254/acNASS county figure
Fillmore2026USD 263/acNASS county figure
Freeborn2026USD 272/acNASS county figure
Goodhue2026USD 277/acNASS county figure
Grant2026USD 188/acNASS county figure
Hennepin2026USD 141/acNASS county figure
Houston2026USD 217/acNASS county figure
Hubbard2026USD 24/acNASS county figure
Isanti2026USD 60/acNASS county figure
Itasca2026USD 39/acNASS county figure
Jackson2026USD 243/acNASS county figure
Kanabec2026USD 71/acNASS county figure
Kandiyohi2026USD 275/acNASS county figure
Kittson2026USD 90/acNASS county figure
Lac Qui Parle2026USD 215/acNASS county figure
Lake Of The Woods2026USD 59/acNASS county figure
Le Sueur2026USD 258/acNASS county figure
Lincoln2026USD 223/acNASS county figure
Lyon2026USD 230/acNASS county figure
Mahnomen2026USD 128/acNASS county figure
Marshall2026USD 114/acNASS county figure
Martin2026USD 280/acNASS county figure
Mcleod2026USD 233/acNASS county figure
Meeker2026USD 217/acNASS county figure
Mille Lacs2026USD 81/acNASS county figure
Morrison2026USD 94/acNASS county figure
Mower2026USD 276/acNASS county figure
Murray2026USD 246/acNASS county figure
Nicollet2026USD 275/acNASS county figure
Nobles2026USD 244/acNASS county figure
Norman2026USD 161/acNASS county figure
Olmsted2026USD 246/acNASS county figure
Otter Tail2026USD 124/acNASS county figure
Pennington2026USD 83/acNASS county figure
Pine2026USD 41/acNASS county figure
Pipestone2026USD 233/acNASS county figure
Polk2026USD 166/acNASS county figure
Pope2026USD 177/acNASS county figure
Red Lake2026USD 91/acNASS county figure
Renville2026USD 268/acNASS county figure
Rice2026USD 276/acNASS county figure
Rock2026USD 277/acNASS county figure
Roseau2026USD 71/acNASS county figure
Scott2026USD 236/acNASS county figure
Sherburne2026USD 66/acNASS county figure
Sibley2026USD 278/acNASS county figure
St. Louis2026USD 21/acNASS county figure
Stearns2026USD 191/acNASS county figure
Steele2026USD 258/acNASS county figure
Stevens2026USD 189/acNASS county figure
Swift2026USD 220/acNASS county figure
Todd2026USD 110/acNASS county figure
Traverse2026USD 182/acNASS county figure
Wabasha2026USD 241/acNASS county figure
Wadena2026USD 39/acNASS county figure
Waseca2026USD 263/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 145/acNASS county figure
Watonwan2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Wilkin2026USD 180/acNASS county figure
Winona2026USD 208/acNASS county figure
Wright2026USD 192/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 October 2026. Labeled Measured.

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.

County average vs. a real parcel

The Minnesota state average is not your number.

Minnesota state average, 2026

$205/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every Minnesota 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 Minnesota county benchmark, then let Scout read the parcel's soils, acreage, flood, wetlands, CRP fit, and energy context.

Analyze Minnesota 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.