County cash rent

Nebraska Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 80 Nebraska county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 168/ac, up USD 2/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported Nebraska counties in 2026 are Cuming (USD 289/ac), Thurston (USD 269/ac), Wayne (USD 269/ac), Dakota (USD 264/ac), Platte (USD 258/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Sioux (USD 24/ac), Banner (USD 31/ac), Dawes (USD 35/ac), Kimball (USD 35/ac), Sheridan (USD 36/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 Nebraska farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

Nebraska cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 144/acNASS county figure
Antelope2026USD 173/acNASS county figure
Banner2026USD 31/acNASS county figure
Boone2026USD 204/acNASS county figure
Box Butte2026USD 38/acNASS county figure
Boyd2026USD 126/acNASS county figure
Buffalo2026USD 138/acNASS county figure
Burt2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Butler2026USD 226/acNASS county figure
Cass2026USD 226/acNASS county figure
Cedar2026USD 247/acNASS county figure
Chase2026USD 58/acNASS county figure
Cheyenne2026USD 43/acNASS county figure
Clay2026USD 157/acNASS county figure
Colfax2026USD 249/acNASS county figure
Cuming2026USD 289/acNASS county figure
Custer2026USD 100/acNASS county figure
Dakota2026USD 264/acNASS county figure
Dawes2026USD 35/acNASS county figure
Dawson2026USD 128/acNASS county figure
Deuel2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Dixon2026USD 256/acNASS county figure
Dodge2026USD 225/acNASS county figure
Douglas2026USD 248/acNASS county figure
Dundy2026USD 51/acNASS county figure
Fillmore2026USD 174/acNASS county figure
Franklin2026USD 115/acNASS county figure
Frontier2026USD 68/acNASS county figure
Furnas2026USD 88/acNASS county figure
Gage2026USD 176/acNASS county figure
Garden2026USD 44/acNASS county figure
Garfield2026USD 90/acNASS county figure
Gosper2026USD 98/acNASS county figure
Greeley2026USD 145/acNASS county figure
Hamilton2026USD 174/acNASS county figure
Harlan2026USD 117/acNASS county figure
Hayes2026USD 62/acNASS county figure
Hitchcock2026USD 60/acNASS county figure
Holt2026USD 90/acNASS county figure
Howard2026USD 132/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2026USD 159/acNASS county figure
Johnson2026USD 184/acNASS county figure
Kearney2026USD 129/acNASS county figure
Keith2026USD 56/acNASS county figure
Keya Paha2026USD 43/acNASS county figure
Kimball2026USD 35/acNASS county figure
Knox2026USD 217/acNASS county figure
Lancaster2026USD 190/acNASS county figure
Lincoln2026USD 66/acNASS county figure
Logan2026USD 49/acNASS county figure
Loup2026USD 110/acNASS county figure
Madison2026USD 214/acNASS county figure
Nance2026USD 204/acNASS county figure
Nemaha2026USD 213/acNASS county figure
Nuckolls2026USD 148/acNASS county figure
Otoe2026USD 186/acNASS county figure
Pawnee2026USD 176/acNASS county figure
Perkins2026USD 54/acNASS county figure
Phelps2026USD 135/acNASS county figure
Pierce2026USD 197/acNASS county figure
Platte2026USD 258/acNASS county figure
Polk2026USD 187/acNASS county figure
Red Willow2026USD 67/acNASS county figure
Richardson2026USD 211/acNASS county figure
Rock2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Saline2026USD 152/acNASS county figure
Sarpy2026USD 223/acNASS county figure
Saunders2026USD 223/acNASS county figure
Seward2026USD 205/acNASS county figure
Sheridan2026USD 36/acNASS county figure
Sherman2026USD 134/acNASS county figure
Sioux2026USD 24/acNASS county figure
Stanton2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Thayer2026USD 132/acNASS county figure
Thurston2026USD 269/acNASS county figure
Valley2026USD 132/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 229/acNASS county figure
Wayne2026USD 269/acNASS county figure
Webster2026USD 117/acNASS county figure
Wheeler2026USD 88/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 168/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

The 2026 state average is USD 168/ac, up USD 2/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Nebraska non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 175 160 2022 162 2023 164 2024 169 2025 166 2026 168
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 Nebraska state average is not your number.

Nebraska state average, 2026

$168/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

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

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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.