County cash rent

North Dakota Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 53 North Dakota county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2025. The 2026 state average is USD 85/ac, up USD 2/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported North Dakota counties in 2025 are Cass (USD 163/ac), Richland (USD 163/ac), Traill (USD 148/ac), Grand Forks (USD 134/ac), Sargent (USD 134/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Mckenzie (USD 29/ac), Golden Valley (USD 33/ac), Burke (USD 38/ac), Dunn (USD 38/ac), Billings (USD 39/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 North Dakota farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

North Dakota cash rent by county (2025)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2025USD 40/acNASS county figure
Barnes2025USD 101/acNASS county figure
Benson2025USD 63/acNASS county figure
Billings2025USD 39/acNASS county figure
Bottineau2025USD 65/acNASS county figure
Bowman2025USD 39/acNASS county figure
Burke2025USD 38/acNASS county figure
Burleigh2025USD 72/acNASS county figure
Cass2025USD 163/acNASS county figure
Cavalier2025USD 80/acNASS county figure
Dickey2025USD 127/acNASS county figure
Divide2025USD 40/acNASS county figure
Dunn2025USD 38/acNASS county figure
Eddy2025USD 67/acNASS county figure
Emmons2025USD 92/acNASS county figure
Foster2025USD 94/acNASS county figure
Golden Valley2025USD 33/acNASS county figure
Grand Forks2025USD 134/acNASS county figure
Grant2025USD 46/acNASS county figure
Griggs2025USD 81/acNASS county figure
Hettinger2025USD 49/acNASS county figure
Kidder2025USD 56/acNASS county figure
La Moure2025USD 117/acNASS county figure
Logan2025USD 69/acNASS county figure
Mchenry2025USD 58/acNASS county figure
Mcintosh2025USD 81/acNASS county figure
Mckenzie2025USD 29/acNASS county figure
Mclean2025USD 73/acNASS county figure
Mercer2025USD 47/acNASS county figure
Morton2025USD 49/acNASS county figure
Mountrail2025USD 45/acNASS county figure
Nelson2025USD 69/acNASS county figure
Oliver2025USD 44/acNASS county figure
Pembina2025USD 133/acNASS county figure
Pierce2025USD 61/acNASS county figure
Ramsey2025USD 67/acNASS county figure
Ransom2025USD 121/acNASS county figure
Renville2025USD 59/acNASS county figure
Richland2025USD 163/acNASS county figure
Rolette2025USD 54/acNASS county figure
Sargent2025USD 134/acNASS county figure
Sheridan2025USD 59/acNASS county figure
Sioux2025USD 53/acNASS county figure
Slope2025USD 44/acNASS county figure
Stark2025USD 48/acNASS county figure
Steele2025USD 100/acNASS county figure
Stutsman2025USD 88/acNASS county figure
Towner2025USD 56/acNASS county figure
Traill2025USD 148/acNASS county figure
Walsh2025USD 131/acNASS county figure
Ward2025USD 61/acNASS county figure
Wells2025USD 78/acNASS county figure
Williams2025USD 39/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 85/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

The 2026 state average is USD 85/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.

North Dakota non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 90 70 2022 73 2023 76 2024 82 2025 83 2026 85
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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