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 2026. 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 2026 are Cass (USD 163/ac), Richland (USD 163/ac), Traill (USD 161/ac), Walsh (USD 136/ac), Sargent (USD 135/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Mckenzie (USD 30/ac), Golden Valley (USD 36/ac), Billings (USD 37/ac), Burke (USD 37/ac), Williams (USD 38/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 (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Barnes2026USD 111/acNASS county figure
Benson2026USD 69/acNASS county figure
Billings2026USD 37/acNASS county figure
Bottineau2026USD 63/acNASS county figure
Bowman2026USD 43/acNASS county figure
Burke2026USD 37/acNASS county figure
Burleigh2026USD 72/acNASS county figure
Cass2026USD 163/acNASS county figure
Cavalier2026USD 84/acNASS county figure
Dickey2026USD 121/acNASS county figure
Divide2026USD 41/acNASS county figure
Dunn2026USD 41/acNASS county figure
Eddy2026USD 73/acNASS county figure
Emmons2026USD 95/acNASS county figure
Foster2026USD 91/acNASS county figure
Golden Valley2026USD 36/acNASS county figure
Grand Forks2026USD 134/acNASS county figure
Grant2026USD 51/acNASS county figure
Griggs2026USD 80/acNASS county figure
Hettinger2026USD 49/acNASS county figure
Kidder2026USD 58/acNASS county figure
La Moure2026USD 122/acNASS county figure
Logan2026USD 69/acNASS county figure
Mchenry2026USD 57/acNASS county figure
Mcintosh2026USD 78/acNASS county figure
Mckenzie2026USD 30/acNASS county figure
Mclean2026USD 73/acNASS county figure
Mercer2026USD 54/acNASS county figure
Morton2026USD 56/acNASS county figure
Mountrail2026USD 42/acNASS county figure
Nelson2026USD 68/acNASS county figure
Oliver2026USD 49/acNASS county figure
Pembina2026USD 131/acNASS county figure
Pierce2026USD 65/acNASS county figure
Ramsey2026USD 66/acNASS county figure
Ransom2026USD 118/acNASS county figure
Renville2026USD 65/acNASS county figure
Richland2026USD 163/acNASS county figure
Rolette2026USD 54/acNASS county figure
Sargent2026USD 135/acNASS county figure
Sheridan2026USD 57/acNASS county figure
Sioux2026USD 46/acNASS county figure
Slope2026USD 47/acNASS county figure
Stark2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Steele2026USD 99/acNASS county figure
Stutsman2026USD 97/acNASS county figure
Towner2026USD 64/acNASS county figure
Traill2026USD 161/acNASS county figure
Walsh2026USD 136/acNASS county figure
Ward2026USD 60/acNASS county figure
Wells2026USD 81/acNASS county figure
Williams2026USD 38/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 October 2026. Labeled Measured.

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.

County average vs. a real parcel

The North Dakota state average is not your number.

North Dakota state average, 2026

$85/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every North Dakota parcel reads differently on soil, drainage, and rotation.

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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.

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