County cash rent

Ohio Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 76 Ohio county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 188/ac, up USD 4/ac from 2025.

Check an Ohio parcel in Scout County table plus state-level fallback rule.

The five highest reported Ohio counties in 2026 are Shelby (USD 256/ac), Hardin (USD 250/ac), Clark (USD 247/ac), Fayette (USD 240/ac), Madison (USD 237/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Belmont (USD 27/ac), Jefferson (USD 46/ac), Noble (USD 48/ac), Harrison (USD 51/ac), Lawrence (USD 51/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 Ohio farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

Ohio cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 136/acNASS county figure
Allen2026USD 226/acNASS county figure
Ashland2026USD 129/acNASS county figure
Ashtabula2026USD 53/acNASS county figure
Athens2026USD 55/acNASS county figure
Auglaize2026USD 234/acNASS county figure
Belmont2026USD 27/acNASS county figure
Brown2026USD 161/acNASS county figure
Butler2026USD 165/acNASS county figure
Carroll2026USD 65/acNASS county figure
Champaign2026USD 217/acNASS county figure
Clark2026USD 247/acNASS county figure
Clermont2026USD 129/acNASS county figure
Clinton2026USD 170/acNASS county figure
Columbiana2026USD 94/acNASS county figure
Coshocton2026USD 95/acNASS county figure
Crawford2026USD 209/acNASS county figure
Defiance2026USD 177/acNASS county figure
Delaware2026USD 190/acNASS county figure
Erie2026USD 191/acNASS county figure
Fairfield2026USD 188/acNASS county figure
Fayette2026USD 240/acNASS county figure
Franklin2026USD 218/acNASS county figure
Fulton2026USD 226/acNASS county figure
Gallia2026USD 63/acNASS county figure
Geauga2026USD 66/acNASS county figure
Greene2026USD 226/acNASS county figure
Guernsey2026USD 56/acNASS county figure
Hancock2026USD 212/acNASS county figure
Hardin2026USD 250/acNASS county figure
Harrison2026USD 51/acNASS county figure
Highland2026USD 173/acNASS county figure
Holmes2026USD 127/acNASS county figure
Huron2026USD 187/acNASS county figure
Jackson2026USD 74/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2026USD 46/acNASS county figure
Lawrence2026USD 51/acNASS county figure
Licking2026USD 155/acNASS county figure
Logan2026USD 202/acNASS county figure
Lorain2026USD 137/acNASS county figure
Lucas2026USD 175/acNASS county figure
Madison2026USD 237/acNASS county figure
Mahoning2026USD 102/acNASS county figure
Marion2026USD 195/acNASS county figure
Medina2026USD 100/acNASS county figure
Miami2026USD 212/acNASS county figure
Montgomery2026USD 215/acNASS county figure
Morgan2026USD 56/acNASS county figure
Morrow2026USD 193/acNASS county figure
Muskingum2026USD 120/acNASS county figure
Noble2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Ottawa2026USD 183/acNASS county figure
Paulding2026USD 189/acNASS county figure
Perry2026USD 103/acNASS county figure
Pickaway2026USD 218/acNASS county figure
Pike2026USD 147/acNASS county figure
Portage2026USD 82/acNASS county figure
Preble2026USD 232/acNASS county figure
Richland2026USD 165/acNASS county figure
Ross2026USD 174/acNASS county figure
Sandusky2026USD 201/acNASS county figure
Scioto2026USD 107/acNASS county figure
Seneca2026USD 178/acNASS county figure
Shelby2026USD 256/acNASS county figure
Stark2026USD 88/acNASS county figure
Summit2026USD 80/acNASS county figure
Trumbull2026USD 83/acNASS county figure
Tuscarawas2026USD 120/acNASS county figure
Union2026USD 194/acNASS county figure
Van Wert2026USD 225/acNASS county figure
Warren2026USD 140/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 65/acNASS county figure
Wayne2026USD 154/acNASS county figure
Williams2026USD 206/acNASS county figure
Wood2026USD 208/acNASS county figure
Wyandot2026USD 217/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 188/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

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Five-year Ohio trend

The 2026 state average is USD 188/ac, up USD 4/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Ohio non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 195 165 2022 170 2023 178 2024 185 2025 184 2026 188
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 Ohio state average is not your number.

Ohio state average, 2026

$188/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every Ohio 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.

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