County cash rent

Ohio Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 81 Ohio county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2025. The 2026 state average is USD 188/ac, up USD 4/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported Ohio counties in 2025 are Darke (USD 287/ac), Mercer (USD 280/ac), Shelby (USD 259/ac), Madison (USD 240/ac), Hardin (USD 238/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Belmont (USD 24/ac), Jefferson (USD 38/ac), Harrison (USD 44/ac), Guernsey (USD 52/ac), Meigs (USD 55/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 (2025)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2025USD 144/acNASS county figure
Allen2025USD 229/acNASS county figure
Ashland2025USD 128/acNASS county figure
Ashtabula2025USD 57/acNASS county figure
Auglaize2025USD 228/acNASS county figure
Belmont2025USD 24/acNASS county figure
Brown2025USD 163/acNASS county figure
Butler2025USD 158/acNASS county figure
Carroll2025USD 59/acNASS county figure
Champaign2025USD 204/acNASS county figure
Clark2025USD 235/acNASS county figure
Clermont2025USD 132/acNASS county figure
Clinton2025USD 180/acNASS county figure
Columbiana2025USD 91/acNASS county figure
Coshocton2025USD 96/acNASS county figure
Crawford2025USD 204/acNASS county figure
Darke2025USD 287/acNASS county figure
Defiance2025USD 165/acNASS county figure
Delaware2025USD 197/acNASS county figure
Erie2025USD 186/acNASS county figure
Fairfield2025USD 173/acNASS county figure
Fayette2025USD 237/acNASS county figure
Franklin2025USD 209/acNASS county figure
Fulton2025USD 209/acNASS county figure
Gallia2025USD 69/acNASS county figure
Geauga2025USD 62/acNASS county figure
Greene2025USD 223/acNASS county figure
Guernsey2025USD 52/acNASS county figure
Hamilton2025USD 167/acNASS county figure
Hancock2025USD 210/acNASS county figure
Hardin2025USD 238/acNASS county figure
Harrison2025USD 44/acNASS county figure
Henry2025USD 200/acNASS county figure
Highland2025USD 181/acNASS county figure
Hocking2025USD 101/acNASS county figure
Holmes2025USD 119/acNASS county figure
Huron2025USD 190/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2025USD 38/acNASS county figure
Knox2025USD 149/acNASS county figure
Lake2025USD 116/acNASS county figure
Lawrence2025USD 60/acNASS county figure
Licking2025USD 134/acNASS county figure
Logan2025USD 209/acNASS county figure
Lorain2025USD 141/acNASS county figure
Lucas2025USD 179/acNASS county figure
Madison2025USD 240/acNASS county figure
Mahoning2025USD 91/acNASS county figure
Marion2025USD 195/acNASS county figure
Medina2025USD 108/acNASS county figure
Meigs2025USD 55/acNASS county figure
Mercer2025USD 280/acNASS county figure
Miami2025USD 198/acNASS county figure
Montgomery2025USD 198/acNASS county figure
Morgan2025USD 55/acNASS county figure
Morrow2025USD 180/acNASS county figure
Muskingum2025USD 100/acNASS county figure
Ottawa2025USD 185/acNASS county figure
Paulding2025USD 188/acNASS county figure
Perry2025USD 94/acNASS county figure
Pickaway2025USD 218/acNASS county figure
Pike2025USD 137/acNASS county figure
Portage2025USD 86/acNASS county figure
Preble2025USD 225/acNASS county figure
Richland2025USD 171/acNASS county figure
Ross2025USD 165/acNASS county figure
Sandusky2025USD 197/acNASS county figure
Scioto2025USD 97/acNASS county figure
Shelby2025USD 259/acNASS county figure
Stark2025USD 89/acNASS county figure
Summit2025USD 89/acNASS county figure
Trumbull2025USD 88/acNASS county figure
Tuscarawas2025USD 111/acNASS county figure
Union2025USD 190/acNASS county figure
Van Wert2025USD 232/acNASS county figure
Vinton2025USD 56/acNASS county figure
Warren2025USD 150/acNASS county figure
Washington2025USD 67/acNASS county figure
Wayne2025USD 179/acNASS county figure
Williams2025USD 194/acNASS county figure
Wood2025USD 198/acNASS county figure
Wyandot2025USD 210/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 August 2026. High confidence.

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.

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