County cash rent

Pennsylvania Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 61 Pennsylvania county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 112/ac, up USD 3/ac from 2025.

Check a Pennsylvania parcel in Scout County table plus state-level fallback rule.

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The five highest reported Pennsylvania counties in 2026 are Lancaster (USD 289/ac), Lebanon (USD 206/ac), Chester (USD 199/ac), Blair (USD 175/ac), York (USD 166/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Wayne (USD 15/ac), Susquehanna (USD 18/ac), Mckean (USD 19/ac), Potter (USD 22/ac), Clearfield (USD 26/ac), which shows why a statewide average is a weak substitute for county data.

Pennsylvania cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 91/acNASS county figure
Armstrong2026USD 32/acNASS county figure
Beaver2026USD 71/acNASS county figure
Bedford2026USD 77/acNASS county figure
Berks2026USD 155/acNASS county figure
Blair2026USD 175/acNASS county figure
Bradford2026USD 30/acNASS county figure
Bucks2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Butler2026USD 39/acNASS county figure
Cambria2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Carbon2026USD 60/acNASS county figure
Centre2026USD 107/acNASS county figure
Chester2026USD 199/acNASS county figure
Clarion2026USD 30/acNASS county figure
Clearfield2026USD 26/acNASS county figure
Clinton2026USD 84/acNASS county figure
Columbia2026USD 78/acNASS county figure
Crawford2026USD 56/acNASS county figure
Cumberland2026USD 132/acNASS county figure
Dauphin2026USD 88/acNASS county figure
Erie2026USD 68/acNASS county figure
Fayette2026USD 33/acNASS county figure
Forest2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Franklin2026USD 146/acNASS county figure
Fulton2026USD 77/acNASS county figure
Greene2026USD 49/acNASS county figure
Huntingdon2026USD 89/acNASS county figure
Indiana2026USD 46/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2026USD 27/acNASS county figure
Juniata2026USD 113/acNASS county figure
Lackawanna2026USD 33/acNASS county figure
Lancaster2026USD 289/acNASS county figure
Lawrence2026USD 54/acNASS county figure
Lebanon2026USD 206/acNASS county figure
Lehigh2026USD 121/acNASS county figure
Luzerne2026USD 66/acNASS county figure
Lycoming2026USD 65/acNASS county figure
Mckean2026USD 19/acNASS county figure
Mercer2026USD 69/acNASS county figure
Mifflin2026USD 132/acNASS county figure
Monroe2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Montgomery2026USD 69/acNASS county figure
Montour2026USD 100/acNASS county figure
Northampton2026USD 90/acNASS county figure
Northumberland2026USD 111/acNASS county figure
Perry2026USD 94/acNASS county figure
Potter2026USD 22/acNASS county figure
Schuylkill2026USD 82/acNASS county figure
Snyder2026USD 118/acNASS county figure
Somerset2026USD 39/acNASS county figure
Sullivan2026USD 26/acNASS county figure
Susquehanna2026USD 18/acNASS county figure
Tioga2026USD 48/acNASS county figure
Union2026USD 106/acNASS county figure
Venango2026USD 40/acNASS county figure
Warren2026USD 30/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 30/acNASS county figure
Wayne2026USD 15/acNASS county figure
Westmoreland2026USD 71/acNASS county figure
Wyoming2026USD 33/acNASS county figure
York2026USD 166/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 112/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

The 2026 state average is USD 112/ac, up USD 3/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Pennsylvania non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 115 95 2022 100 2023 106 2024 107 2025 109 2026 112
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 Pennsylvania state average is not your number.

Pennsylvania state average, 2026

$112/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

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

Analyze Pennsylvania farmland free

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.