County cash rent

South Dakota Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 63 South Dakota county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 140/ac, up USD 4/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported South Dakota counties in 2026 are Moody (USD 252/ac), Union (USD 252/ac), Lincoln (USD 244/ac), Clay (USD 241/ac), Minnehaha (USD 221/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Fall River (USD 24/ac), Lawrence (USD 25/ac), Custer (USD 29/ac), Meade (USD 31/ac), Bennett (USD 32/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 South Dakota farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

South Dakota cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Aurora2026USD 139/acNASS county figure
Beadle2026USD 140/acNASS county figure
Bennett2026USD 32/acNASS county figure
Bon Homme2026USD 160/acNASS county figure
Brookings2026USD 205/acNASS county figure
Brown2026USD 166/acNASS county figure
Brule2026USD 110/acNASS county figure
Butte2026USD 40/acNASS county figure
Campbell2026USD 80/acNASS county figure
Charles Mix2026USD 142/acNASS county figure
Clark2026USD 170/acNASS county figure
Clay2026USD 241/acNASS county figure
Codington2026USD 175/acNASS county figure
Corson2026USD 51/acNASS county figure
Custer2026USD 29/acNASS county figure
Davison2026USD 153/acNASS county figure
Day2026USD 159/acNASS county figure
Deuel2026USD 181/acNASS county figure
Dewey2026USD 47/acNASS county figure
Douglas2026USD 143/acNASS county figure
Edmunds2026USD 112/acNASS county figure
Fall River2026USD 24/acNASS county figure
Faulk2026USD 112/acNASS county figure
Grant2026USD 155/acNASS county figure
Gregory2026USD 73/acNASS county figure
Haakon2026USD 54/acNASS county figure
Hamlin2026USD 176/acNASS county figure
Hand2026USD 108/acNASS county figure
Hanson2026USD 184/acNASS county figure
Harding2026USD 33/acNASS county figure
Hughes2026USD 90/acNASS county figure
Hutchinson2026USD 165/acNASS county figure
Hyde2026USD 92/acNASS county figure
Jackson2026USD 40/acNASS county figure
Jerauld2026USD 105/acNASS county figure
Jones2026USD 36/acNASS county figure
Kingsbury2026USD 158/acNASS county figure
Lake2026USD 180/acNASS county figure
Lawrence2026USD 25/acNASS county figure
Lincoln2026USD 244/acNASS county figure
Lyman2026USD 102/acNASS county figure
Marshall2026USD 153/acNASS county figure
Mccook2026USD 214/acNASS county figure
Mcpherson2026USD 100/acNASS county figure
Meade2026USD 31/acNASS county figure
Mellette2026USD 50/acNASS county figure
Miner2026USD 146/acNASS county figure
Minnehaha2026USD 221/acNASS county figure
Moody2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Pennington2026USD 37/acNASS county figure
Perkins2026USD 39/acNASS county figure
Potter2026USD 111/acNASS county figure
Roberts2026USD 179/acNASS county figure
Sanborn2026USD 138/acNASS county figure
Spink2026USD 139/acNASS county figure
Stanley2026USD 49/acNASS county figure
Sully2026USD 97/acNASS county figure
Todd2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Tripp2026USD 71/acNASS county figure
Turner2026USD 218/acNASS county figure
Union2026USD 252/acNASS county figure
Walworth2026USD 105/acNASS county figure
Yankton2026USD 194/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 140/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

The 2026 state average is USD 140/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.

South Dakota non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 145 120 2022 125 2023 126 2024 131 2025 136 2026 140
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 South Dakota state average is not your number.

South Dakota state average, 2026

$140/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every South Dakota 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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