County cash rent

Wisconsin Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 68 Wisconsin county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 166/ac, up USD 5/ac from 2025.

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The five highest reported Wisconsin counties in 2026 are Grant (USD 247/ac), Lafayette (USD 240/ac), Walworth (USD 236/ac), Dane (USD 231/ac), Kewaunee (USD 228/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Douglas (USD 16/ac), Florence (USD 25/ac), Bayfield (USD 29/ac), Price (USD 37/ac), Ashland (USD 39/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 Wisconsin farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

Wisconsin cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 74/acNASS county figure
Ashland2026USD 39/acNASS county figure
Barron2026USD 103/acNASS county figure
Bayfield2026USD 29/acNASS county figure
Brown2026USD 213/acNASS county figure
Buffalo2026USD 139/acNASS county figure
Burnett2026USD 57/acNASS county figure
Calumet2026USD 187/acNASS county figure
Chippewa2026USD 125/acNASS county figure
Clark2026USD 119/acNASS county figure
Columbia2026USD 215/acNASS county figure
Crawford2026USD 167/acNASS county figure
Dane2026USD 231/acNASS county figure
Dodge2026USD 212/acNASS county figure
Door2026USD 120/acNASS county figure
Douglas2026USD 16/acNASS county figure
Dunn2026USD 131/acNASS county figure
Eau Claire2026USD 125/acNASS county figure
Florence2026USD 25/acNASS county figure
Fond Du Lac2026USD 203/acNASS county figure
Forest2026USD 40/acNASS county figure
Grant2026USD 247/acNASS county figure
Green2026USD 223/acNASS county figure
Green Lake2026USD 195/acNASS county figure
Iowa2026USD 196/acNASS county figure
Jackson2026USD 143/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2026USD 197/acNASS county figure
Juneau2026USD 120/acNASS county figure
Kenosha2026USD 184/acNASS county figure
Kewaunee2026USD 228/acNASS county figure
La Crosse2026USD 165/acNASS county figure
Lafayette2026USD 240/acNASS county figure
Langlade2026USD 103/acNASS county figure
Lincoln2026USD 70/acNASS county figure
Manitowoc2026USD 199/acNASS county figure
Marathon2026USD 133/acNASS county figure
Marinette2026USD 124/acNASS county figure
Marquette2026USD 91/acNASS county figure
Milwaukee2026USD 101/acNASS county figure
Monroe2026USD 154/acNASS county figure
Oconto2026USD 154/acNASS county figure
Outagamie2026USD 161/acNASS county figure
Ozaukee2026USD 118/acNASS county figure
Pepin2026USD 185/acNASS county figure
Pierce2026USD 179/acNASS county figure
Polk2026USD 122/acNASS county figure
Portage2026USD 86/acNASS county figure
Price2026USD 37/acNASS county figure
Racine2026USD 175/acNASS county figure
Richland2026USD 155/acNASS county figure
Rock2026USD 223/acNASS county figure
Rusk2026USD 104/acNASS county figure
Sauk2026USD 158/acNASS county figure
Sawyer2026USD 61/acNASS county figure
Shawano2026USD 142/acNASS county figure
Sheboygan2026USD 151/acNASS county figure
St Croix2026USD 127/acNASS county figure
Taylor2026USD 118/acNASS county figure
Trempealeau2026USD 144/acNASS county figure
Vernon2026USD 145/acNASS county figure
Walworth2026USD 236/acNASS county figure
Washburn2026USD 68/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 119/acNASS county figure
Waukesha2026USD 171/acNASS county figure
Waupaca2026USD 129/acNASS county figure
Waushara2026USD 78/acNASS county figure
Winnebago2026USD 123/acNASS county figure
Wood2026USD 82/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 166/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

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

The 2026 state average is USD 166/ac, up USD 5/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Wisconsin non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 170 140 2022 145 2023 151 2024 158 2025 161 2026 166
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 Wisconsin state average is not your number.

Wisconsin state average, 2026

$166/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every Wisconsin 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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