County · Maine · USDA NASS 2025

Penobscot County

cropland

$43.00/ac

ME avg $77.50

Pasture

—

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

—

ME avg 0.370

Rank · cropland

8/13

percentile 38

Δ since 2019

+8%

ME +25%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Penobscot County at $43 per acre per year. Individual parcels run higher or lower with soil quality and tillable share, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 8% since 2019; Penobscot County ranks 8 of 13 Maine counties.

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$/ac cropland · quantile classes

PENOBSCOT COUNTY23019

cropland$43.00

pasture—

nccpi—

rank8/13

cropland $/ac · 2019–2025

PenobscotMaine average

All counties · 13 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Hancock	125.00	—	—
2	Aroostook	107.00	—	—
3	Franklin	91.50	—	—
4	Cumberland	82.00	—	0.387
5	Androscoggin	45.00	—	—
5	Lincoln	45.00	—	—
5	York	45.00	—	0.342
8	Penobscot	43.00	—	—
8	Piscataquis	43.00	—	—
10	Kennebec	36.00	—	0.396
11	Somerset	30.00	—	—
12	Oxford	26.00	—	—
13	Waldo	24.00	—	0.354

A county average is the starting point, not your number. FieldLease adjusts it for your parcel — measured soil, tillable acres, flood exposure — and checks it against what you’re paid.

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Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey, county estimates, latest published year per series. Soil productivity from USDA SSURGO (NCCPI). Planning-grade market data — not an appraisal, legal, or financial advice. Free · instant · nobody calls you.