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County · Maine · USDA NASS 2025

Waldo County

cropland
$24.00/ac
ME avg $77.50
Pasture
—
irrigated —
Soil NCCPI
0.354
ME avg 0.370
Rank · cropland
13/13
percentile 0
Δ since 2019
−2%
ME +25%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Waldo County at $24 per acre per year. The county's soils index 0.35 (NCCPI), near the Maine county average of 0.37 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 2% since 2019; Waldo County ranks 13 of 13 Maine counties.

Maine counties · cropland $/ac
Androscoggin County — $45/ac croplandAroostook County — $107/ac croplandCumberland County — $82/ac croplandFranklin County — $91.5/ac croplandHancock County — $125/ac croplandKennebec County — $36/ac croplandNo published dataLincoln County — $45/ac croplandOxford County — $26/ac croplandPenobscot County — $43/ac croplandPiscataquis County — $43/ac croplandNo published dataSomerset County — $30/ac croplandWaldo County — $24/ac croplandNo published dataYork County — $45/ac cropland
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$/ac cropland · quantile classes
cropland $/ac · 2019–2025
WaldoMaine average
20406020192021202220232024202577.524

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.