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County · Massachusetts · USDA NASS 2025

Franklin County

cropland
$124.00/ac
MA avg $88.50
Pasture
$34.00/ac
irrigated $396.00
Soil NCCPI
0.291
MA avg 0.310
Rank · cropland
2/10
percentile 80
Δ since 2019
+3%
MA +25%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Franklin County at $124 per acre per year, with pasture at $34/acre and irrigated ground at $396/acre. The county's soils index 0.29 (NCCPI), near the Massachusetts county average of 0.31 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 3% since 2019; Franklin County ranks 2 of 10 Massachusetts counties.

Massachusetts counties · cropland $/ac
Barnstable County — $32.5/ac croplandBerkshire County — $68.5/ac croplandBristol County — $111/ac croplandDukes County — not publishedEssex County — not publishedFranklin County — $124/ac croplandHampden County — $112/ac croplandHampshire County — $144/ac croplandMiddlesex County — $71/ac croplandNo published dataNorfolk County — $73/ac croplandPlymouth County — $69/ac croplandNo published dataWorcester County — $52/ac cropland
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$/ac cropland · quantile classes
cropland $/ac · 2019–2025
FranklinMassachusetts average
6080100120201920202021202220232024202588.5124

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.