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Farmland cash rent in Minnesota.

USDA's 2025 survey puts Minnesota's average cropland at $199/acre, irrigated at $224/acre, pasture at $34.5/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 84 counties in Minnesota have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.61).

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CountyCroplandIrrigatedPastureSoil (NCCPI)
Aitkin County$17.5—$9.90.42
Anoka County$71——0.40
Becker County$125—$26.50.47
Beltrami County$47—$110.42
Benton County$109$288$200.53
Big Stone County$169$156$510.62
Blue Earth County$266—$600.73
Brown County$227$185$38.50.75
Carlton County$24—$10.50.42
Carver County$231——0.76
Cass County$25$151$23.50.42
Chippewa County$226—$30.50.71
Chisago County$83—$240.54
Clay County$170—$160.53
Clearwater County$46—$14.50.48
Cottonwood County$244—$480.77
Crow Wing County$43.5—$17.50.35
Dakota County$238$312$500.67
Dodge County$272—$67.50.80
Douglas County$152$142$29.50.55
Faribault County$264——0.77
Fillmore County$231—$63.50.73
Freeborn County$276$301$49.50.79
Goodhue County$256$259$480.70
Grant County$202$181—0.64
Hennepin County$145—$42.50.67
Houston County$220—$45.50.52
Hubbard County$16$191$22.50.36
Isanti County$60—$10.50.48
Itasca County$30.5—$10.50.43
Jackson County$239—$640.75
Kanabec County$62.5—$240.54
Kandiyohi County$250$260$600.65
Kittson County$92.5—$7.90.43
Koochiching County$24—$11—
Lac Qui Parle County$212$183$41.50.69
Lake Of The Woods County$47—$8.50.40
Le Sueur County$254—$500.75
Lincoln County$220—$66.50.62
Lyon County$222—$52.50.69
Mahnomen County$143—$190.54
Marshall County$120—$21.50.50
Martin County$285—$220.78
Mcleod County$251——0.75
Meeker County$212$228$48.50.62
Mille Lacs County$91.5—$150.54
Morrison County$92$161$19.50.44
Mower County$264$286$430.78
Murray County$247—$57.50.70
Nicollet County$258——0.75
Nobles County$252—$700.78
Norman County$152—$17.50.52
Olmsted County$240—$47.50.71
Otter Tail County$97.5$195$24.50.46
Pennington County$87—$27.50.56
Pine County$50.5—$14.50.53
Pipestone County$213—$670.66
Polk County$137$232$33.50.51
Pope County$155$208$37.50.55
Red Lake County$88—$270.54
Redwood County$251—$46.50.77
Renville County$269—$43.50.77
Rice County$258$270$52.50.75
Rock County$240—$76.50.72
Roseau County$64.5—$150.41
Scott County$209——0.72
Sherburne County$55$196$31.50.44
Sibley County$278——0.78
St. Louis County$10.5—$7.9—
Stearns County$186$219$40.50.57
Steele County$258$214$420.79
Stevens County$190$208$220.66
Swift County$229$248$44.50.60
Todd County$116$181$16.50.46
Traverse County$202——0.60
Wabasha County$233—$560.66
Wadena County$43$200$16.50.41
Waseca County$260——0.78
Washington County$153$233$19.50.54
Watonwan County$259—$410.77
Wilkin County$151——0.55
Winona County$246—$67.50.57
Wright County$175$178$24.50.71
Yellow Medicine County$230—$370.75

Dollars per acre per year, latest published year per series (survey years can differ by county). “—” means USDA withholds that series for the county; those price at the state average in our tool, labeled as such. Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey. Soil is the county's average NCCPI from USDA SSURGO. Planning-grade — not an appraisal.