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Farmland cash rent in Montana.

USDA's 2025 survey puts Montana's average cropland at $32.5/acre, irrigated at $104/acre, pasture at $8.3/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 56 counties in Montana have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.17).

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CountyCroplandIrrigatedPastureSoil (NCCPI)
Beaverhead County$120$11
Big Horn County$29.5$102$6.4
Blaine County$28$74$6.5
Broadwater County$24$183$7.4
Carbon County$29.5$110$9
Carter County$22$7.20.16
Cascade County$44.5$93$13.5
Chouteau County$36.5$8.5
Custer County$18$109$60.16
Daniels County$32$8
Dawson County$33$122$90.16
Deer Lodge County$8
Fallon County$26$110.18
Fergus County$31$76$110.17
Flathead County$45$76$11
Gallatin County$38$152$11.5
Garfield County$26$5.70.16
Glacier County$29$34$7.1
Golden Valley County$25$8.3
Granite County$15$91$14
Hill County$31$5.50.19
Jefferson County$26$106$6.8
Judith Basin County$33.5$45$15.5
Lake County$31$75$10.5
Lewis And Clark County$36$84$6.2
Liberty County$29$100.19
Lincoln County$25
Madison County$36$115$10
Mccone County$29.5$9.60.19
Meagher County$7.8
Mineral County$20
Missoula County$35$68.5$10.5
Musselshell County$27$85$5.60.13
Park County$35.5$100$8.7
Petroleum County$18$12.50.13
Phillips County$25$48$6.5
Pondera County$41.5$69$14.5
Powder River County$17.5$6.8
Powell County$28$69$6.6
Prairie County$36.5$175$8.10.16
Ravalli County$32.5$74.5$23.5
Richland County$28.5$145$80.18
Roosevelt County$32.5$90$8
Rosebud County$29$106$4.9
Sanders County$21.5$56.5$6.1
Sheridan County$40$90.20
Silver Bow County$58$8.9
Stillwater County$20.5$94.5$8.1
Sweet Grass County$15$53$6.8
Teton County$38.5$111$12.5
Toole County$34$8.40.19
Treasure County$7.9$132$4.90.09
Valley County$30.5$45.5$11.50.15
Wheatland County$17.5$66.5$7.7
Wibaux County$30$11.50.23
Yellowstone County$26.5$120$5.50.14

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.