County · Nebraska · USDA NASS 2025

Platte County

cropland

$228.00/ac

NE avg $166.00

Pasture

$52.00/ac

irrigated $305.00

Soil NCCPI

0.643

NE avg 0.500

Rank · cropland

14/89

percentile 84

Δ since 2019

+15%

NE +15%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Platte County at $228 per acre per year, with pasture at $52/acre and irrigated ground at $305/acre. The county's soils index 0.64 (NCCPI), above the Nebraska county average of 0.50 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 15% since 2019; Platte County ranks 14 of 89 Nebraska counties.

All counties · 93 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Dakota	293.00	—	52.00	0.609
2	Cuming	286.00	329.00	80.00	0.699
3	Thurston	276.00	345.00	75.50	0.676
4	Wayne	264.00	335.00	90.50	0.724
5	Burt	253.00	291.00	72.00	0.666
6	Cedar	251.00	355.00	64.50	0.612
7	Sarpy	249.00	311.00	42.00	0.826
8	Dixon	246.00	347.00	60.00	0.656
9	Stanton	243.00	321.00	73.00	0.629
10	Colfax	240.00	321.00	71.00	0.659
11	Washington	237.00	273.00	51.50	0.705
12	Douglas	234.00	283.00	61.50	0.771
13	Cass	230.00	304.00	43.50	0.681
14	Platte	228.00	305.00	52.00	0.643
15	Dodge	227.00	304.00	63.50	0.659
16	Knox	223.00	335.00	49.50	0.512
17	Butler	217.00	316.00	54.50	0.625
18	Madison	215.00	312.00	59.50	0.645
19	Nemaha	212.00	288.00	48.50	0.630
20	Saunders	210.00	312.00	52.50	0.654
21	Richardson	202.00	—	51.50	0.653
22	Polk	197.00	300.00	50.50	0.625
23	Johnson	194.00	298.00	52.00	0.596
23	Otoe	194.00	241.00	50.50	0.629
25	Pierce	192.00	296.00	61.50	0.597
25	Seward	192.00	315.00	49.00	0.621
27	Boone	190.00	316.00	42.00	0.607
28	Lancaster	181.00	303.00	46.50	0.625
28	Nance	181.00	295.00	41.00	0.565
30	Antelope	173.00	308.00	53.00	0.519
31	Gage	168.00	286.00	58.50	0.611
32	Hamilton	167.00	307.00	41.50	0.653
33	Saline	164.00	288.00	50.50	0.620
33	York	164.00	311.00	47.00	0.665
35	Fillmore	161.00	311.00	38.50	0.621
36	Clay	160.00	304.00	42.00	0.646
36	Jefferson	160.00	292.00	48.50	0.586
36	Pawnee	160.00	205.00	47.00	0.573
39	Nuckolls	158.00	297.00	40.50	0.651
40	Greeley	140.00	282.00	52.00	0.493
41	Adams	138.00	289.00	47.00	0.678
42	Thayer	137.00	287.00	43.50	0.611
43	Kearney	136.00	289.00	37.50	0.628
43	Valley	136.00	270.00	39.50	0.520
45	Howard	135.00	226.00	44.50	0.530
46	Dawson	133.00	272.00	43.00	0.580
47	Hall	130.00	282.00	41.50	0.549
48	Buffalo	129.00	301.00	45.00	0.600
49	Webster	127.00	255.00	41.00	0.625
50	Sherman	123.00	275.00	45.00	0.557
51	Merrick	121.00	290.00	45.50	0.481
52	Franklin	120.00	270.00	38.50	0.653
53	Boyd	118.00	—	39.00	0.366
54	Phelps	111.00	292.00	40.50	0.690
55	Harlan	108.00	269.00	39.00	0.658
56	Custer	97.50	246.00	35.50	0.476
57	Holt	93.50	270.00	39.00	0.311
58	Garfield	87.00	233.00	30.50	0.264
59	Gosper	83.00	280.00	41.00	0.637
60	Furnas	80.50	242.00	33.50	0.652
61	Loup	75.00	225.00	25.50	0.251
61	Wheeler	75.00	255.00	41.00	0.276
63	Red Willow	69.50	233.00	25.00	0.550
64	Brown	62.00	194.00	26.00	0.257
65	Frontier	61.00	206.00	28.00	0.628
66	Lincoln	58.50	244.00	24.50	0.307
67	Keith	57.00	223.00	16.50	0.318
68	Hayes	56.50	215.00	21.00	0.392
69	Perkins	55.50	206.00	22.00	0.423
70	Hitchcock	54.00	211.00	23.00	0.471
71	Chase	51.00	250.00	19.50	0.310
72	Keya Paha	47.50	199.00	36.00	0.290
73	Logan	46.00	210.00	26.00	0.255
74	Box Butte	44.00	202.00	15.50	0.334
75	Sheridan	43.00	194.00	15.50	0.234
76	Garden	42.50	166.00	15.00	0.216
77	Rock	42.00	193.00	27.00	0.273
77	Scotts Bluff	42.00	197.00	11.00	0.276
79	Dundy	41.00	201.00	20.50	0.231
80	Deuel	40.50	200.00	16.00	0.404
81	Mcpherson	40.00	172.00	22.00	0.205
81	Morrill	40.00	187.00	14.50	0.237
83	Blaine	39.00	187.00	19.00	0.226
84	Cheyenne	38.00	168.00	14.00	0.424
85	Cherry	36.00	177.00	16.00	0.204
86	Banner	30.00	202.00	13.00	0.256
86	Dawes	30.00	200.00	18.50	0.290
88	Kimball	28.00	159.00	13.00	0.262
89	Sioux	26.00	167.00	13.00	0.221
—	Arthur	—	174.00	23.50	0.199
—	Grant	—	—	14.00	0.195
—	Hooker	—	—	15.50	0.190
—	Thomas	—	—	15.50	0.178

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