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County · New Hampshire · USDA NASS 2025

Cheshire County

cropland
$81.50/ac
NH avg $60.00
Pasture
—
irrigated —
Soil NCCPI
0.295
NH avg 0.300
Rank · cropland
2/10
percentile 80
Δ since 2021
+18%
NH +50%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Cheshire County at $81.5 per acre per year. The county's soils index 0.29 (NCCPI), near the New Hampshire county average of 0.30 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 18% since 2021; Cheshire County ranks 2 of 10 New Hampshire counties.

New Hampshire counties · cropland $/ac
Belknap County — $29/ac croplandCarroll County — $28/ac croplandCheshire County — $81.5/ac croplandCoos County — $38.5/ac croplandGrafton County — $57.5/ac croplandHillsborough County — $69/ac croplandMerrimack County — $69/ac croplandRockingham County — $122/ac croplandStrafford County — $40/ac croplandSullivan County — $80/ac cropland
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$/ac cropland · quantile classes
cropland $/ac · 2021–2025
CheshireNew Hampshire average
2040608020192020202120222023202420256081.5

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.