FieldLease

Farmland cash rent in New York.

USDA's 2025 survey puts New York's average cropland at $82.5/acre, irrigated at $173/acre, pasture at $31/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 51 counties in New York have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.40).

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CountyCroplandIrrigatedPastureSoil (NCCPI)
Albany County$48—$120.44
Allegany County$87.5—$260.36
Broome County$69.5——0.33
Cattaraugus County$85—$330.35
Cayuga County$113—$16.50.52
Chautauqua County$79.5—$310.56
Chemung County$64.5——0.32
Chenango County$61.5—$160.36
Clinton County$54.5—$17.50.39
Columbia County$46$71.5$18.50.35
Cortland County$72.5—$27.50.36
Delaware County$45—$150.24
Dutchess County$40.5$32.5$200.38
Erie County$78.5$65.5$20.50.54
Essex County$30——0.17
Franklin County$77—$140.26
Fulton County$139——0.33
Genesee County$123——0.58
Greene County$35.5——0.25
Herkimer County$51—$120.31
Jefferson County$47—$5.30.43
Lewis County$71.5—$260.33
Livingston County$154—$740.50
Madison County$64$57$230.48
Monroe County$91.5——0.61
Montgomery County$68.5—$34.50.49
Niagara County$73———
Oneida County$57—$180.44
Onondaga County$79.5—$19.50.54
Ontario County$91——0.50
Orange County$35.5$216$21.50.38
Orleans County$125——0.64
Oswego County$46—$160.40
Otsego County$41.5—$30.50.38
Rensselaer County$63.5—$61.50.33
Saratoga County$59.5—$120.39
Schenectady County$35——0.43
Schoharie County$28.5$57$120.37
Schuyler County$50.5—$330.41
Seneca County$64.5——0.58
St Lawrence County$71—$170.35
Steuben County$47—$200.34
Suffolk County$140$295—0.41
Sullivan County$48——0.28
Tioga County$37—$150.34
Tompkins County$64.5—$48.50.43
Ulster County$75$151—0.26
Washington County$68.5—$200.32
Wayne County$110——0.52
Wyoming County$110—$50.50.43
Yates County$120—$180.47

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.