County · New York · USDA NASS 2025

Columbia County

cropland

$46.00/ac

NY avg $82.50

Pasture

$18.50/ac

irrigated $71.50

Soil NCCPI

0.351

NY avg 0.400

Rank · cropland

41/51

percentile 20

Δ since 2019

+0%

NY +27%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Columbia County at $46 per acre per year, with pasture at $18.5/acre and irrigated ground at $71.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.35 (NCCPI), below the New York county average of 0.40 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 0% since 2019; Columbia County ranks 41 of 51 New York counties.

All counties · 51 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Livingston	154.00	—	74.00	0.501
2	Suffolk	140.00	295.00	—	0.414
3	Fulton	139.00	—	—	0.330
4	Orleans	125.00	—	—	0.636
5	Genesee	123.00	—	—	0.581
6	Yates	120.00	—	18.00	0.466
7	Cayuga	113.00	—	16.50	0.518
8	Wayne	110.00	—	—	0.516
8	Wyoming	110.00	—	50.50	0.433
10	Monroe	91.50	—	—	0.607
11	Ontario	91.00	—	—	0.499
12	Allegany	87.50	—	26.00	0.360
13	Cattaraugus	85.00	—	33.00	0.351
14	Chautauqua	79.50	—	31.00	0.559
14	Onondaga	79.50	—	19.50	0.535
16	Erie	78.50	65.50	20.50	0.538
17	Franklin	77.00	—	14.00	0.264
18	Ulster	75.00	151.00	—	0.262
19	Niagara	73.00	—	—	—
20	Cortland	72.50	—	27.50	0.358
21	Lewis	71.50	—	26.00	0.326
22	St Lawrence	71.00	—	17.00	0.354
23	Broome	69.50	—	—	0.333
24	Montgomery	68.50	—	34.50	0.492
24	Washington	68.50	—	20.00	0.321
26	Chemung	64.50	—	—	0.319
26	Seneca	64.50	—	—	0.583
26	Tompkins	64.50	—	48.50	0.427
29	Madison	64.00	57.00	23.00	0.482
30	Rensselaer	63.50	—	61.50	0.327
31	Chenango	61.50	—	16.00	0.360
32	Saratoga	59.50	—	12.00	0.386
33	Oneida	57.00	—	18.00	0.438
34	Clinton	54.50	—	17.50	0.392
35	Herkimer	51.00	—	12.00	0.314
36	Schuyler	50.50	—	33.00	0.409
37	Albany	48.00	—	12.00	0.436
37	Sullivan	48.00	—	—	0.281
39	Jefferson	47.00	—	5.30	0.433
39	Steuben	47.00	—	20.00	0.342
41	Columbia	46.00	71.50	18.50	0.351
41	Oswego	46.00	—	16.00	0.396
43	Delaware	45.00	—	15.00	0.236
44	Otsego	41.50	—	30.50	0.376
45	Dutchess	40.50	32.50	20.00	0.378
46	Tioga	37.00	—	15.00	0.340
47	Greene	35.50	—	—	0.250
47	Orange	35.50	216.00	21.50	0.378
49	Schenectady	35.00	—	—	0.430
50	Essex	30.00	—	—	0.172
51	Schoharie	28.50	57.00	12.00	0.369

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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.