Farmland cash rent in South Carolina.

USDA's 2025 survey puts South Carolina's average cropland at $49.5/acre, irrigated at $118/acre, pasture at $20.5/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 44 counties in South Carolina have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.51).

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County	Cropland	Irrigated	Pasture	Soil (NCCPI)
Abbeville County	$15.5	—	$12	0.55
Aiken County	$35	$62.5	$20	—
Allendale County	$32.5	$78	—	0.39
Anderson County	$21.5	—	$15	0.67
Bamberg County	$40	$143	$28	0.50
Barnwell County	$41	$63	$19	—
Berkeley County	$24	—	—	0.53
Calhoun County	$52	$92.5	—	0.46
Charleston County	$24.5	—	—	—
Cherokee County	$24	—	$20	0.47
Chester County	$20.5	—	$15.5	0.54
Chesterfield County	$40.5	—	$24.5	0.39
Clarendon County	$54	$150	$32	0.52
Colleton County	$43	—	—	0.41
Darlington County	$48.5	$101	$44.5	0.52
Dillon County	$57	—	$22	0.42
Dorchester County	$49	—	—	0.42
Edgefield County	$26	—	$14	0.61
Fairfield County	$12.5	—	$16.5	0.52
Florence County	$48.5	—	$48.5	0.40
Georgetown County	$40	—	—	0.38
Greenville County	$22.5	—	$33	0.54
Greenwood County	$14.5	—	$13	0.60
Hampton County	$45	$98.5	—	0.50
Horry County	$78	—	$43.5	0.37
Kershaw County	$30	—	$17.5	—
Lancaster County	$24.5	—	$21	0.53
Laurens County	$16	—	$23	0.51
Lee County	$54.5	$135	—	0.53
Lexington County	$25.5	$105	$23	0.48
Marion County	$60.5	—	$32	0.48
Marlboro County	$60.5	—	—	0.52
Mccormick County	$15	—	$30	0.56
Newberry County	$34.5	—	$26.5	0.61
Oconee County	$27.5	—	$24	—
Orangeburg County	$47	$120	$40.5	0.48
Pickens County	$32.5	—	$21.5	0.48
Richland County	$32.5	—	—	0.53
Saluda County	$32	—	$17.5	0.68
Spartanburg County	$32.5	—	$23.5	0.60
Sumter County	$50.5	$110	—	0.52
Union County	$11.5	—	$14	0.46
Williamsburg County	$41.5	$56	—	0.54
York County	$34	—	$21	0.57

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.