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Farmland cash rent in Virginia.

USDA's 2025 survey puts Virginia's average cropland at $68/acre, irrigated at $120/acre, pasture at $28/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 92 counties in Virginia have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.43).

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CountyCroplandIrrigatedPastureSoil (NCCPI)
Accomack County$102$1150.45
Albemarle County$32.5$21.50.48
Alleghany County$31$140.13
Amelia County$46.5$310.65
Amherst County$24$18.50.41
Appomattox County$30$200.48
Augusta County$107$35.50.29
Bath County$38$35.50.15
Bedford County$25$15.50.51
Bland County$36.5$18.50.24
Botetourt County$31.5$310.32
Brunswick County$30$100$17.50.62
Buchanan County$210.11
Buckingham County$34$210.53
Campbell County$32.5$21
Caroline County$68$25.50.53
Carroll County$47$330.30
Charles City County$69.50.57
Charlotte County$40$190.58
Chesapeake City County$790.59
Chesterfield County$31.50.55
Clarke County$35$29.50.50
Craig County$30.5$14.50.29
Culpeper County$52.5$300.57
Cumberland County$34.5$26.50.63
Dickenson County$3.30.14
Dinwiddie County$75$18
Essex County$87.5$1200.52
Fauquier County$55$220.52
Floyd County$46.5$30.50.29
Fluvanna County$22.5$190.49
Franklin County$60$290.45
Frederick County$42$250.34
Giles County$25$21.50.24
Gloucester County$74$370.58
Goochland County$43.5$23.50.43
Grayson County$65$25.50.24
Greene County$30$23.50.40
Greensville County$86.5$28.50.58
Halifax County$28$50$190.63
Hanover County$54$135$240.52
Henry County$26.5$19.50.42
Highland County$29.5$240.16
Isle Of Wight County$960.49
King And Queen County$850.64
King George County$54.5
King William County$70.50.52
Lancaster County$63.5
Lee County$26$210.26
Loudoun County$33.5$300.56
Louisa County$46$310.56
Lunenburg County$40.5$25.50.59
Madison County$56$29.50.51
Mecklenburg County$32$95$200.60
Middlesex County$770.60
Montgomery County$47.5$300.30
Nelson County$33.5$180.36
New Kent County$850.51
Northampton County$78$1330.40
Northumberland County$880.68
Nottoway County$36$19.50.51
Orange County$66$33.50.54
Page County$46$290.28
Patrick County$39.5$18.50.39
Pittsylvania County$50$60$250.57
Powhatan County$30$23.50.62
Prince Edward County$25.5$21.50.52
Prince George County$53.50.62
Prince William County$46$100$210.43
Pulaski County$38$35.50.32
Rappahannock County$21$190.41
Richmond County$860.48
Roanoke County$25.5$140.26
Rockbridge County$26.5$230.26
Rockingham County$112$150$450.33
Russell County$36$240.22
Scott County$22.5$13.50.21
Shenandoah County$61$400.27
Smyth County$57.5$30.50.27
Southampton County$950.62
Spotsylvania County$45$20.50.46
Stafford County$58$230.52
Suffolk City County$950.46
Surry County$810.59
Sussex County$820.59
Tazewell County$42$260.18
Virginia Beach City County$710.51
Warren County$26$180.32
Washington County$40$360.34
Westmoreland County$1040.46
Wise County$17.5$5.50.15
Wythe County$52$350.35

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.