Farmland cash rent in West Virginia.

USDA's 2025 survey puts West Virginia's average cropland at $44.5/acre, pasture at $16/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 39 counties in West Virginia have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.25).

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County	Cropland	Irrigated	Pasture	Soil (NCCPI)
Barbour County	$23	—	$8.8	0.25
Berkeley County	$45	—	$21	0.43
Braxton County	$21	—	$14	0.17
Brooke County	$49.5	—	—	—
Cabell County	$20.5	—	—	0.27
Calhoun County	$26.5	—	$8.6	—
Doddridge County	$36.5	—	$3.6	0.18
Gilmer County	$19.5	—	$5.4	0.16
Grant County	$56.5	—	$6.5	—
Greenbrier County	$49.5	—	$23	0.20
Hampshire County	$50	—	$12.5	—
Hardy County	$40.5	—	$15.5	—
Harrison County	$12.5	—	$10	—
Jackson County	$51	—	$6.5	—
Jefferson County	$72	—	$18.5	0.57
Lewis County	$26.5	—	$15	0.20
Marion County	$41.5	—	—	—
Mason County	$102	—	$10.5	—
Mercer County	$29	—	$9.8	—
Mineral County	$25	—	$16.5	—
Monongalia County	$14.5	—	$9	—
Monroe County	$34.5	—	$29.5	0.21
Morgan County	$17	—	$10.5	0.22
Nicholas County	$18.5	—	$17	—
Pendleton County	$46.5	—	$12.5	0.16
Pocahontas County	$36	—	$16	0.17
Preston County	$46	—	$15	0.27
Putnam County	$43.5	—	—	0.28
Raleigh County	$30.5	—	$17.5	—
Randolph County	$48	—	$7.3	—
Ritchie County	$14.5	—	—	0.26
Roane County	$13	—	$4.4	—
Summers County	$23.5	—	$11.5	—
Taylor County	—	—	$11.5	—
Tucker County	$38	—	$13.5	—
Upshur County	$25	—	$7.2	0.22
Wayne County	$31	—	—	0.20
Wirt County	$17	—	$9	—
Wood County	$37.5	—	—	—

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.