County · Wisconsin · USDA NASS 2025

Bayfield County

cropland

$25.50/ac

WI avg $161.00

Pasture

$10.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.346

WI avg 0.490

Rank · cropland

67/69

percentile 3

Δ since 2019

+46%

WI +18%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Bayfield County at $25.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $10/acre. The county's soils index 0.35 (NCCPI), below the Wisconsin county average of 0.49 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 46% since 2019; Bayfield County ranks 67 of 69 Wisconsin counties.

All counties · 69 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Lafayette	260.00	—	64.50	0.698
2	Grant	243.00	—	55.50	0.602
3	Dane	233.00	225.00	54.00	0.614
4	Rock	210.00	257.00	66.00	0.684
4	Walworth	210.00	230.00	58.50	0.672
6	Dodge	209.00	—	28.00	0.659
7	Brown	208.00	—	—	0.516
8	Kewaunee	207.00	—	—	0.511
9	Green	205.00	235.00	45.00	0.593
9	Manitowoc	205.00	—	54.00	0.479
11	Iowa	197.00	277.00	54.50	0.552
12	Green Lake	195.00	192.00	39.00	0.512
13	Calumet	188.00	—	62.50	0.508
14	Columbia	187.00	246.00	51.00	0.540
15	Fond Du Lac	182.00	—	47.50	0.616
16	Jefferson	181.00	—	32.00	0.520
17	Outagamie	176.00	—	—	0.503
18	La Crosse	169.00	—	37.00	0.450
19	Pierce	168.00	—	43.00	0.635
20	Pepin	164.00	200.00	34.00	0.505
21	Kenosha	163.00	—	51.00	0.635
22	Waukesha	159.00	180.00	46.00	0.531
23	Oconto	156.00	—	45.00	0.404
24	Jackson	155.00	—	42.00	0.404
24	Vernon	155.00	—	35.00	0.511
26	Racine	153.00	147.00	56.50	0.635
27	Sauk	151.00	245.00	35.00	0.498
28	Sheboygan	147.00	—	—	0.499
29	Crawford	145.00	—	40.00	0.460
30	Dunn	142.00	223.00	27.50	0.490
31	Buffalo	141.00	182.00	27.00	0.430
32	Monroe	140.00	—	30.00	0.445
32	St Croix	140.00	196.00	34.00	0.600
34	Trempealeau	137.00	241.00	35.00	0.455
35	Richland	133.00	—	30.00	0.493
36	Ozaukee	132.00	—	—	0.510
36	Washington	132.00	—	—	0.518
38	Eau Claire	130.00	—	34.00	0.432
39	Shawano	129.00	—	18.00	0.442
39	Waupaca	129.00	215.00	49.50	0.432
41	Door	127.00	—	—	0.441
41	Marinette	127.00	—	—	0.391
43	Chippewa	123.00	—	23.00	0.516
44	Clark	120.00	—	37.00	0.541
45	Langlade	114.00	178.00	27.00	0.502
46	Marathon	111.00	—	35.50	0.574
46	Winnebago	111.00	—	—	0.505
48	Polk	104.00	—	20.00	0.458
49	Taylor	103.00	—	—	0.508
50	Juneau	102.00	285.00	36.50	0.363
51	Barron	93.00	179.00	33.00	0.541
52	Rusk	92.00	—	30.50	0.488
53	Milwaukee	85.00	—	—	0.638
54	Adams	82.50	319.00	—	0.347
55	Waushara	81.00	282.00	—	0.338
56	Wood	79.50	—	20.50	0.476
57	Marquette	79.00	254.00	39.00	0.404
57	Portage	79.00	304.00	38.00	0.457
59	Lincoln	67.50	—	24.50	0.517
60	Washburn	66.00	—	20.50	0.359
61	Sawyer	59.00	—	8.40	0.436
62	Burnett	55.00	—	12.50	0.324
63	Oneida	42.00	—	—	0.389
64	Ashland	33.00	—	9.30	0.412
65	Florence	26.00	—	4.80	0.441
65	Price	26.00	—	11.00	0.452
67	Bayfield	25.50	—	10.00	0.346
68	Forest	23.00	—	11.00	0.441
69	Douglas	15.00	—	11.00	0.352

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