Farmland by NASS region
USDA NASS land values and cash rents, through 2026.
Our take written by Farming Land Sale
NASS groups the states in its land value survey into ten farm production regions, listed below with their member states, and publishes values and rents for each region. The Corn Belt row shows farm real estate at $8,540 per acre in 2026, cropland at $9,280 with a cash rent of $241, and pasture at $3,230 with a rent of $48.
NASS weights each region's figure by the cropland and pasture in its states, as counted by the Census of Agriculture, so a region's value is an acreage-weighted figure for those states. Our ratio columns divide each regional rent by the same region's value for the same land type and year.
Our reading of the USDA figures on this page. It adds no facts of its own and isn't advice about any parcel, lease or sale.
Check before you rely on a figure: the NASS input values are reproduced as NASS prints them in the field excerpts, with each record's LOAD_TIME (when NASS inserted it into Quick Stats); calculated figures and unit conversions are labeled "ours". Verify any figure in NASS Quick Stats or the NASS report before acting on it.
| Region | Farm real estate | Cropland value | Cropland rent | Cropland ratio (ours) | Pasture value | Pasture rent | Pasture ratio (ours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | $7,510 | $8,140 | $107 | 1.31% | $4,890 | $43 | 0.88% |
| Lake States | $6,890 | $7,240 | $188 | 2.60% | $2,970 | $38.5 | 1.30% |
| Corn Belt | $8,540 | $9,280 | $241 | 2.60% | $3,230 | $48 | 1.49% |
| Northern Plains | $3,320 | $4,350 | $126 | 2.90% | $1,640 | $27 | 1.65% |
| Appalachian | $5,820 | $6,190 | $119 | 1.92% | $4,880 | $32.5 | 0.67% |
| Southeast | $6,000 | $6,080 | $110 | 1.81% | $5,920 | $25.5 | 0.43% |
| Delta States | $4,020 | $3,860 | $139 | 3.60% | $3,470 | $24 | 0.69% |
| Southern Plains | $3,000 | $2,730 | $47 | 1.72% | $2,380 | $10.5 | 0.44% |
| Mountain | $1,710 | $2,880 | $103 | 3.58% | $973 | $7.7 | 0.79% |
| Pacific | $8,440 | $10,080 | $267 | 2.65% | $2,550 | $15 | 0.59% |
Which states make up each region
Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Lake States: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
Corn Belt: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio.
Northern Plains: Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Appalachian: Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.
Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina.
Delta States: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi.
Southern Plains: Oklahoma, Texas.
Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming.
Pacific: California, Oregon, Washington.
The Regional and United States estimates are weighted by the amount of cropland and pasture in each State, based on the most recent Census of Agriculture.
What NASS's codes and columns mean
D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
S Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate.
NA Not available.
Published data value or suppression reason code.
Ratio of the standard error to the estimate, expressed as a percent.
A concatenation of six columns: commodity_desc, class_desc, prodn_practice_desc, util_practice_desc, statisticcat_desc, and unit_desc.
Date and time indicating when record was inserted into Quick Stats database.
NASS field excerpts behind this page (50 records)
Each line is one Quick Stats record as NASS prints it: SHORT_DESC · location · YEAR · VALUE · CV_% where given · LOAD_TIME.
RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · APPALACHIAN · 2026 · VALUE 119 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · APPALACHIAN · 2026 · VALUE 32.5 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · APPALACHIAN · 2026 · VALUE 6,190 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · APPALACHIAN · 2026 · VALUE 5,820 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · APPALACHIAN · 2026 · VALUE 4,880 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · CORN BELT · 2026 · VALUE 241 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · CORN BELT · 2026 · VALUE 48 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · CORN BELT · 2026 · VALUE 9,280 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · CORN BELT · 2026 · VALUE 8,540 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · CORN BELT · 2026 · VALUE 3,230 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · DELTA STATES · 2026 · VALUE 139 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · DELTA STATES · 2026 · VALUE 24 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · DELTA STATES · 2026 · VALUE 3,860 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · DELTA STATES · 2026 · VALUE 4,020 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · DELTA STATES · 2026 · VALUE 3,470 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · LAKE STATES · 2026 · VALUE 188 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · LAKE STATES · 2026 · VALUE 38.5 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · LAKE STATES · 2026 · VALUE 7,240 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · LAKE STATES · 2026 · VALUE 6,890 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · LAKE STATES · 2026 · VALUE 2,970 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · MOUNTAIN · 2026 · VALUE 103 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · MOUNTAIN · 2026 · VALUE 7.7 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · MOUNTAIN · 2026 · VALUE 2,880 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · MOUNTAIN · 2026 · VALUE 1,710 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · MOUNTAIN · 2026 · VALUE 973 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 107 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 43 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 8,140 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 7,510 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 4,890 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 126 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 27 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 4,350 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 3,320 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · NORTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 1,640 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · PACIFIC · 2026 · VALUE 267 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · PACIFIC · 2026 · VALUE 15 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · PACIFIC · 2026 · VALUE 10,080 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · PACIFIC · 2026 · VALUE 8,440 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · PACIFIC · 2026 · VALUE 2,550 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 110 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 25.5 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 6,080 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 6,000 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHEAST · 2026 · VALUE 5,920 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 47 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 10.5 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, CROPLAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 2,730 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, INCL BUILDINGS - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 3,000 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ASSET VALUE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE · SOUTHERN PLAINS · 2026 · VALUE 2,380 · LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31
Method note How these figures are built
Data dates: the 2026 land values and 2026 state, region and U.S. cash rents carry LOAD_TIME 2026-07-31 (Released July 31, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
source); the 2026 county cash rents carry LOAD_TIME 2026-08-21. Records for earlier years have their own LOAD_TIME, shown in their field excerpts; LOAD_TIME is when NASS inserted the record into Quick Stats, not the year the figure describes. Verify any figure in NASS Quick Stats or the NASS report before you rely on it.
The NASS inputs are VALUE fields from the Quick Stats file qs.economics_20261017.txt.gz, shown as NASS prints them, in dollars per acre unless a column says otherwise; calculated figures and unit conversions (such as totals shown in millions) are labeled as ours. Our checker re-read all 23,311 records in NASS's current file on October 19 and matched the state, region and U.S. land values to the tables of the Land Values 2026 Summary. Percent changes, ratios, shares and counts are our calculations, labeled "ours". Nothing is adjusted for inflation. Full method →
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