USDA's Top 10 Cash Rent States in 2025
USDA: California Had Highest Average Cropland Cash Rent in 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service on Friday released details on farm cash rents in all 50 states for 2025, showing that California surpassed Arizona with the highest average per-acre values.
Nationally, the average cash rent for cropland was $161 per acre, up $1 from 2024. The average irrigated crop land cash rent came in at $244 per acre, down $1 an acre from 2024.
Here are the top 10 states by highest average cropland cash rents:
1. California, $346 an acre.
2. Arizona, $334 an acre.
3. Hawaii, $295 an acre.
4. Iowa, $274 an acre.
5. Illinois, $264 an acre.
6. Washington, $259 an acre.
7. Indiana, $227 an acre.
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8. Nebraska, $226 an acre.
9. Idaho, $211 an acre.
10. Minnesota, $200 an acre.
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Here are the top 10 states by highest average cash rents for irrigated cropland:
1. California, $483 an acre.
2. Hawaii, $443 an acre.
3. Washington, $438 an acre.
4. Arizona, $334 an acre.
5. Massachusetts, $298 an acre.
6. Nebraska, $286 an acre.
7. Idaho, $284 an acre.
8. Indiana, $274 an acre.
9. Illinois, $272 an acre.
10. Florida, $268 an acre.
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The full list of average cash rents is available here:
https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/….
USDA will release county-level cash rent data at 2 p.m. CDT on Friday, Aug. 22.
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