Arkansas farmland and pasture cash rent, 2026

County-by-county cash rents for non-irrigated cropland and pasture in Arkansas, from USDA's annual Cash Rents Survey, with land values and the state's lease notice rule. Coming soon

$50

average cash rent, non-irrigated cropland, 2026

USDA NASS
$3,850

average cropland value per acre, 2026

USDA NASS Land Values
1.3%

rent as a share of land value

Our arithmetic from the two figures

What the average misses

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Arkansas cash rent trend

Statewide non-irrigated cropland: 2021: $45, 2022: $46, 2023: $48, 2024: $50, 2025: $52, 2026: $50. Irrigated cropland: $163 (2026). Pasture: $24 an acre (2026).

Lease notice rule in Arkansas

Written notice by certified mail by June 30, per secondary sources.

We haven't finished checking Arkansas's rule against the statute yet. Confirm it with your state extension service or an attorney before sending notice.

Cash rent by county

Dollars per acre: non-irrigated cropland by year, and pasture for 2026. USDA doesn't publish every county every year; a dash means no published figure.

CountyCrop 2024Crop 2025Crop 2026Pasture 2026
Arkansas$111$98—$27
Ashley———$38
Baxter—$20$26$20
Benton$54$35$52$30
Boone$52$38$36$28
Calhoun—$26——
Carroll$46$50$50$38
Chicot$145—$159—
Clark$26$30$40$13
Clay$54$42——
Cleburne$30$26$23$18
Cleveland—$33$24—
Columbia—$12$17$33
Conway$24$18$24$14
Craighead———$20
Crawford$22$23$31$22
Crittenden$92$103$109—
Cross—$98$140—
Dallas——$14—
Desha$73———
Drew$36$24$39$20
Faulkner$34$31$26$18
Franklin$18$18$26$14
Fulton$26$24$32$27
Garland———$8
Grant——$13—
Greene$93$78$105$20
Hempstead$22$23$30$26
Hot Spring$20—$26$19
Howard$34$22$32$27
Independence$31$32$28$28
Izard$16$20$28$14
Jackson—$114—$30
Jefferson$54$54$82—
Johnson$18$21$24$20
Lafayette$64$58—$34
Lawrence$76$115$90$25
Lee$109$100——
Lincoln—$26$25$21
Little River$24$35$28$28
Logan$32$26$33$16
Lonoke$44$35$30$18
Madison$58$34$53$35
Marion$26$26$30$32
Miller$29$35$32$20
Mississippi$104$111$169—
Montgomery$16$12$28$22
Nevada$28$18$19$32
Newton$31$22$26$24
Perry$22$24$27$22
Phillips$98—$119—
Pike$22$23$38$24
Poinsett$96$64$110—
Polk$29$23$31$26
Pope$32$22$19$27
Prairie$24$39$26$18
Pulaski$40$42$39—
Randolph$52$44$35$30
Saint Francis$78$100$136—
Saline$22$14$17$10
Scott$20$16$23$22
Searcy$18$12$19$20
Sebastian$19$20$35$12
Sevier$24$26$24$30
Sharp$22$20$25$18
Stone—$18$30$24
Union—$8—$16
Van Buren$18$14$21$14
Washington$44$52$53$31
White$28$26$30$18
Woodruff——$127—
Yell$16$17$26$18
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