Iowa farmland and pasture cash rent, 2026
County-by-county cash rents for non-irrigated cropland and pasture in Iowa, from USDA's annual Cash Rents Survey, with land values and the state's lease notice rule. Reports available
average cash rent, non-irrigated cropland, 2026
USDA NASSaverage cropland value per acre, 2026
USDA NASS Land Valuesrent as a share of land value
Our arithmetic from the two figuresWhat the average misses
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Iowa cash rent trend
Statewide non-irrigated cropland: 2021: $233, 2022: $256, 2023: $269, 2024: $276, 2025: $274, 2026: $271. Irrigated cropland: $285 (2026). Pasture: $68 an acre (2026).
Lease notice rule in Iowa
Written notice by September 1 to end the lease the following March 1 (applies to oral leases and written leases that don't set their own end).
Source: Iowa Code 562.6-562.7. General information, not legal advice. A written lease with set dates avoids most of this.
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.
| County | Crop 2024 | Crop 2025 | Crop 2026 | Pasture 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | $228 | $219 | $237 | $81 |
| Adams | $247 | $220 | $232 | $80 |
| Allamakee | $216 | $247 | $252 | $46 |
| Appanoose | $185 | $161 | $173 | $66 |
| Audubon | $286 | $295 | $302 | $89 |
| Benton | $304 | $290 | $303 | $75 |
| Black Hawk | $315 | $282 | $257 | — |
| Boone | $265 | $282 | $263 | $48 |
| Bremer | $311 | $310 | $291 | $70 |
| Buchanan | $265 | $287 | $293 | $79 |
| Buena Vista | $280 | $270 | $260 | $56 |
| Butler | $308 | $322 | $301 | $56 |
| Calhoun | $293 | $286 | $267 | $54 |
| Carroll | $291 | $280 | $305 | $63 |
| Cass | $248 | $241 | $259 | $88 |
| Cedar | $307 | $290 | $297 | $72 |
| Cerro Gordo | $258 | $288 | $260 | $52 |
| Cherokee | $291 | $296 | $301 | $60 |
| Chickasaw | $258 | $282 | $284 | — |
| Clarke | $156 | $153 | $167 | $68 |
| Clay | $289 | $270 | $248 | $63 |
| Clayton | $275 | $291 | $266 | $65 |
| Clinton | — | $279 | $304 | $67 |
| Crawford | $300 | $304 | $281 | $74 |
| Dallas | $274 | $260 | $241 | $56 |
| Davis | $184 | $212 | $182 | $68 |
| Decatur | $183 | $177 | $167 | $62 |
| Delaware | $286 | $297 | $298 | — |
| Des Moines | $237 | $240 | $253 | $79 |
| Dickinson | $253 | $268 | $247 | $52 |
| Dubuque | $276 | $301 | $303 | $70 |
| Emmet | $241 | $265 | $239 | $62 |
| Fayette | $280 | $269 | $270 | $72 |
| Floyd | $262 | $260 | $293 | $53 |
| Franklin | $276 | $286 | $271 | $62 |
| Fremont | $242 | $216 | $215 | — |
| Greene | $281 | $276 | $268 | $60 |
| Grundy | $311 | $311 | $322 | $72 |
| Guthrie | $255 | $241 | $248 | $62 |
| Hamilton | $312 | $286 | $301 | $41 |
| Hancock | — | $285 | $265 | $64 |
| Hardin | $291 | $282 | $280 | $54 |
| Harrison | $268 | $249 | $255 | $58 |
| Henry | $261 | $260 | $253 | $56 |
| Howard | — | $264 | $283 | — |
| Humboldt | $291 | $272 | $262 | — |
| Ida | $320 | $322 | $291 | $74 |
| Iowa | $264 | $278 | $269 | $73 |
| Jackson | $255 | $256 | $275 | $72 |
| Jasper | $244 | $267 | $264 | $48 |
| Jefferson | $241 | $256 | $244 | $71 |
| Johnson | $257 | $259 | $277 | $89 |
| Jones | $273 | $290 | $279 | $64 |
| Keokuk | $250 | $246 | $236 | $50 |
| Kossuth | $300 | $267 | $282 | — |
| Lee | $226 | $232 | $242 | $67 |
| Linn | $264 | $270 | $258 | $58 |
| Louisa | $239 | $232 | $242 | $64 |
| Lucas | $159 | $176 | $176 | $65 |
| Lyon | $295 | $276 | $284 | $60 |
| Madison | $216 | $220 | $221 | $66 |
| Mahaska | $250 | $242 | $244 | $68 |
| Marion | $223 | $214 | $230 | $50 |
| Marshall | $279 | $298 | $286 | $58 |
| Mills | $280 | $272 | $258 | — |
| Mitchell | $289 | $270 | $277 | $72 |
| Monona | $274 | $260 | $272 | $76 |
| Monroe | $184 | $183 | $174 | $68 |
| Montgomery | $242 | $274 | $248 | $74 |
| Muscatine | $294 | $264 | $288 | $76 |
| O Brien | $321 | $309 | $310 | $60 |
| Osceola | $263 | $282 | $283 | — |
| Page | $247 | $243 | $236 | $76 |
| Palo Alto | $270 | $260 | $282 | $59 |
| Plymouth | $296 | $290 | $288 | $90 |
| Pocahontas | $284 | $295 | $269 | $51 |
| Polk | $289 | $267 | $258 | $58 |
| Pottawattamie | $273 | $281 | $255 | $91 |
| Poweshiek | $272 | $260 | $278 | $59 |
| Ringgold | $217 | $193 | $201 | $78 |
| Sac | $285 | $306 | $290 | $74 |
| Scott | $266 | $286 | $284 | $72 |
| Shelby | $283 | $270 | $270 | — |
| Sioux | $323 | $315 | $336 | $86 |
| Story | $278 | $278 | $290 | $64 |
| Tama | $301 | $270 | $257 | $82 |
| Taylor | $227 | $240 | $228 | $76 |
| Union | $237 | $237 | $266 | $83 |
| Van Buren | $179 | $197 | $197 | $50 |
| Wapello | $236 | $242 | $247 | $54 |
| Warren | $211 | $213 | $218 | $68 |
| Washington | $269 | $264 | $286 | $71 |
| Wayne | $182 | $200 | $199 | $66 |
| Webster | $280 | $280 | $275 | $50 |
| Winnebago | $274 | $277 | $262 | — |
| Winneshiek | $278 | $268 | $274 | $60 |
| Woodbury | $278 | $278 | $288 | $84 |
| Worth | $234 | $255 | $241 | $60 |
| Wright | $298 | $288 | $267 | $59 |