Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Iowa
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- Iowa's rent is 1.2 times the US average.
- Since 2022 it has risen 13.1%, from $252 to $285 an acre.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $285 | $244 |
| 2025 | $267 | $244 |
| 2024 | $271 | $245 |
| 2023 | $271 | $237 |
| 2022 | $252 | $227 |
Every Iowa county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $248 an acre in Woodbury County to $355 an acre in Sioux County.
- Under $263 (1 county)
- $263 to under $273 (2 counties)
- $273 to under $292 (2 counties)
- $292 to under $297 (2 counties)
- $297 and over (2 counties)
- Not published separately (90 counties, $291 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adair County, Adams County, Allamakee County, Appanoose County, Audubon County, Benton County, Black Hawk County, Boone County, Bremer County, Buchanan County, Buena Vista County, Butler County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Cedar County, Cerro Gordo County, Cherokee County, Chickasaw County, Clarke County, Clay County, Clayton County, Clinton County, Crawford County, Dallas County, Davis County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Des Moines County, Dickinson County, Dubuque County, Emmet County, Fayette County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Fremont County, Greene County, Grundy County, Guthrie County, Hamilton County, Hardin County, Henry County, Howard County, Humboldt County, Ida County, Iowa County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jones County, Keokuk County, Kossuth County, Lee County, Linn County, Lucas County, Lyon County, Madison County, Mahaska County, Marion County, Marshall County, Mills County, Mitchell County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, O'Brien County, Osceola County, Page County, Plymouth County, Pocahontas County, Polk County, Pottawattamie County, Poweshiek County, Ringgold County, Sac County, Scott County, Shelby County, Story County, Tama County, Taylor County, Union County, Van Buren County, Wapello County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Webster County, Winnebago County, Winneshiek County, Worth County and Wright County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sioux County | $355 | 3.9% |
| 2 | Johnson County | $297 | 9.1% |
| 3 | Monona County | $296 | 2.8% |
| 4 | Hancock County | $292 | 3.7% |
| 5 | Palo Alto County | $279 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Harrison County | $273 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Muscatine County | $272 | 6.2% |
| 8 | Louisa County | $263 | 6.1% |
| 9 | Woodbury County | $248 | 2.8% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.