Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Brown County, Minnesota
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
- Brown County's rent is 1.1 times the Minnesota average and the same as the US average.
- It is the 6th highest of the 17 Minnesota counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2021 it has risen 39.4%, from $180 to $251 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Brown figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2017, 2019 and 2020 it combined Brown into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Brown County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $251 | $235 | $244 |
| 2025 | $185 | $224 | $244 |
| 2024 | $170 | $214 | $245 |
| 2023 | $194 | $215 | $237 |
| 2022 | $139 | $200 | $227 |
| 2021 | $180 | $187 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $188 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $205 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $192 | $215 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $185 | $212 |
Every Minnesota county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $195 an acre in Grant County to $350 an acre in Rice County.
- Under $215 (3 counties)
- $215 to under $220 (3 counties)
- $220 to under $235 (4 counties)
- $235 to under $284 (3 counties)
- $284 and over (4 counties)
- Not published separately (70 counties, $225 an acre combined)
NASS combined Aitkin County, Anoka County, Becker County, Beltrami County, Benton County, Big Stone County, Blue Earth County, Carlton County, Carver County, Cass County, Chippewa County, Chisago County, Clay County, Clearwater County, Cook County, Cottonwood County, Crow Wing County, Dodge County, Douglas County, Faribault County, Fillmore County, Freeborn County, Hennepin County, Houston County, Isanti County, Itasca County, Jackson County, Kanabec County, Kittson County, Koochiching County, Lac qui Parle County, Lake County, Lake of the Woods County, Le Sueur County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Mahnomen County, Marshall County, Martin County, McLeod County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Mower County, Murray County, Nicollet County, Nobles County, Norman County, Olmsted County, Pennington County, Pine County, Pipestone County, Ramsey County, Red Lake County, Redwood County, Renville County, Rock County, Roseau County, Scott County, Sibley County, St. Louis County, Steele County, Todd County, Traverse County, Wabasha County, Waseca County, Watonwan County, Wilkin County, Winona County, Wright County and Yellow Medicine County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice County | $350 | 5.7% |
| 2 | Kandiyohi County | $287 | 5.7% |
| 3 | Dakota County | $285 | 4.9% |
| 4 | Goodhue County | $284 | 10.1% |
| 5 | Stearns County | $273 | 6.2% |
| 6 | Brown County This county | $251 | 7.6% |
| 7 | Sherburne County | $235 | 5.8% |
| 8 | Meeker County | $230 | 11.3% |
| 9 | Pope County | $229 | 10.4% |
| 9 | Swift County | $229 | 3.6% |
| 11 | Hubbard County | $220 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Otter Tail County | $217 | 4.9% |
| 13 | Washington County | $216 | 11.6% |
| 14 | Wadena County | $215 | 5.1% |
| 15 | Polk County | $211 | 6.8% |
| 16 | Stevens County | $207 | 4.6% |
| 17 | Grant County | $195 | 4.5% |
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.