Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Litchfield County, Connecticut
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-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
- In 2025, Litchfield County's rent was 0.6 times the Connecticut average and 0.3 times the US average.
- It is the lowest of the 4 Connecticut counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2016 to 2025 it rose 62.1%, from $29 to $47 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Litchfield figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, in 2024 and 2026 it combined Litchfield into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2020. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Litchfield County | Connecticut | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $91 | $146 |
| 2025 | $47 | $81.50 | $147 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $85 | $146 |
| 2023 | $54 | $85 | $142 |
| 2022 | $60 | $86 | $135 |
| 2021 | $45.50 | $78 | $128 |
| 2020 | Not available | No figure | $126 |
| 2019 | $41 | $60 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $125 |
| 2017 | $29 | $57 | $123 |
| 2016 | $29 | $60 | $125 |
Every Connecticut county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $56 an acre in Windham County to $152 an acre in Hartford County.
- Under $40 (0 counties)
- $40 to under $80 (2 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (3 counties)
- $120 to under $160 (1 county)
- $160 and over (0 counties)
- Not published separately (2 counties, $70.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Fairfield County and Litchfield County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Litchfield: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford County | $152 | 7.3% |
| 2 | Tolland County | $90 | 6.2% |
| 3 | New London County | $86 | 8.2% |
| 4 | New Haven County | $80 | 5.4% |
| 5 | Middlesex County | $67.50 | 11.1% |
| 6 | Windham County | $56 | 8.6% |
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.