Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Marshall County, Minnesota
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
- Marshall County's rent is 0.6 times the Minnesota average and 0.8 times the US average.
- It is the 25th lowest of the 81 Minnesota counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2008 it has risen 109.2%, from $54.50 to $114 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Marshall figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2022 and 2024 it combined Marshall into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Marshall County | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $114 | $205 | $146 |
| 2025 | $120 | $199 | $147 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $200 | $146 |
| 2023 | $129 | $198 | $142 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $185 | $135 |
| 2021 | $90.50 | $177 | $128 |
| 2020 | $84.50 | $163 | $126 |
| 2019 | $87 | $163 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $166 | $125 |
| 2017 | $90 | $166 | $123 |
| 2016 | $79 | $170 | $125 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $180 | $133 |
| 2014 | $84.50 | $185 | $130 |
| 2013 | $86 | $177 | $125 |
| 2012 | $71 | $150 | $115 |
| 2011 | $62 | $135 | $101 |
| 2010 | $62 | $121 | No figure |
| 2009 | $60.50 | $113 | No figure |
| 2008 | $54.50 | $109 | No figure |
Every Minnesota county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $18.50 an acre in Aitkin County to $280 an acre in Martin County.
- Under $40 (7 counties)
- $40 to under $80 (10 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (8 counties)
- $120 to under $160 (6 counties)
- $160 and over (50 counties)
- Not published separately (6 counties, $233 an acre combined)
NASS combined Cook County, Koochiching County, Lake County, Ramsey County, Redwood 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 | Martin County | $280 | 2.9% |
| 2 | Sibley County | $278 | 2.1% |
| 3 | Dodge County | $277 | 4.0% |
| 3 | Goodhue County | $277 | 5.8% |
| 3 | Rock County | $277 | 4.1% |
| 6 | Mower County | $276 | 5.0% |
| 6 | Rice County | $276 | 4.0% |
| 8 | Kandiyohi County | $275 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Nicollet County | $275 | 3.2% |
| 10 | Freeborn County | $272 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Renville County | $268 | 2.4% |
| 12 | Fillmore County | $263 | 5.1% |
| 12 | Waseca County | $263 | 3.9% |
| 14 | Le Sueur County | $258 | 2.0% |
| 14 | Steele County | $258 | 2.5% |
| 16 | Faribault County | $254 | 3.1% |
| 17 | Blue Earth County | $252 | 2.4% |
| 17 | Carver County | $252 | 4.6% |
| 17 | Dakota County | $252 | 5.4% |
| 17 | Watonwan County | $252 | 2.5% |
| 21 | Murray County | $246 | 3.2% |
| 21 | Olmsted County | $246 | 2.8% |
| 23 | Nobles County | $244 | 3.1% |
| 24 | Jackson County | $243 | 2.0% |
| 25 | Wabasha County | $241 | 7.1% |
| 26 | Brown County | $236 | 3.0% |
| 26 | Scott County | $236 | 3.3% |
| 28 | McLeod County | $233 | 3.4% |
| 28 | Pipestone County | $233 | 4.9% |
| 30 | Cottonwood County | $231 | 4.4% |
| 31 | Lyon County | $230 | 3.0% |
| 32 | Lincoln County | $223 | 5.2% |
| 33 | Swift County | $220 | 3.1% |
| 34 | Houston County | $217 | 6.6% |
| 34 | Meeker County | $217 | 4.7% |
| 36 | Lac qui Parle County | $215 | 2.9% |
| 37 | Chippewa County | $212 | 2.8% |
| 38 | Winona County | $208 | 3.1% |
| 39 | Wright County | $192 | 5.2% |
| 40 | Stearns County | $191 | 6.3% |
| 41 | Stevens County | $189 | 3.0% |
| 42 | Grant County | $188 | 2.4% |
| 43 | Big Stone County | $184 | 3.6% |
| 44 | Traverse County | $182 | 2.3% |
| 45 | Wilkin County | $180 | 3.2% |
| 46 | Pope County | $177 | 3.0% |
| 47 | Clay County | $172 | 3.4% |
| 48 | Polk County | $166 | 2.7% |
| 49 | Douglas County | $162 | 3.1% |
| 50 | Norman County | $161 | 2.6% |
| 51 | Washington County | $145 | 5.0% |
| 52 | Hennepin County | $141 | 3.2% |
| 53 | Benton County | $128 | 9.1% |
| 53 | Mahnomen County | $128 | 3.0% |
| 55 | Becker County | $127 | 9.4% |
| 56 | Otter Tail County | $124 | 10.0% |
| 57 | Marshall County This county | $114 | 3.0% |
| 58 | Todd County | $110 | 7.6% |
| 59 | Morrison County | $94 | 3.6% |
| 60 | Red Lake County | $90.50 | 3.7% |
| 61 | Kittson County | $89.50 | 4.4% |
| 62 | Pennington County | $83 | 3.6% |
| 63 | Chisago County | $81 | 3.8% |
| 64 | Mille Lacs County | $80.50 | 8.6% |
| 65 | Anoka County | $70.50 | 4.9% |
| 65 | Kanabec County | $70.50 | 12.2% |
| 65 | Roseau County | $70.50 | 5.6% |
| 68 | Sherburne County | $66 | 11.3% |
| 69 | Isanti County | $59.50 | 4.4% |
| 70 | Lake of the Woods County | $58.50 | 6.1% |
| 71 | Beltrami County | $54 | 10.3% |
| 72 | Clearwater County | $48 | 7.7% |
| 73 | Crow Wing County | $44.50 | 5.1% |
| 74 | Pine County | $40.50 | 3.8% |
| 75 | Itasca County | $39 | 8.8% |
| 75 | Wadena County | $39 | 3.2% |
| 77 | Cass County | $30 | 10.4% |
| 78 | Hubbard County | $23.50 | 15.9% |
| 79 | St. Louis County | $20.50 | 34.7% |
| 80 | Carlton County | $19 | 3.7% |
| 81 | Aitkin County | $18.50 | 4.4% |
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.