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Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Merrimack County, New Hampshire

The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.

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Merrimack County, 2026

$66 an acre

Down 4.3% from $69 in 2025

New Hampshire, 2026

$64 an acre

Up 6.7% from $60 in 2025

United States, 2026

$146 an acre

Down 0.7% from $147 in 2025

Merrimack CountyNew HampshireUnited States

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What the numbers say

Merrimack County's rent is the same as the New Hampshire average and 0.5 times the US average.
It is the 2nd highest of the 3 New Hampshire counties NASS published for 2026.
Since 2019 it has risen 26.9%, from $52 to $66 an acre.
Gaps are years with no separate Merrimack figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2017 it combined Merrimack into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.

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Cash rent: non-irrigated cropland, dollars an acre
Year	Merrimack County	New Hampshire	United States
2026	$66	$64	$146
2025	$69	$60	$147
2024	$76.50	$57.50	$146
2023	$63	$51	$142
2022	$38.50	$51.50	$135
2021	$47.50	$49	$128
2020	$46	$46	$126
2019	$52	$40	$127
2018	No county survey that year	No figure	$125
2017	Combined into "other counties"	$50	$123

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Every New Hampshire county, 2026

Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $41 an acre in Coos County to $71 an acre in Cheshire County.

Under $66 (1 county)
$66 to under $71 (1 county)
$71 and over (1 county)
Not published separately (7 counties, $65.50 an acre combined)

NASS combined Belknap County, Carroll County, Grafton County, Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, Strafford County and Sullivan County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.

Published New Hampshire counties, highest first, 2026
Rank	County	Figure (dollars an acre)	Precision (CV)
1	Cheshire County	$71	8.7%
2	Merrimack County This county	$66	13.3%
3	Coos County	$41	8.6%

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; state and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, CROPLAND, NON-IRRIGATED - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Merrimack is 13.3% (lower means more precise). Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

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.