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Cash rent for all cropland: Maine
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for all cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
Up to dateYearly. USDA usually publishes at the end of July. Last published Jul 31, 2026. Next expected July 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Maine, 2025
$80.50 an acre
Up 94.0% from $41.50 in 2009
United States, 2026
$160 an acre
Down 0.6% from $161 in 2025
MaineUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2025, Maine's cash rent was 0.5 times the US average.
- From 2009 to 2025 it rose 94.0%, from $41.50 to $80.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no Maine figure: too few farms reported in 2012, 2013 and 2014 for NASS to publish a figure. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Maine | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | $160 |
| 2025 | $80.50 | $161 |
| 2024 | No figure | $160 |
| 2023 | No figure | $155 |
| 2022 | No figure | $148 |
| 2021 | No figure | $141 |
| 2020 | No figure | $139 |
| 2019 | No figure | $140 |
| 2018 | No figure | $138 |
| 2017 | No figure | $136 |
| 2016 | No figure | $136 |
| 2015 | No figure | $144 |
| 2014 | Too few reports to publish | $141 |
| 2013 | Too few reports to publish | $136 |
| 2012 | Too few reports to publish | $125 |
| 2011 | No figure | $111 |
| 2010 | No figure | $102 |
| 2009 | $41.50 | $99 |
| 2008 | No figure | $85.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $77.50 |
| 2006 | No figure | $79.50 |
| 2005 | No figure | $78 |
| 2004 | No figure | $76.50 |
| 2003 | No figure | $73 |
| 2002 | No figure | $71.60 |
| 2001 | No figure | $71 |
| 2000 | No figure | $70 |
| 1999 | No figure | $67.50 |
| 1998 | No figure | $66.50 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. State and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, CROPLAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is the average rent per acre that farmers paid for cropland they rented for cash, irrigated and non-irrigated together.