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Kansas Cash Rent by County — 2026 USDA Rates

Compare mean annual cash rent per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, and pasture. Every summary keeps land type and rate year separate, with active history from 2019 through 2026.

2026 USDA rate year
$67/acreUSDA statewide meanMedian of county means: $58
$30–$193County mean rangeMorton County to Doniphan County
102Counties with a published rateof 105 counties; others suppressed or not reported
+3.1%Median county change vs 2025101 counties published in both years

The median among 102 reporting counties was $58 per acre. USDA's separately published statewide mean was $67 per acre. Doniphan County had the highest reported county mean at $193. The largest absolute consecutive-year change was +20.2% in Franklin County.

Geographic pattern

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State history

2019–2026 median among reporting counties

1,839 published county-land-type records and 681 suppressed or missing records are retained. Unavailable annual values are shown explicitly and never interpolated.

Median of reporting county means, dollars per acre per year. The reporting county set can differ by year.
  • Non-irrigated cropland
  • Irrigated cropland
  • Pasture
$0$50$100$150$20020192020202120222023202420252026Non-irrigated croplandNon-irrigated cropland, 2019: $50Non-irrigated cropland, 2020: $49Non-irrigated cropland, 2021: $51Non-irrigated cropland, 2022: $55Non-irrigated cropland, 2023: $54Non-irrigated cropland, 2024: $59Non-irrigated cropland, 2025: $56Non-irrigated cropland, 2026: $58Irrigated croplandIrrigated cropland, 2019: $125Irrigated cropland, 2020: $135Irrigated cropland, 2021: $134Irrigated cropland, 2022: $144Irrigated cropland, 2023: $143Irrigated cropland, 2024: $151Irrigated cropland, 2025: $151Irrigated cropland, 2026: $159PasturePasture, 2019: $19Pasture, 2020: $19Pasture, 2021: $20Pasture, 2022: $21Pasture, 2023: $23Pasture, 2024: $23Pasture, 2025: $24Pasture, 2026: $24
Year-by-year values by land type

Non-irrigated cropland

YearUSDA state meanCounty medianCounties
2019Not available$5092
2020Not available$49104
2021Not available$51102
2022Not available$55102
2023Not available$54102
2024Not available$59100
2025$64$56103
2026$67$58102

Irrigated cropland

YearUSDA state meanCounty medianCounties
2019Not available$12535
2020Not available$13529
2021Not available$13435
2022Not available$14432
2023Not available$14336
2024Not available$15119
2025$167$15129
2026$172$15928

Pasture

YearUSDA state meanCounty medianCounties
2019Not available$1994
2020Not available$19102
2021Not available$20102
2022Not available$21101
2023Not available$23101
2024Not available$2389
2025$24$24101
2026$24$2499

Highest and lowest reported means

County rankings by land type

Each list uses 2026 values for one land type only.

Sortable county table

2026 county cash rents

Change is shown only when the same land type has a valid value in the immediately prior year.

CountyNon-irrigated croplandYoY changeRate year
Doniphan County$193/acre-4.5%2026
Brown County$184/acre-6.6%2026
Nemaha County$159/acre+17.8%2026
Atchison County$131/acre-3.0%2026
Marshall County$126/acre+9.6%2026
Cloud County$115/acre+4.5%2026
Republic County$100/acre+2.6%2026
Clay County$99/acre+3.1%2026
Pottawatomie County$98/acre0.0%2026
Linn County$97/acre+10.2%2026
Jackson County$92/acre-11.2%2026
Washington County$92/acre+6.4%2026
Riley County$88/acre+16.7%2026
Miami County$87/acre+13.1%2026
Leavenworth County$86/acre-2.8%2026
Douglas County$85/acre-5.6%2026
Jewell County$83/acre-1.2%2026
Jefferson County$82/acre+13.9%2026
Geary County$77/acre-6.7%2026
Mitchell County$76/acre-5.0%2026
Ottawa County$76/acre+8.6%2026
Smith County$76/acre+3.4%2026
Wilson County$75/acre-2.6%2026
Franklin County$75/acre+20.2%2026
Crawford County$74/acre+8.9%2026
Lyon County$72/acre+9.2%2026
Shawnee County$71/acre+10.1%2026
Allen County$71/acre+11.0%2026
Anderson County$71/acre+11.9%2026
Johnson County$71/acre-9.6%2026
McPherson County$71/acre+5.2%2026
Cherokee County$70/acre+5.3%2026
Osage County$70/acre-2.8%2026
Lincoln County$69/acre+7.9%2026
Montgomery County$68/acre+7.9%2026
Harvey County$68/acre+1.5%2026
Rawlins County$67/acre+3.9%2026
Saline County$65/acre0.0%2026
Thomas County$65/acre+12.1%2026
Bourbon County$64/acre+10.4%2026
Sheridan County$64/acre+1.6%2026
Chase County$63/acre-9.3%2026
Sherman County$63/acre+8.6%2026
Wabaunsee County$63/acre+2.4%2026
Dickinson County$62/acre-6.8%2026
Coffey County$62/acre-12.1%2026
Morris County$62/acre+6.0%2026
Greenwood County$61/acre+10.9%2026
Labette County$61/acre+15.1%2026
Woodson County$59/acre+19.4%2026
Osborne County$58/acre-1.7%2026
Phillips County$58/acre+12.6%2026
Sumner County$57/acre+17.5%2026
Rice County$57/acre-4.2%2026
Scott County$57/acre+2.7%2026
Sedgwick County$56/acre0.0%2026
Marion County$56/acre-5.9%2026
Wichita County$56/acre0.0%2026
Cheyenne County$55/acre+2.8%2026
Neosho County$55/acre-12.7%2026
Norton County$55/acre+14.6%2026
Butler County$54/acre-2.7%2026
Reno County$53/acre-2.8%2026
Decatur County$53/acre-6.3%2026
Wallace County$53/acre+16.7%2026
Cowley County$52/acre+4.0%2026
Elk County$51/acre-1.0%2026
Gove County$50/acre+3.1%2026
Logan County$50/acre0.0%2026
Finney County$50/acre+17.9%2026
Gray County$50/acre+3.1%2026
Greeley County$49/acre+19.5%2026
Rooks County$49/acre0.0%2026
Stafford County$48/acre-6.8%2026
Kingman County$48/acre+4.4%2026
Ford County$47/acre+10.6%2026
Harper County$47/acre+19.0%2026
Pawnee County$47/acre+8.1%2026
Meade County$46/acre+8.2%2026
Pratt County$46/acre+9.5%2026
Rush County$46/acre+13.6%2026
Ellsworth County$46/acre-8.1%2026
Barton County$45/acre-1.1%2026
Barber County$43/acre+1.2%2026
Russell County$42/acre+5.0%2026
Graham County$42/acre-5.7%2026
Ness County$42/acre+3.8%2026
Haskell County$41/acre+1.2%2026
Lane County$41/acre0.0%2026
Trego County$41/acre-9.9%2026
Edwards County$41/acre-1.2%2026
Kiowa County$39/acre+14.7%2026
Clark County$38/acre+2.7%2026
Hodgeman County$38/acre+1.4%2026
Seward County$37/acre+15.6%2026
Stevens County$36/acre-2.7%2026
Comanche County$36/acre+7.6%2026
Hamilton County$34/acre+4.6%2026
Kearny County$33/acre-7.1%2026
Stanton County$33/acre+4.8%2026
Grant County$31/acre—2026
Morton County$30/acre-1.7%2026
Chautauqua County— (not reported)—2026
Ellis County— (not reported)—2026

Source and method

How to read this report

USDA county cash rent is a mean for a named land-use category. It is not a low, median, and high distribution. The state cards above are labeled medians among reporting counties unless an official USDA statewide mean is explicitly available.

Rate year: 2026. USDA source release: Aug 21, 2026. Dataset refreshed: Oct 9, 2026.

Data editor: LandLeaseRates Data Team · Reviewed against active release bce02b07.

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