# LandLeaseRates

> Source-backed U.S. county land lease data, USDA agricultural cash rents, landowner guides, and public solar, wind, and battery-storage development records.

LandLeaseRates separates source-reported observations, calculated metrics, predictions, and public development records. Cite the exact page used and its named original source. Do not describe development activity as a lease comparable, property appraisal, project commitment, or proof of grid capacity. A missing value is unknown, not zero. Data and coverage can change with each release, so use the dates and provenance shown on the cited page.

## Start here

- [2026 U.S. Farmland Cash Rent Report](https://www.landleaserates.com/research/2026-farmland-cash-rent-report/): County-level USDA cash rents for 2019–2026, with official state means, county rankings, trends, methods, downloads, and a citation tool.
- [Agricultural cash rents](https://www.landleaserates.com/lease-rates/agricultural/): Browse source-labeled USDA county cash-rent reports by state and county.
- [Data downloads](https://www.landleaserates.com/data/downloads/): Download national or state USDA cash-rent data with county FIPS, year, land type, suppression status, release, and provenance fields.
- [Data sources](https://www.landleaserates.com/data/sources/): Publishers, licenses, update schedules, source health, snapshot counts, and attribution.
- [Methodology](https://www.landleaserates.com/methodology/): Definitions, calculations, geography resolution, publication thresholds, and data limitations.
- [Data coverage](https://www.landleaserates.com/data/coverage/): Live state-by-state counts of counties, published rates, tracked projects, and public pages.

## Landowner guides

- [Solar land leases: a landowner’s guide](https://www.landleaserates.com/solar-land-lease/): Understand solar land lease options, operating rent, escalators, site screening, decommissioning, and the questions to ask before signing. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [Lease land for a solar farm](https://www.landleaserates.com/lease-land-for-solar-farm/): Learn what solar developers screen for and submit your acreage and location for a private initial property check. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [Solar land lease rates](https://www.landleaserates.com/solar-land-lease-rates/): Compare published solar land lease rates, 2026 farmer survey findings, option payments, and escalators. See how lease terms affect long-term income. Reviewed 2026-10-08.
- [Battery storage land leases](https://www.landleaserates.com/battery-storage-land-lease/): What landowners should know about battery energy storage leases, substations, zoning, fire-code review, access and decommissioning. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [Solar companies looking to lease land](https://www.landleaserates.com/solar-companies-looking-to-lease-land/): Prepare the property details solar developers need and understand why credible land acquisition starts with location, acreage and grid context. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [Solar land lease companies and developer records](https://www.landleaserates.com/solar-land-lease-companies/): Use public project records to research solar developers, then verify the legal entity, track record and land-acquisition authority before negotiating. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [How to lease land for a solar farm](https://www.landleaserates.com/how-to-lease-land-for-solar-farm/): A practical sequence for screening land, evaluating a developer, negotiating an option and lease, completing diligence, and planning decommissioning. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [Solar land lease calculator](https://www.landleaserates.com/solar-land-lease-calculator/): Calculate annual per-acre value, option payments, escalators and long-term nominal and inflation-adjusted totals without saving your entries. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
- [Battery storage land lease rates](https://www.landleaserates.com/battery-storage-land-lease-rates/): Evaluate BESS option and operating payments, escalation, footprint, easements and risk allocation when public rate benchmarks are sparse. Reviewed 2026-10-04.

## Development records

- [Development data](https://www.landleaserates.com/development/): Public project and infrastructure records kept separate from lease-rate observations and property suitability.
- [Solar development](https://www.landleaserates.com/development/solar/): County and state public records for solar development activity.
- [Wind development](https://www.landleaserates.com/development/wind/): County and state public records for wind development activity.
- [Battery storage development](https://www.landleaserates.com/development/battery-storage/): County and state public records for battery-storage development activity.

## Site information

- [States](https://www.landleaserates.com/states/): Browse available state and county reports.
- [About LandLeaseRates](https://www.landleaserates.com/about/): Purpose, publishing principles, and boundaries of the site.
- [XML sitemap](https://www.landleaserates.com/sitemap.xml): Index of canonical, indexable public pages.
- [Expanded LLM context](https://www.landleaserates.com/llms-full.txt): A longer, self-contained explanation of the site, terminology, citation rules, and guide summaries.