Mountain
Arizona farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Irrigated valleys, including Yuma and central Arizona, sit next to a much larger acreage of rangeland. A state average mixes those very different kinds of ground.
Arizona farm real estate averaged $4,300 per acre in 2026, in line with the U.S. figure of $4,500.
Excludes American Indian Reservation land.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $4,300 / acre
- +2.9% from 2025
- Cropland
- $8,300 / acre
- +1.8% from 2025
- Pasture
- $980 / acre
- +3.2% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- Not published
- Change not published
- Pasture cash rent
- $2.8 / acre
- +47.4% from 2025
Dollars per acre. A state average is not the price of a specific farm.
Annual estimates
| Series | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm real estate | $3,860 | $3,780 | $4,000 | $4,180 | $4,300 | +2.9% |
| Cropland | $7,900 | $8,000 | Withheld | $8,150 | $8,300 | +1.8% |
| Pasture | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $950 | $980 | +3.2% |
| Cropland cash rent | $336 | $347 | $343 | $334 | Not published | Not published |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $336 | $347 | $343 | $334 | $328 | −1.8% |
| Pasture cash rent | $1.5 | $2.6 | $1.6 | $1.9 | $2.8 | +47.4% |
What the rows mean
- Farm real estate
- Average value of all land and buildings used for agricultural production, including dwellings, if sold under current market conditions with a reasonable time on the market.
- Cropland
- Average value of land used for field crops, vegetables, or hay, including idle cropland and cropland in conservation programs. Land that alternates between crops and pasture is valued as cropland.
- Pasture
- Average value of land normally grazed by livestock. Animals do not have to be on the land during the survey year.
- Cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for cropland. NASS measures this as rent expense in dollars per acre. Share rents are not included.
- Irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Pasture cash rent
- Average cash rent for pastureland, in dollars per acre.
Counties
- Cochise County $2,695 2022 census
- Maricopa County $7,203 2022 census
- Pinal County $2,148 2022 census
Nearby states
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Sources
- Land Values 2026 Summary, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, released 2026-07-31. Text tables. ESMIS archive.
- Quick Stats cash rent expense, dollars per acre, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
State and U.S. survey estimates. Blank cells were not published. Year-over-year rent changes in this file are calculated from those estimates. Land-value changes are the percents printed in the summary. Rent changes are calculated from the published yearly estimates. U.S. government figures are public domain and were not adjusted. A blank or “withheld” cell was not published.