Delta States
Arkansas farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Eastern Arkansas is mostly Delta row-crop ground, while the west is more poultry, pasture, and timber. One statewide acre value blends those markets.
Arkansas farm real estate averaged $4,350 per acre in 2026, in line with the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $4,350 / acre
- +2.4% from 2025
- Cropland
- $3,850 / acre
- +3.5% from 2025
- Pasture
- $3,500 / acre
- +3.9% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $134 / acre
- +5.5% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $23.5 / acre
- +6.8% 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 | $3,800 | $3,920 | $4,110 | $4,250 | $4,350 | +2.4% |
| Cropland | $3,330 | $3,460 | $3,600 | $3,720 | $3,850 | +3.5% |
| Pasture | $3,050 | $3,160 | $3,270 | $3,370 | $3,500 | +3.9% |
| Cropland cash rent | $118 | $119 | $126 | $127 | $134 | +5.5% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $145 | $150 | $152 | $154 | $163 | +5.8% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $46 | $48.5 | $50.5 | $52 | $50 | −3.8% |
| Pasture cash rent | $20.5 | $21.5 | $21.5 | $22 | $23.5 | +6.8% |
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.
- Non-irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Pasture cash rent
- Average cash rent for pastureland, in dollars per acre.
Counties
- Benton County $9,796 2022 census
- Mississippi County $4,584 2022 census
- Washington County $7,460 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.