Mountain
Idaho farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
The irrigated Snake River Plain and mountain pasture are the two poles of Idaho farmland. Irrigated and non-irrigated rents are listed separately when NASS published both.
Idaho farm real estate averaged $4,750 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $4,750 / acre
- +3.7% from 2025
- Cropland
- $6,170 / acre
- +2.0% from 2025
- Pasture
- $2,500 / acre
- +4.2% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $212 / acre
- +0.5% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $17 / acre
- +13.3% 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 | $3,990 | $4,190 | $4,390 | $4,580 | $4,750 | +3.7% |
| Cropland | $5,330 | $5,650 | $5,820 | $6,050 | $6,170 | +2.0% |
| Pasture | $2,120 | $2,240 | $2,310 | $2,400 | $2,500 | +4.2% |
| Cropland cash rent | $194 | $197 | $206 | $211 | $212 | +0.5% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $262 | $266 | $276 | $284 | $287 | +1.1% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $65.5 | $66 | $65 | $63 | $64.5 | +2.4% |
| Pasture cash rent | $12.5 | $13 | $14 | $15 | $17 | +13.3% |
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
- Bingham County $3,789 2022 census
- Canyon County $13,588 2022 census
- Cassia County $4,486 2022 census
- Twin Falls County $6,129 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.