Northeast
Massachusetts farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Massachusetts has a small acreage of high-priced farmland, including nursery, vegetables, and cranberry bogs. Only cells NASS published are shown.
Massachusetts farm real estate averaged $15,200 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $15,200 / acre
- +2.0% from 2025
- Cropland
- $26,600 / acre
- +2.3% from 2025
- Pasture
- $15,400 / acre
- +2.0% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $114 / acre
- +2.7% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $26.5 / acre
- −17.2% 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 | $14,000 | $13,800 | $14,300 | $14,900 | $15,200 | +2.0% |
| Cropland | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $26,000 | $26,600 | +2.3% |
| Pasture | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $15,100 | $15,400 | +2.0% |
| Cropland cash rent | $106 | $112 | $118 | $111 | $114 | +2.7% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $284 | $301 | $295 | $298 | $297 | −0.3% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $87.5 | $90.5 | $91.5 | $88.5 | $97.5 | +10.2% |
| Pasture cash rent | Not published | $27.5 | $29 | $32 | $26.5 | −17.2% |
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
- Berkshire County $8,606 2022 census
- Plymouth County $14,377 2022 census
- Worcester County $15,447 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.