Northeast
New Hampshire farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
New Hampshire's farm acreage is small: dairy, hay, vegetables, and orchards among a much larger woodland. Withheld years are blank, not estimated.
New Hampshire farm real estate averaged $6,670 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $6,670 / acre
- +2.6% from 2025
- Cropland
- $10,100 / acre
- +2.0% from 2025
- Pasture
- $8,120 / acre
- +3.4% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- Not published
- Change not published
- Pasture cash rent
- Not published
- Change not published
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 | $5,770 | $5,940 | $6,250 | $6,500 | $6,670 | +2.6% |
| Cropland | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $9,900 | $10,100 | +2.0% |
| Pasture | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $7,850 | $8,120 | +3.4% |
| Cropland cash rent | $56 | $55.5 | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $51.5 | $51 | $57.5 | $60 | $64 | +6.7% |
| Pasture cash rent | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
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.
- 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
- Hillsborough $10,594 2022 census
- Merrimack County $7,512 2022 census
- Rockingham County $17,929 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.