Northern Plains
North Dakota farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Small grains, soybeans, and cattle country cover most of North Dakota. Rents in the Red River Valley and rents farther west can both differ from the state mean.
North Dakota farm real estate averaged $2,450 per acre in 2026, below the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $2,450 / acre
- +3.8% from 2025
- Cropland
- $2,800 / acre
- +3.3% from 2025
- Pasture
- $1,200 / acre
- +5.3% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $86 / acre
- +2.4% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $23.5 / acre
- 0.0% 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 | $1,920 | $2,140 | $2,260 | $2,360 | $2,450 | +3.8% |
| Cropland | $2,200 | $2,450 | $2,600 | $2,710 | $2,800 | +3.3% |
| Pasture | $871 | $987 | $1,050 | $1,140 | $1,200 | +5.3% |
| Cropland cash rent | $74 | $77 | $82.5 | $84 | $86 | +2.4% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $188 | $189 | $192 | $191 | $186 | −2.6% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $73 | $76 | $81.5 | $83 | $85 | +2.4% |
| Pasture cash rent | $19.5 | $20.5 | $21.5 | $23.5 | $23.5 | 0.0% |
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
- Barnes County $2,861 2022 census
- Cass County $4,110 2022 census
- Cavalier County $2,507 2022 census
- Grand Forks County $3,568 2022 census
- LaMoure County $3,133 2022 census
- McLean County $2,556 2022 census
- Morton County $1,865 2022 census
- Pembina County $3,915 2022 census
- Richland County $4,419 2022 census
- Stutsman County $2,732 2022 census
- Walsh County $3,221 2022 census
- Ward County $2,272 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.