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Pastureland rental rates

2022 updates

  • Minnesota pasture rented for cash averaged $27 per acre, up $1 from 2021.
  • Dodge County had the highest published cash rent for non-irrigated cropland at $268 per acre, followed by Martin at $265 per acre, and Wabasha at $259 per acre.
  • Renville and Wacesa rounded out the top five.
  • Dodge County reported the highest published pasture cash rent at $67.50 per acre.
  • Pipestone and Rock followed at $66.50 per acre with Fillmore at $55.5 and Jackson at $54 per acre.
  • Lincoln had the fifth-highest pasture rent at $53.5 per acre.

Cropland and pasture rental rates by Minnesota county including regional average

County/Region 2022 2021 2020 2019 2017 2016
Becker 21 17 11 17 22 19
Clay NA 26 23.5 19 20.5 18
Clearwater 11.5 12.5 12.5 15.5 12.5 12
Kittson NA 10.5 11 13 10.5 11.5
Mahnomen NA 11.5 19.5 12 12.5 13
Marshall NA 17 11.5 NA 29 NA
Norman 11.5 19 14.5 17 NA 20.5
Pennington NA NA 25.5 NA NA NA
Polk 16.5 11.5 14 15 13 19
Red Lake 16.5 NA 21.5 18.5 NA 22.5
Roseau 15 22.5 17.5 16.5 15 13
Northwest 13.5 15.5 17 16
Beltrami 10.5 15 17 10 13.5 12.5
Cass 15 19.5 16 17 9 13
Hubbard 6.9 7.2 NA NA 12 9.2
Itasca NA 17.5 11.5 NA NA 9.3
Koochiching NA 10.2 17 NA NA NA
Lake of the Woods NA NA NA 8.5 6 NA
North Central 16 14.5 12.5 13
Cook NA NA NA NA NA NA
Lake NA NA NA NA NA NA
St Louis NA 7.8 11.5 5 9 6.9
Northeast 11.5 5 9 6.9
Big Stone 51 35 NA 52 28.5 29
Chippewa 30.5 NA 40 32.5 25.5 27
Douglas NA NA 29.5 29 20 16
Grant NA NA NA NA NA NA
Lac Qui Parle 37.5 39 39 58 71 64.5
Otter Tail 13.5 18.5 21.5 18 14 13.5
Pope 21.5 40.5 29 41 43.5 30.5
Stevens 32.5 NA NA 43 50 NA
Swift 30 35 35.5 44 55 60.5
Traverse NA NA NA NA 30 36.5
Wilkin NA NA NA NA NA NA
Yellow Medicine NA 49.5 38.5 22.5 NA NA
West Central 27.5 34 42.5 43
Benton 25.5 26 26 27 22 19.5
Carver NA NA NA NA NA NA
Kandiyohi NA NA NA 60 36.5 46.5
McLeod NA NA NA NA NA 37
Meeker NA NA NA NA NA NA
Morrison 24.5 21.5 NA NA 20 14
Renville NA NA 39.5 NA NA NA
Scott NA NA NA NA NA 41.5
Sherburne NA NA NA NA NA 28.5
Sibley NA NA NA NA NA 25.5
Stearns 28 22 NA 26.5 37 51
Todd 20 17.5 16.5 27.5 23 27.5
Wadena 21.5 18 13.5 NA 12 23
Wright NA 28.5 NA 47.5 35 NA
Central 20 24 27 28
Aitkin NA NA 10 11.5 14.5 10
Anoka NA NA NA NA NA NA
Carlton 5 6.5 NA 6 6 5.4
Chisago NA NA NA 39.5 19 23
Crow Wing 11.5 11 15.5 13 16 13
Hennepin NA NA NA NA NA NA
Isanti NA 14 11.5 14 12.5 11
Kanabec NA 12.5 14.5 12.5 16.5 21
Mille Lacs 19.5 25.5 17.5 NA 19.5 15.5
Pine 15 25.5 19.5 24.5 15 10
Washington 25 30.5 46.5 39 32 28
East Central 15.5 16.5 15.5 12.5
Cottonwood NA 45 47 31 NA 49.5
Jackson 54 34.5 41.5 43 41 44
Lincoln 53.5 55 48.5 58.5 46 54
Lyon 39.5 40 41 56.5 41 43.5
Murray NA 52.5 54.5 57 51 58
Nobles 66.5 47.5 62.5 58 60 57.5
Pipestone NA 67 59.5 63 51.5 50
Redwood NA NA 50 36.5 48 NA
Rock 66.5 62 68.5 56 61 74.5
Southwest 55 53.5 51 51.5
Blue Earth NA NA 60 60 NA 57.5
Brown 25 NA 55 55 NA 49
Faribault NA NA NA NA NA NA
Freeborn NA 61 56.5 56.5 40.5 41.5
Le Sueur 49 35.5 62.5 62.5 33 38.5
Martin 21.5 30.5 38 38 50 NA
Nicollet NA NA NA NA NA NA
Rice 52.5 58 NA NA 56.5 23
Steele 26.5 31.5 42 42 46.5 NA
Waseca NA NA NA NA NA NA
Watonwan 41 NA NA NA 36 31
South Central 52.5 52.5 44.5 39
Dakota NA 50 NA NA NA NA
Dodge 67.5 61 NA NA NA 27
Fillmore 55.5 42 36.5 36.5 38 NA
Goodhue NA 48 NA NA NA 23
Houston 41.5 31 23 23 20 23
Mower 41.5 46.5 NA NA 5 23.5
Olmsted 34.5 40 46 46 42 35.5
Wabasha NA 48.5 46.5 46.5 30 32
Winona NA 42 36.5 36.5 37 30
Southeast 37.5 37.5 38 35
Minnesota 27 26 24 28 30 30

Author: David Bau, Extension educator

Reviewed in 2023

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