2026 Alabama cash rent by county
Cropland and pasture rent for all 67 Alabama counties, with rank, year-over-year change and survey history back to 2008.
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| County ▲ | FIPS ▲ | Cropland $/ac ▲ | Crop rank ▲ | Crop pctile ▲ | Crop YoY ▲ | Pasture $/ac ▲ | Past rank ▲ | Past pctile ▲ | Past YoY ▲ |
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USDA NASS · August 2026 release
Alabama cash rent by county, 2026
The 2026 median non-irrigated cropland cash rent in Alabama is $46 per acre, up 4.5% from 2025 ($44). County rents range from $14.50 in Choctaw County to $139 in Limestone County across the 59 counties NASS published for 2026. The pasture rent median is $26 per acre.
| Autauga | $50.50 | $50.50 | 0.0% | $33 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | $90 | $92.50 | ▼ 2.7% | $33.50 | 6 |
| Barbour | $58.50 | $50.50 | ▲ 15.8% | $37.50 | 19 |
| Bibb | $24 | $23 | ▲ 4.3% | $20.50 | 54 |
| Blount | $48 | $47 | ▲ 2.1% | $24 | 27 |
| Bullock | n.p. | $33 | – | $14.50 | – |
| Butler | n.p. | n.p. | – | n.p. | – |
| Calhoun | $64.50 | $76 | ▼ 15.1% | $33 | 13 |
| Chambers | $28 | $20.50 | ▲ 36.6% | $18.50 | 48 |
| Cherokee | $94.50 | $96 | ▼ 1.6% | $27.50 | 5 |
| Chilton | $24.50 | $22.50 | ▲ 8.9% | $14.50 | 53 |
| Choctaw | $14.50 | $18 | ▼ 19.4% | n.p. | 59 |
| Clarke | $17 | n.p. | – | n.p. | 58 |
| Clay | $18 | $13.50 | ▲ 33.3% | $11.50 | 57 |
| Cleburne | $30.50 | $29 | ▲ 5.2% | $26 | 45 |
| Coffee | $49.50 | $49 | ▲ 1.0% | $35.50 | 25 |
| Colbert | $105 | $104 | ▲ 1.0% | $31 | 3 |
| Conecuh | $27.50 | $32 | ▼ 14.1% | $17 | 49 |
| Coosa | n.p. | n.p. | – | n.p. | – |
| Covington | $66.50 | $60.50 | ▲ 9.9% | $33 | 10 |
| Crenshaw | $30 | $26 | ▲ 15.4% | $22.50 | 46 |
| Cullman | $47.50 | $35.50 | ▲ 33.8% | $29 | 28 |
| Dale | $54.50 | $49 | ▲ 11.2% | $32.50 | 20 |
| Dallas | $36.50 | $34.50 | ▲ 5.8% | $25.50 | 40 |
| DeKalb | $60 | $57.50 | ▲ 4.3% | $28.50 | 16 |
| Elmore | $44.50 | $42.50 | ▲ 4.7% | $13.50 | 31 |
| Escambia | $101 | $113 | ▼ 10.6% | $45 | 4 |
| Etowah | $59.50 | $52.50 | ▲ 13.3% | $45.50 | 17 |
| Fayette | $46.50 | $41.50 | ▲ 12.0% | $22 | 29 |
| Franklin | $72.50 | $71 | ▲ 2.1% | $37 | 9 |
| Geneva | $59.50 | $63 | ▼ 5.6% | $37 | 18 |
| Greene | $26 | $20 | ▲ 30.0% | $24 | 51 |
| Hale | $52.50 | $45 | ▲ 16.7% | $31.50 | 22 |
| Henry | $51.50 | $52 | ▼ 1.0% | $30.50 | 23 |
| Houston | $61 | $56.50 | ▲ 8.0% | $29 | 15 |
| Jackson | $61.50 | $55.50 | ▲ 10.8% | $38 | 14 |
| Jefferson | n.p. | n.p. | – | n.p. | – |
| Lamar | $40.50 | $40.50 | 0.0% | $23.50 | 36 |
| Lauderdale | $78.50 | $77 | ▲ 1.9% | $23.50 | 8 |
| Lawrence | $113 | $105 | ▲ 7.6% | $30.50 | 2 |
| Lee | $34.50 | $20.50 | ▲ 68.3% | $15.50 | 42 |
| Limestone | $139 | $127 | ▲ 9.4% | $31 | 1 |
| Lowndes | $42 | $30.50 | ▲ 37.7% | $27.50 | 32 |
| Macon | $41 | n.p. | – | $22.50 | 35 |
| Madison | n.p. | $113 | – | $26 | – |
| Marengo | $39.50 | $39 | ▲ 1.3% | $38 | 39 |
| Marion | $34 | $37 | ▼ 8.1% | $20.50 | 43 |
| Marshall | $40 | $50 | ▼ 20.0% | $32.50 | 37 |
| Mobile | $83.50 | n.p. | – | $33.50 | 7 |
| Monroe | $66.50 | $67.50 | ▼ 1.5% | $26.50 | 11 |
| Montgomery | $29.50 | $34.50 | ▼ 14.5% | $21.50 | 47 |
| Morgan | $65 | $76.50 | ▼ 15.0% | $32 | 12 |
| Perry | n.p. | $45.50 | – | n.p. | – |
| Pickens | $49.50 | n.p. | – | n.p. | 26 |
| Pike | $40 | $44 | ▼ 9.1% | $36 | 38 |
| Randolph | $25.50 | $28 | ▼ 8.9% | $24.50 | 52 |
| Russell | $41.50 | n.p. | – | $20.50 | 33 |
| Shelby | $41.50 | $42 | ▼ 1.2% | $18 | 34 |
| St. Clair | $36.50 | $24.50 | ▲ 49.0% | $17 | 41 |
| Sumter | $20 | $21 | ▼ 4.8% | $19.50 | 56 |
| Talladega | $53.50 | $45.50 | ▲ 17.6% | $11 | 21 |
| Tallapoosa | n.p. | n.p. | – | n.p. | – |
| Tuscaloosa | $46 | $44 | ▲ 4.5% | $30 | 30 |
| Walker | $24 | $23.50 | ▲ 2.1% | $18 | 55 |
| Washington | n.p. | $38.50 | – | $20 | – |
| Wilcox | $33.50 | $26.50 | ▲ 26.4% | $17.50 | 44 |
| Winston | $26.50 | $18.50 | ▲ 43.2% | $24 | 50 |
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Dollars per acre. Rank is by 2026 non-irrigated cropland rent among the 59 published counties; the top 5 are highlighted. n.p. means USDA NASS did not publish a figure, usually because too few farms responded. Source: USDA NASS Cash Rents by County, released August 2026. Data as of August 2026.
Alabama median rent by year
Cropland rent is up 17% since 2008: from $39.25 to $46 per acre.
State median non-irrigated cropland cash rent, USDA NASS survey years.
| Year | Cropland | Pasture |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $46 | $26 |
| 2025 | $44 | $23 |
| 2024 | $39.50 | $21.50 |
| 2023 | $44 | $23 |
| 2022 | $42.25 | $22.50 |
| 2021 | $40 | $22 |
| 2020 | $39.50 | $22.50 |
| 2019 | $36 | $22 |
| 2017 | $36.50 | $21.50 |
| 2016 | $33.75 | $20 |
| 2014 | $33.50 | $20.50 |
| 2013 | $32.50 | $18.50 |
| 2012 | $32.25 | $17.75 |
| 2011 | $32.50 | $18 |
| 2010 | $31 | $17 |
| 2009 | $30 | $18 |
| 2008 | $39.25 | $21 |
NASS runs the county survey in most but not all years, so some years are missing.
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