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Erie County farmland

$191 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2026

Cash rent in Erie County

What a farmer pays a landowner a year for an acre, from the USDA's county survey: the latest year NASS published for each kind of land.

Cash rent per acre a year in Erie County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$1912026$169
Pasture$24.502016Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Erie County since 2008

Cropland and pasture rent an acre a year, every year the USDA's county survey published, newest first. "Not published" is a year NASS skipped or pooled the county; it is left blank, not estimated.

Cash rent per acre a year in Erie County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$191Not published
2025$186Not published
2024$164Not published
2023$184Not published
2022$169Not published
2021$166Not published
2020$154Not published
2019$155Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$142Not published
2016$140$24.50
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$141$21
2013$140$19.50
2012$111Not published
2011$99Not published
2010Not publishedNot published
2009$100Not published
2008$99.50Not published

What farmland in Erie County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$9,030 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms77,157 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

What farm surveys say about Erie County's region

Opinion surveys of farm managers, appraisers and lenders, for the survey region the county is in.

  • Cropland value, Northwest Ohio$12,358 an acreAverage cropland, 2026 (expected) (top $15,053; bottom $9,827) · The Ohio State University Extension (Barry Ward), Ohio State Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents, 2025-26 edition, August 2026
  • Cropland cash rent, Northwest Ohio$223 an acre a yearAverage cropland, 2026, projected (the survey's projected rental rate) (top $278; bottom $185) · The Ohio State University Extension (Barry Ward), Ohio State Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents, 2025-26 edition, August 2026
  • Pasture value, Northwest Ohio$7,313 an acreImproved, non-rotation pasture, 2026 (expected) · The Ohio State University Extension (Barry Ward), Ohio State Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents, 2025-26 edition, August 2026
  • Pasture cash rent, Northwest Ohio$104 an acre a yearImproved, non-rotation pasture, 2026, projected (the survey's projected rental rate) · The Ohio State University Extension (Barry Ward), Ohio State Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents, 2025-26 edition, August 2026

Crop yields in Erie County

Bushels an acre harvested, from the USDA's county crop estimates.

County crop yields in Erie County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn204.3 bu2025191.5 bu25,800
Soybeans59.9 bu202557 bu38,600
Winter wheat87.6 bu202588.6 bu6,360

Satellite crop map of Erie County's farm parcels, 2025

Share of the acres of the county's 3,503 parcels coded as farm use, by the class the USDA Cropland Data Layer (a satellite land-cover map) gives each parcel's center. Land cover, not planted acres.

  • Mapped as soybeans38%
  • Mapped as corn24%
  • Mapped as grass and pasture5.7%
  • Mapped as winter wheat4.1%
  • Mapped as winter wheat, then soybeans2.2%
  • Mapped as pop or Orn Corn2.2%
  • Mapped as other crops4.6%
  • Not cropland at the center (woods, water, buildings)19%

USDA Cropland Data Layer 2025, shares of farm-parcel acres

Farmland in nearby counties

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

Cash rent

USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released Aug 21, 2026. NASS withholds a county's figure when too few farms answer. Public domain.

Land value

USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, released Feb 13, 2024. Public domain.

Crop yields

USDA NASS county crop estimates, Quick Stats file of Oct 31, 2026. Public domain.

Satellite crop map

USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer 2025, a satellite land-cover map, read at each farm parcel's map point (the most common class of the 3 by 3 cells around it); parcels whose land type on the county roll is agricultural; read Oct 18, 2026. Shares are of those parcels' acres, each parcel counted whole under the class at its center, so they are not planted acres: USDA's planted and harvested acreage is the NASS county estimate (the yields table where it prints). Public domain.

Farm survey

The Ohio State University Extension (Barry Ward): Ohio State Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents, 2025-26 edition, August 2026. An opinion survey of farm managers, landowners, farmers, lenders and appraisers, January to April 2026 (132 responses); figures copied from the publisher on 2026-10-17.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 31, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.