Kent County, Delaware
Kent County, DE: non-irrigated cash rent $119 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,679 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 151.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 10001. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
DE median $106 · highest of 3
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
DE median $9,642 · lowest of 3
DE median 151.1 · 2nd lowest of 3
DE median $2.35 · lowest of 3
DE median 52% · 2nd lowest of 3
Thirty-seven percent of Kent County's cropland is irrigated, and 85 percent of that irrigation water comes from the ground. Non-irrigated cash rent was $119 per acre in 2026, up 33 percent from 2016. Corn yields have trended up 3.8 bushels per acre a year from 2008 to 2025, with a median yield of 174.6 bushels per acre over that span; the worst year was 2012 at 108. Heat and drought has driven 69 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, though that share has fallen from 84 percent in 1989-1999 to 67 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed 0.99 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1976, and only eight Julys since 1900 had an average low at or above 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Delaware county rate, side by side: Delaware cash rent by county.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Delaware average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Rain so far this year in Delaware, county by county
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County | $119 | n/a | $8,679 | 174.6 | $2.24 |
| New Castle County | $102 | $225 2025 | $11,212 | 159.8 | $2.35 |
| Sussex County | $106 | n/a | $9,642 | 165.1 | $3.66 |
| Caroline County, MD | $140 | $234 | $9,891 | 157.1 | $4.05 |
| Kent County, MD | $191 | $282 | $7,782 | 164.1 | $2.45 |
| Queen Anne's County, MD | $177 | $259 | $8,163 | 162.2 | $2.33 |
| Median next door | $140 | $259 | $9,642 | 162.2 | $2.45 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Kent County, Delaware. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/delaware/kent-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.