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Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,375 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 121.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 24001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $28 per acre, up 19.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value sits at $6,375 per acre, up 14 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nightly lows average 62.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 61.3 F normal, with a long-term warming trend of 0.47 F per decade.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$28/ac
2026 county average
MD median $117 · lowest of 21
Land and buildings
$6,375/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MD median $9,250 · 2nd lowest of 23
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2019 median
121.2 bu/ac
10 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
14%
2022 census, rented from others
MD median 41% · lowest of 23

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$22$28 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$28/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.1%nominal, $24 to $28

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,375/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,493/ac
Census 2017$5,592/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+14.0%+2.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019114.0140.087.592.0130.0133.3125.0117.5100.0145.6median 121.2

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2019121.2 bu/ac10 published years
Lowest published year2010: 87.5 bu/ac72% of median
Trend, 2008–2019+1.1 bu/ac a year±4.2 (95% interval)

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.06$1.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 34% · hail 20% · other 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250147

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202535 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202414 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.3 °F1991–2020 normal 61.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland578 ac
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland1,203 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland621 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210778621

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 2025621 ac5.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$119/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202519.8 MW solar · 54.9 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,512−1.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202214%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Allegany County$28$6,375——
Garrett County$45$5,541137.4$12.13
Washington County$128$8,668145.1$9.61
Bedford County, PA$77$5,010137.3$8.32
Fulton County, PA$77$5,350116.8$12.67
Somerset County, PA$39$4,380134.1$13.37
Hampshire County, WV$43$3,713—$55.58
Mineral County, WV$27$3,232——
Morgan County, WV$21$5,715——
Median next door$44$5,180137.3$12.40

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Allegany County, Maryland. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/maryland/allegany-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. 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.