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Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,289 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 159.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 24003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Anne Arundel County is $66 per acre, against a land value of $12,289 per acre in 2022. July nightly lows averaged 70.7 F for 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F, with a warming trend of 0.85 F per decade since 1976. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$66/ac
2026 county average
MD median $117 · 6th lowest of 21
Land and buildings
$12,289/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MD median $9,250 · 3rd highest of 23
Rent as % of land value
0.57%
$70 dry rent ÷ $12,289 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
159.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 163.7
MD median 155.2 · 6th highest of 15
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.80
2016–2025, closed crop years
MD median $4.00 · 6th lowest of 22
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
MD median 41% · 5th lowest of 23

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100201520202025$100$66 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$66/ac
Pasture, 2026$21/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.40$66 ÷ 163.7 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,289/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$11,579/ac
Census 2017$10,312/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.2%+3.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.57%$70 ÷ $12,289; cropland 62% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024129.0176.8median 159.5

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

Median, 2008–2025159.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025163.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 85.1 bu/ac53% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±2.8 (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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$2.80
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.35claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.44$1.6 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 60% · excess moisture 22% · other 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504217

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, 2000–202576 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200242 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.7 °F1991–2020 normal 69.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.85 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% 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, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland61 ac
Farmed no-till, 202250% of cropland11,259 ac
Cover crops, 202236% of cropland8,161 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101640

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20282 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202523.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022862−41.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Anne Arundel County$66$12,289159.5$2.80
Baltimore City————
Baltimore County$156$13,587—$3.37
Calvert County$68$11,544—$8.84
Howard County—$12,622—$1.60
Prince George's County$51$9,684—$10.90
Median next door$68$12,083—$6.11

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. Anne Arundel 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/anne-arundel-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.