Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $156 an acre (2026); land and buildings $13,587 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 24005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $156 per acre, up 108 percent from 2016 to 2026. Corn yield trend is fitted at 1.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 161.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 123 in 2008. Heat and drought drove 98 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 62 percent in 2000-2009, 47 percent in 2010-2019, and 81 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows averaged 66.2 F under the 1991-2020 normal and 68.1 F over 2017-2026, with a warming trend of 0.89 F per decade since 1976. Only 3 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census.
MD median $117 · 4th highest of 21
MD median $9,250 · highest of 23
MD median $4.00 · 8th lowest of 22
MD median 41% · 8th highest of 23
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
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 1995. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore County | $156 | — | $13,587 | — | $3.37 |
| Anne Arundel County | $66 | — | $12,289 | 159.5 | $2.80 |
| Baltimore City | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carroll County | $132 2024 | — | $10,420 | 155.2 | $4.96 |
| Harford County | $171 | — | $11,928 | 165.9 | $1.47 |
| Howard County | — | — | $12,622 | — | $1.60 |
| York County, PA | $166 | $324 2024 | $9,224 | 156.1 | $3.52 |
| Median next door | $166 | — | $11,928 | 157.8 | $2.80 |
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. Baltimore 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/baltimore-countyEvery 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.