Howard County, Maryland
Howard County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $73 an acre (2017); land and buildings $12,622 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 175.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 24027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land here sold for $12,622 per acre in 2022, up 37.9 percent from 2017, or 6.6 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed to 67.2 F over 2017-2026 from a 1991-2020 normal of 65.7 F, part of a 0.78 F per decade rise since 1976, with the 66 F mark first reached in the 2010s.
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
MD median $9,250 · 2nd highest of 23
MD median $4.00 · 2nd lowest of 22
MD median 41% · 3rd lowest 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard County | — | $12,622 | — | $1.60 |
| Anne Arundel County | $66 | $12,289 | 159.5 | $2.80 |
| Baltimore County | $156 | $13,587 | — | $3.37 |
| Carroll County | $132 2024 | $10,420 | 155.2 | $4.96 |
| Frederick County | $123 | $11,000 | 146.9 | $10.37 |
| Montgomery County | $111 | $10,739 | — | $3.94 |
| Prince George's County | $51 | $9,684 | — | $10.90 |
| Median next door | $111 | $10,870 | 155.2 | $4.45 |
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. Howard 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/howard-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.