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Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Queen Anne's County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $177 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,163 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 162.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 24035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Queen Anne's County runs $177 per acre in 2026, up 30.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $259 per acre, a multiple of 1.46 in 2026 versus 1.33 in 2010, with no clear direction in that multiple over time. Corn yields have trended up 4 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 162.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 96.2 in 2012. Census land value stands at $8,163 per acre, up 11.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$177/ac
2026 county average
MD median $117 · 2nd highest of 21
Cash rent, irrigated
$259/ac
2026 county average
MD median $259 · 2nd lowest of 3
Land and buildings
$8,163/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MD median $9,250 · 8th lowest of 23
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
162.2 bu/ac
15 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
MD median 155.2 · 5th highest of 15
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.33
2016–2025, closed crop years
MD median $4.00 · 4th lowest of 22
Farmland rented
46%
2022 census, rented from others
MD median 41% · 6th highest of 23

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$86$177 dry$100$259 irrigated

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$177/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+30.1%nominal, $136 to $177
Irrigated, 2026$259/ac
Pasture, 2023$133/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,163/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,444/ac
Census 2017$7,339/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+11.2%+2.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 13% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024125.0196.8192.1median 162.2

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

Median, 2008–2025162.2 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2012: 96.2 bu/ac59% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.0 bu/ac a year±2.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.901.030.221.00: claims equal premium

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$2.33
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.31claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.46$40.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium1 of 23
Worst year2012ratio 1.03
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 68% · excess moisture 19% · price decline (revenue policies) 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250439

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, 2000–202569 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200243 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202518 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.7 °F1991–2020 normal 67.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.90 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 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, 20224% of cropland5,782 ac
Farmed no-till, 202259% of cropland78,589 ac
Cover crops, 202234% of cropland45,714 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021012,0465,369

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,369 ac4.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,086 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$344/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025166.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,580−22.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202246%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Queen Anne's County$177$259$8,163162.2$2.33
Kent County, DE$119—$8,679174.6$2.24
Caroline County$140$234$9,891157.1$4.05
Kent County$191$282$7,782164.1$2.45
Talbot County$136—$9,250148.1$3.84
Median next door$138$258 2 co.$8,965160.6$3.15

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. Queen Anne's 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/queen-annes-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.
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"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.