County cash rent

Maryland Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 21 Maryland county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 129/ac, up USD 9/ac from 2025.

Check a Maryland parcel in Scout County table plus state-level fallback rule.

Free in Maryland: outline your field on the map and see three uses for those acres side by side (farming it, cash rent, and a solar or wind lease, with CRP shown as paused while new enrollment is). Parcel maps you tap to select are Ohio and Indiana only for now. Email me when my Maryland county is live.

The five highest reported Maryland counties in 2026 are Kent (USD 191/ac), Queen Annes (USD 177/ac), Harford (USD 171/ac), Baltimore (USD 156/ac), Caroline (USD 140/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Allegany (USD 28/ac), Charles (USD 44/ac), Garrett (USD 45/ac), Prince Georges (USD 51/ac), St Marys (USD 53/ac), which shows why a statewide average is a weak substitute for county data.

Maryland cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Allegany2026USD 28/acNASS county figure
Anne Arundel2026USD 66/acNASS county figure
Baltimore2026USD 156/acNASS county figure
Calvert2026USD 68/acNASS county figure
Caroline2026USD 140/acNASS county figure
Cecil2026USD 131/acNASS county figure
Charles2026USD 44/acNASS county figure
Dorchester2026USD 117/acNASS county figure
Frederick2026USD 123/acNASS county figure
Garrett2026USD 45/acNASS county figure
Harford2026USD 171/acNASS county figure
Kent2026USD 191/acNASS county figure
Montgomery2026USD 111/acNASS county figure
Prince Georges2026USD 51/acNASS county figure
Queen Annes2026USD 177/acNASS county figure
Somerset2026USD 102/acNASS county figure
St Marys2026USD 53/acNASS county figure
Talbot2026USD 136/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 128/acNASS county figure
Wicomico2026USD 114/acNASS county figure
Worcester2026USD 118/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 129/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

County averages, not medians. The final fallback row shows the Maryland state figure explicitly labeled as state-level for counties NASS does not separately report.

Source: USDA NASS QuickStats, Survey years 2022 to 2026. Retrieved October 2026. Labeled Measured.

Five-year Maryland trend

The 2026 state average is USD 129/ac, up USD 9/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Maryland non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 135 105 2022 111 2023 117 2024 124 2025 120 2026 129
Dollars per acre per year. State rows are USDA NASS QuickStats records.

From county average to parcel read

A county average tells you what surveyed non-irrigated cropland rented for in that county. It does not see whether your acres are high-PI prairie soil, a wet corner, a small irregular field, or ground with better access and drainage than the county average.

Scout reads the parcel's SSURGO soil profile, starts from the county NASS rent when it exists, and applies AgriTerra's PI-based soil band around that benchmark. If the county is unavailable, Scout uses the state figure and labels the downgrade.

County average vs. a real parcel

The Maryland state average is not your number.

Maryland state average, 2026

$129/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every Maryland parcel reads differently on soil, drainage, and rotation.

Use the land's address. If it has no street address, open Scout to find or draw the parcel. No account needed; Scout asks for an email once, before it shows the analysis.

Every parcel-scale figure is a Scout free read; see how we get our numbers. The state average anchor is the USDA NASS 2026 survey for non-irrigated cropland.

Check the parcel, not just the county.

Start with the Maryland county benchmark, then let Scout read the parcel's soils, acreage, flood, wetlands, CRP fit, and energy context.

Analyze Maryland farmland free

Free here: outline your field and see its three uses side by side, with CRP shown as paused. Parcel maps you tap to select are Ohio and Indiana only for now; get an email when your county is live.