Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Kent County$191
- 2Queen Anne's County$177
- 3Harford County$171
- 4Baltimore County$156
- 5Caroline County$140
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Allegany County$28
- 2Charles County$44
- 3Garrett County$44.50
- 4Prince George's County$50.50
- 5St. Mary's County$52.50
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Harford County+32.6% (+$42)
- 2Prince George's County+23.2% (+$9.50)
- 3St. Mary's County+12.9% (+$6)
- 4Worcester County+12.4% (+$13)
- 5Frederick County+7.9% (+$9)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Garrett County−14.4% (−$7.50)
- 2Charles County−12.9% (−$6.50)
- 3Montgomery County−5.9% (−$7)
- 4Somerset County−4.7% (−$5)
- 5Baltimore County−3.1% (−$5)
Maryland cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Allegany County | Western | $28 | — | — | — |
| Anne Arundel County | Southern | $66 | — | $21 | — |
| Baltimore County | North Central | $156 | — | — | −3.1% |
| Calvert County | Southern | $68 | — | — | −2.9% |
| Caroline County | Upper Eastern Shore | $140 | $234 | — | +2.2% |
| Carroll County | North Central | — | — | $59 | — |
| Cecil County | Upper Eastern Shore | $131 | — | — | −2.2% |
| Charles County | Southern | $44 | — | — | −12.9% |
| Dorchester County | Lower Eastern Shore | $117 | — | — | +7.3% |
| Frederick County | North Central | $123 | — | $87 | +7.9% |
| Garrett County | Western | $44.50 | — | $30 | −14.4% |
| Harford County | North Central | $171 | — | $62.50 | +32.6% |
| Kent County | Upper Eastern Shore | $191 | $282 | — | +5.5% |
| Montgomery County | North Central | $111 | — | $42 | −5.9% |
| Prince George's County | Southern | $50.50 | — | — | +23.2% |
| Queen Anne's County | Upper Eastern Shore | $177 | $259 | — | +6.0% |
| Somerset County | Lower Eastern Shore | $102 | — | — | −4.7% |
| St. Mary's County | Southern | $52.50 | — | — | +12.9% |
| Talbot County | Upper Eastern Shore | $136 | — | — | −2.2% |
| Washington County | North Central | $128 | — | $42 | +6.7% |
| Wicomico County | Lower Eastern Shore | $114 | — | — | +7.5% |
| Worcester County | Lower Eastern Shore | $118 | — | — | +12.4% |
Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.
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Where these numbers come from
- Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
- NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
- The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
- "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
- An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.
Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.