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Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Queen Annes County, Maryland

The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.

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Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Aug 21, 2026. Next expected August 2027.

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Queen Annes County, 2026
$259 an acre
Down 0.8% from $261 in 2025
Maryland, 2026
$233 an acre
Up 2.6% from $227 in 2025
United States, 2026
$244 an acre
Unchanged from $244 in 2025
Queen Annes CountyMarylandUnited States
$0$100$200$3002017201820192020202120222023202420252026Queen Annes County$259Maryland$233United States$244

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What the numbers say

  • Queen Annes County's rent is 1.1 times the Maryland average and 1.1 times the US average.
  • It is the 2nd highest of the 3 Maryland counties NASS published for 2026.
  • Since 2020 it has risen 25.7%, from $206 to $259 an acre.
  • Gaps are years with no separate Queen Annes figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, in 2019 it combined Queen Annes into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2017. Nothing is filled in.

Every figure behind this chart

Cash rent: irrigated cropland, dollars an acre
YearQueen Annes CountyMarylandUnited States
2026$259$233$244
2025$261$227$244
2024$250$225$245
2023$236$212$237
2022$208$201$227
2021$234$197$217
2020$206$194$216
2019Combined into "other counties"$196$220
2018No county survey that yearNo figure$215
2017Not available$190$212
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Every Maryland county, 2026

Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $234 an acre in Caroline County to $282 an acre in Kent County.

Allegany County: combined into "other counties"Anne Arundel County: combined into "other counties"Baltimore County: combined into "other counties"Calvert County: combined into "other counties"Caroline County: $234 an acreCarroll County: combined into "other counties"Cecil County: combined into "other counties"Charles County: combined into "other counties"Dorchester County: combined into "other counties"Frederick County: combined into "other counties"Garrett County: combined into "other counties"Harford County: combined into "other counties"Howard County: combined into "other counties"Kent County: $282 an acreMontgomery County: combined into "other counties"Prince George's County: combined into "other counties"Queen Annes County: $259 an acreSt. Mary's County: combined into "other counties"Somerset County: combined into "other counties"Talbot County: combined into "other counties"Washington County: combined into "other counties"Wicomico County: combined into "other counties"Worcester County: combined into "other counties"Baltimore city: combined into "other counties"Queen Anne's $259Queen Anne's $259
  • Under $259 (1 county)
  • $259 to under $282 (1 county)
  • $282 and over (1 county)
  • Not published separately (21 counties, $190 an acre combined)

NASS combined Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore city, Baltimore County, Calvert County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Somerset County, St. Mary's County, Talbot County, Washington County, Wicomico County and Worcester County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.

Published Maryland counties, highest first, 2026
Rank County Figure (dollars an acre) Precision (CV)
1 Kent County $282 6.7%
2 Queen Annes County This county $259 7.8%
3 Caroline County $234 8.3%
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; state and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, CROPLAND, IRRIGATED - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Queen Annes is 7.8% (lower means more precise). Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

What this measures

NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.

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