Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in the United States

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in the United States

CRP rental payments by state, 2017-2021

Conservation practices installed on CRP acres, cumulative, as of January 2020, the United States

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - native	5,253,402	23.9%
2	Grass plantings - introduced	3,131,969	14.3%
3	Existing grass	2,309,876	10.5%
4	State acres for wildlife enhancement	1,948,149	8.9%
5	Wildlife habitat	1,395,243	6.4%
6	Rare and declining habitat	1,143,871	5.2%
7	CRP grasslands - native grasses	836,421	3.8%
8	Filter strips	693,554	3.2%
9	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	674,020	3.1%
10	Riparian buffers	586,374	2.7%
11	Pollinator habitat	505,395	2.3%
12	Tree plantings - softwoods	453,361	2.1%
13	Duck nesting habitat	439,237	2.0%
14	Wetland restoration - floodplain	410,685	1.9%
15	Upland bird habitat buffers	215,086	1.0%
16	Farmable wetland program - buffer	213,817	1.0%
17	Wetland restoration	195,080	0.9%
18	Tree plantings - hardwoods	176,352	0.8%
19	Salinity reducing Vegetation	175,725	0.8%
20	Existing trees	166,168	0.8%
21	Longleaf pine	156,027	0.7%
22	Bottomland hardwood trees	152,438	0.7%
23	Grass waterways	116,969	0.5%
24	Farmable wetland program - wetland	96,548	0.4%
25	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	84,506	0.4%
26	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	80,154	0.4%
27	Farmable wetland program - flooded prairie wetlands	63,203	0.3%
28	Contour grass strips	56,432	0.3%
29	Field windbreaks	56,308	0.3%
30	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	32,514	0.1%
31	Tree plantings - longleaf pine	32,258	0.1%
32	Wildlife food plots	31,525	0.1%
33	Shallow water for wildlife	25,731	0.1%
34	Shelterbelts	18,920	< 0.1%
35	Farmable wetland program - aquaculture wetlands	16,708	< 0.1%
36	Living snow fences	3,968	< 0.1%
37	Wildlife corridors	2,197	< 0.1%
38	Farmable wetland program - constructed wetlands	524	< 0.1%
39	Diversions and erosion control structures	119	< 0.1%
40	Cross wind trap strips	46	< 0.1%
41	Expired hardwood trees	1	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	21,950,920

CRP rental payments by state, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Iowa	$1,451,467,240
2	Illinois	$644,507,584
3	Minnesota	$502,992,599
4	Texas	$421,090,688
5	Missouri	$411,312,518
6	South Dakota	$372,243,676
7	Kansas	$349,873,002
8	Washington	$285,110,894
9	North Dakota	$279,336,958
10	Nebraska	$269,572,688
11	Colorado	$253,245,926
12	Mississippi	$179,986,322
13	Ohio	$166,509,189
14	Indiana	$156,587,954
15	Montana	$145,939,707
16	Kentucky	$139,930,719
17	Wisconsin	$117,646,270
18	Oregon	$117,203,518
19	Idaho	$116,302,087
20	Louisiana	$99,317,049
21	Oklahoma	$90,138,213
22	Pennsylvania	$69,610,071
23	Arkansas	$67,774,108
24	Michigan	$66,063,203
25	New Mexico	$59,591,909
26	Georgia	$55,445,840
27	Tennessee	$49,782,941
28	Maryland	$43,499,201
29	Alabama	$40,671,174
30	Utah	$22,163,314
31	Wyoming	$20,136,790
32	North Carolina	$17,686,058
33	California	$11,224,078
34	South Carolina	$10,969,399
35	Virginia	$10,725,356
36	New York	$10,506,276
37	Florida	$5,111,223
38	Delaware	$2,084,991
39	West Virginia	$2,035,089
40	Alaska	$1,430,414
41	Maine	$1,264,912
42	Vermont	$1,152,137
43	New Jersey	$707,857
44	Hawaii	$228,805
45	Massachusetts	$9,306
46	Connecticut	$8,274
47	Rhode Island	$8,260
48	Nevada	$5,944
49	New Hampshire	$1,633
50	Arizona	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for the United States, 2017

Land in the United States, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	2,042,220
Total Acres in Farms:	900,217,576
Cropland Acres:	396,433,817
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	400,771,178
Woodland Acres:	73,092,054

Livestock in the United States, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	8,889,759,283
Layers inventory	368,241,393
Cattle and calves inventory	93,648,041
Hogs and pigs inventory	72,381,007
Sheep and lambs inventory	5,391,252

Crops in the United States, 2017

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