Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in the United States

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in the United States

CRP rental payments by state, 2017-2022

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, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Iowa	$2,223,686,371
2	Illinois	$981,962,424
3	Minnesota	$781,385,665
4	Missouri	$608,645,649
5	Texas	$607,879,288
6	South Dakota	$577,931,287
7	Kansas	$512,607,780
8	Nebraska	$416,106,699
9	Washington	$415,702,646
10	North Dakota	$410,685,633
11	Colorado	$369,087,739
12	Mississippi	$268,290,837
13	Ohio	$253,500,872
14	Indiana	$236,206,518
15	Kentucky	$208,388,957
16	Montana	$203,482,895
17	Wisconsin	$180,469,585
18	Oregon	$175,030,167
19	Idaho	$168,150,961
20	Louisiana	$148,050,581
21	Oklahoma	$127,190,560
22	Arkansas	$101,892,489
23	Pennsylvania	$99,778,657
24	Michigan	$95,122,717
25	New Mexico	$85,955,330
26	Georgia	$82,712,355
27	Tennessee	$73,205,904
28	Maryland	$65,038,691
29	Alabama	$57,950,681
30	Utah	$30,776,202
31	Wyoming	$28,059,966
32	North Carolina	$24,222,645
33	Virginia	$15,578,645
34	California	$15,431,105
35	South Carolina	$15,272,376
36	New York	$14,218,934
37	Florida	$6,895,177
38	Delaware	$3,087,258
39	West Virginia	$3,024,638
40	Alaska	$1,836,333
41	Maine	$1,755,164
42	Vermont	$1,706,086
43	New Jersey	$1,050,271
44	Hawaii	$388,750
45	Puerto Rico	$273,218
46	Nevada	$19,113
47	Rhode Island	$12,388
48	Massachusetts	$11,104
49	Connecticut	$9,564
50	New Hampshire	$1,885
51	Arizona	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for the United States, 2022

Land in the United States, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	1,900,487
Total Acres in Farms:	880,100,848
Cropland Acres:	382,356,350
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	392,981,662
Woodland Acres:	72,066,694

Livestock in the United States, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	9,176,809,391
Layers inventory	388,509,039
Cattle and calves inventory	87,954,742
Hogs and pigs inventory	73,817,751
Sheep and lambs inventory	5,104,328

Crops in the United States, 2022

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