Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Alabama

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Alabama

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Conservation practices installed on CRP acres, cumulative, as of January 2020, Alabama

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Tree plantings - softwoods	85,417	43.4%
2	Existing trees	26,082	13.3%
3	Riparian buffers	22,027	11.2%
4	Grass plantings - introduced	13,807	7.0%
5	Longleaf pine	13,691	7.0%
6	Existing grass	9,888	5.0%
7	Tree plantings - longleaf pine	8,500	4.3%
8	Wildlife habitat	4,267	2.2%
9	Grass plantings - native	2,816	1.4%
10	Tree plantings - hardwoods	2,339	1.2%
11	State acres for wildlife enhancement	2,284	1.2%
12	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,843	0.9%
13	Bottomland hardwood trees	1,058	0.5%
14	Wildlife food plots	759	0.4%
15	Upland bird habitat buffers	604	0.3%
16	Rare and declining habitat	393	0.2%
17	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	368	0.2%
18	Filter strips	246	0.1%
19	CRP grasslands - native grasses	166	< 0.1%
20	Shallow water for wildlife	108	< 0.1%
21	Pollinator habitat	86	< 0.1%
22	Wildlife corridors	21	< 0.1%
23	Farmable wetland program - aquaculture wetlands	14	< 0.1%
24	Grass waterways	8	< 0.1%
25	Wetland restoration - floodplain	5	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	196,787

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Geneva County, Alabama	$4,570,537
2	Lawrence County, Alabama	$4,046,146
3	Covington County, Alabama	$3,787,359
4	Barbour County, Alabama	$2,921,381
5	Coffee County, Alabama	$2,901,490
6	Sumter County, Alabama	$2,649,344
7	Dallas County, Alabama	$2,497,236
8	Houston County, Alabama	$2,218,473
9	Crenshaw County, Alabama	$1,664,250
10	Pike County, Alabama	$1,661,608
11	Marengo County, Alabama	$1,602,600
12	Henry County, Alabama	$1,485,669
13	Bullock County, Alabama	$1,403,783
14	Perry County, Alabama	$1,366,742
15	Morgan County, Alabama	$1,359,118
16	Lauderdale County, Alabama	$1,324,525
17	Escambia County, Alabama	$1,274,416
18	Baldwin County, Alabama	$1,203,735
19	Lowndes County, Alabama	$1,136,529
20	Conecuh County, Alabama	$1,060,471
21	Greene County, Alabama	$1,027,890
22	Wilcox County, Alabama	$1,022,376
23	Dale County, Alabama	$983,370
24	Montgomery County, Alabama	$932,010
25	Pickens County, Alabama	$922,118
26	Monroe County, Alabama	$911,009
27	Macon County, Alabama	$842,927
28	Russell County, Alabama	$821,405
29	Autauga County, Alabama	$746,946
30	Jackson County, Alabama	$744,130
31	Franklin County, Alabama	$668,090
32	Limestone County, Alabama	$543,146
33	Butler County, Alabama	$519,620
34	Colbert County, Alabama	$482,162
35	Cherokee County, Alabama	$435,315
36	Marion County, Alabama	$360,406
37	Hale County, Alabama	$353,554
38	DeKalb County, Alabama	$314,397
39	Fayette County, Alabama	$313,332
40	Madison County, Alabama	$289,107
41	Lamar County, Alabama	$246,988
42	Chambers County, Alabama	$211,048
43	Marshall County, Alabama	$194,389
44	Cullman County, Alabama	$190,576
45	Talladega County, Alabama	$178,624
46	Blount County, Alabama	$170,771
47	Tuscaloosa County, Alabama	$167,737
48	Etowah County, Alabama	$161,695
49	Elmore County, Alabama	$160,353
50	Saint Clair County, Alabama	$146,300
51	Chilton County, Alabama	$125,591
52	Mobile County, Alabama	$116,622
53	Bibb County, Alabama	$101,727
54	Walker County, Alabama	$68,479
55	Washington County, Alabama	$58,223
56	Tallapoosa County, Alabama	$57,563
57	Lee County, Alabama	$52,739
58	Choctaw County, Alabama	$50,489
59	Cleburne County, Alabama	$40,532
60	Winston County, Alabama	$37,305
61	Randolph County, Alabama	$19,163
62	Clarke County, Alabama	$11,257
63	Coosa County, Alabama	$6,304
64	Clay County, Alabama	$3,332
65	Calhoun County, Alabama	$2,782
66	Shelby County, Alabama	$1,371
67	Jefferson County, Alabama	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Alabama, 2022

Land in Alabama, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	37,362
Total Acres in Farms:	8,629,101
Cropland Acres:	2,936,550
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	1,936,685
Woodland Acres:	3,092,049

Livestock in Alabama, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,183,808,730
Layers inventory	7,588,334
Cattle and calves inventory	1,214,015
Sheep and lambs inventory	33,317

Crops in Alabama, 2022

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