Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Arkansas

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Arkansas

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Riparian buffers	50,029	23.2%
2	Wetland restoration - floodplain	43,755	20.3%
3	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	26,317	12.2%
4	State acres for wildlife enhancement	18,366	8.5%
5	Bottomland hardwood trees	16,977	7.9%
6	Tree plantings - softwoods	15,278	7.1%
7	Tree plantings - hardwoods	12,334	5.7%
8	Existing trees	7,389	3.4%
9	Filter strips	4,366	2.0%
10	Existing grass	3,773	1.7%
11	Grass plantings - introduced	3,568	1.7%
12	Upland bird habitat buffers	3,193	1.5%
13	Grass plantings - native	3,156	1.5%
14	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	2,706	1.3%
15	Farmable wetland program - aquaculture wetlands	2,013	0.9%
16	Wildlife habitat	1,540	0.7%
17	Shallow water for wildlife	461	0.2%
18	Wildlife food plots	272	0.1%
19	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	260	0.1%
20	CRP grasslands - native grasses	60	< 0.1%
21	Wildlife corridors	53	< 0.1%
22	Pollinator habitat	50	< 0.1%
23	Wetland restoration	21	< 0.1%
24	Grass waterways	5	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	215,932

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Jefferson County, Arkansas	$8,189,525
2	Arkansas County, Arkansas	$5,690,931
3	Chicot County, Arkansas	$4,732,400
4	White County, Arkansas	$4,645,458
5	Jackson County, Arkansas	$4,392,239
6	Prairie County, Arkansas	$4,210,148
7	Lonoke County, Arkansas	$4,060,882
8	Cross County, Arkansas	$3,786,319
9	Crittenden County, Arkansas	$2,749,308
10	Desha County, Arkansas	$2,558,094
11	Lincoln County, Arkansas	$2,253,925
12	Ashley County, Arkansas	$2,084,236
13	Woodruff County, Arkansas	$1,752,659
14	Drew County, Arkansas	$1,585,165
15	Clay County, Arkansas	$1,511,453
16	Independence County, Arkansas	$1,399,665
17	Monroe County, Arkansas	$1,326,139
18	Yell County, Arkansas	$1,254,435
19	Saint Francis County, Arkansas	$1,175,965
20	Pulaski County, Arkansas	$980,018
21	Phillips County, Arkansas	$922,191
22	Lawrence County, Arkansas	$886,174
23	Greene County, Arkansas	$803,643
24	Poinsett County, Arkansas	$779,812
25	Lee County, Arkansas	$648,308
26	Craighead County, Arkansas	$594,955
27	Pope County, Arkansas	$410,778
28	Miller County, Arkansas	$377,669
29	Mississippi County, Arkansas	$281,304
30	Faulkner County, Arkansas	$263,011
31	Perry County, Arkansas	$241,883
32	Clark County, Arkansas	$162,920
33	Crawford County, Arkansas	$146,792
34	Randolph County, Arkansas	$131,131
35	Hempstead County, Arkansas	$124,913
36	Conway County, Arkansas	$80,865
37	Nevada County, Arkansas	$71,998
38	Franklin County, Arkansas	$58,103
39	Dallas County, Arkansas	$45,152
40	Scott County, Arkansas	$42,618
41	Calhoun County, Arkansas	$38,864
42	Sharp County, Arkansas	$33,599
43	Little River County, Arkansas	$31,633
44	Ouachita County, Arkansas	$28,847
45	Sevier County, Arkansas	$23,974
46	Madison County, Arkansas	$23,817
47	Washington County, Arkansas	$20,740
48	Cleburne County, Arkansas	$19,308
49	Boone County, Arkansas	$19,089
50	Carroll County, Arkansas	$18,024
51	Bradley County, Arkansas	$16,005
52	Baxter County, Arkansas	$15,936
53	Searcy County, Arkansas	$15,590
54	Cleveland County, Arkansas	$11,090
55	Johnson County, Arkansas	$10,488
56	Logan County, Arkansas	$8,202
57	Benton County, Arkansas	$7,116
58	Montgomery County, Arkansas	$6,331
59	Fulton County, Arkansas	$4,500
60	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	$3,533
61	Stone County, Arkansas	$3,224
62	Izard County, Arkansas	$456
63	Garland County, Arkansas	$374
64	Grant County, Arkansas	$99
65	Saline County, Arkansas	$86
66	Union County, Arkansas	$0
67	Van Buren County, Arkansas	$0
68	Marion County, Arkansas	$0
69	Lafayette County, Arkansas	$0
70	Sebastian County, Arkansas	$0
71	Newton County, Arkansas	$0
72	Polk County, Arkansas	$0
73	Howard County, Arkansas	$0
74	Pike County, Arkansas	$0
75	Columbia County, Arkansas	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Arkansas, 2017

Land in Arkansas, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	42,625
Total Acres in Farms:	13,888,929
Cropland Acres:	7,825,947
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	3,188,973
Woodland Acres:	2,370,481

Livestock in Arkansas, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,066,200,182
Layers inventory	12,285,533
Cattle and calves inventory	1,759,375
Hogs and pigs inventory	130,774
Sheep and lambs inventory	22,620

Crops in Arkansas, 2017

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