Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Arkansas

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Arkansas

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Jefferson County, Arkansas	$12,544,586
2	Arkansas County, Arkansas	$8,843,379
3	Chicot County, Arkansas	$7,398,910
4	White County, Arkansas	$6,914,203
5	Jackson County, Arkansas	$6,663,496
6	Prairie County, Arkansas	$6,276,625
7	Lonoke County, Arkansas	$5,893,750
8	Cross County, Arkansas	$5,814,836
9	Desha County, Arkansas	$4,007,422
10	Crittenden County, Arkansas	$3,937,465
11	Lincoln County, Arkansas	$3,512,609
12	Ashley County, Arkansas	$3,033,529
13	Woodruff County, Arkansas	$2,654,605
14	Clay County, Arkansas	$2,240,600
15	Drew County, Arkansas	$2,228,131
16	Independence County, Arkansas	$2,146,440
17	Monroe County, Arkansas	$1,991,037
18	Yell County, Arkansas	$1,839,995
19	Saint Francis County, Arkansas	$1,733,876
20	Pulaski County, Arkansas	$1,509,170
21	Lawrence County, Arkansas	$1,372,566
22	Phillips County, Arkansas	$1,334,427
23	Greene County, Arkansas	$1,183,683
24	Poinsett County, Arkansas	$1,161,191
25	Lee County, Arkansas	$941,808
26	Craighead County, Arkansas	$856,314
27	Pope County, Arkansas	$599,181
28	Miller County, Arkansas	$444,014
29	Perry County, Arkansas	$386,620
30	Mississippi County, Arkansas	$349,309
31	Faulkner County, Arkansas	$340,902
32	Clark County, Arkansas	$233,565
33	Crawford County, Arkansas	$220,186
34	Hempstead County, Arkansas	$178,147
35	Randolph County, Arkansas	$172,740
36	Conway County, Arkansas	$103,223
37	Nevada County, Arkansas	$98,246
38	Franklin County, Arkansas	$93,719
39	Scott County, Arkansas	$82,647
40	Dallas County, Arkansas	$66,032
41	Sharp County, Arkansas	$50,239
42	Calhoun County, Arkansas	$50,019
43	Ouachita County, Arkansas	$37,737
44	Little River County, Arkansas	$34,488
45	Madison County, Arkansas	$29,701
46	Washington County, Arkansas	$29,387
47	Boone County, Arkansas	$29,057
48	Cleburne County, Arkansas	$28,602
49	Sevier County, Arkansas	$26,590
50	Carroll County, Arkansas	$25,866
51	Baxter County, Arkansas	$23,904
52	Searcy County, Arkansas	$23,386
53	Bradley County, Arkansas	$22,097
54	Johnson County, Arkansas	$15,733
55	Cleveland County, Arkansas	$15,180
56	Benton County, Arkansas	$11,364
57	Logan County, Arkansas	$10,888
58	Montgomery County, Arkansas	$6,880
59	Fulton County, Arkansas	$6,752
60	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	$5,249
61	Stone County, Arkansas	$4,838
62	Izard County, Arkansas	$683
63	Garland County, Arkansas	$374
64	Grant County, Arkansas	$164
65	Saline County, Arkansas	$129
66	Pike County, Arkansas	$0
67	Marion County, Arkansas	$0
68	Lafayette County, Arkansas	$0
69	Newton County, Arkansas	$0
70	Van Buren County, Arkansas	$0
71	Union County, Arkansas	$0
72	Howard County, Arkansas	$0
73	Sebastian County, Arkansas	$0
74	Columbia County, Arkansas	$0
75	Polk County, Arkansas	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Arkansas, 2022

Land in Arkansas, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	37,756
Total Acres in Farms:	13,722,525
Cropland Acres:	7,940,501
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	2,867,979
Woodland Acres:	2,383,238

Livestock in Arkansas, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,045,855,386
Layers inventory	14,421,929
Cattle and calves inventory	1,588,074
Hogs and pigs inventory	145,376
Sheep and lambs inventory	32,485

Crops in Arkansas, 2022

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