Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Colorado

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Colorado

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - native	848,588	46.3%
2	Existing grass	450,925	24.6%
3	Wildlife habitat	280,607	15.3%
4	CRP grasslands - native grasses	80,464	4.4%
5	State acres for wildlife enhancement	72,675	4.0%
6	Grass plantings - introduced	69,549	3.8%
7	Pollinator habitat	19,212	1.0%
8	Shelterbelts	1,827	0.1%
9	Rare and declining habitat	1,711	0.1%
10	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	1,524	< 0.1%
11	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,467	< 0.1%
12	Upland bird habitat buffers	1,261	< 0.1%
13	Field windbreaks	843	< 0.1%
14	Riparian buffers	415	< 0.1%
15	Grass waterways	357	< 0.1%
16	Farmable wetland program - buffer	127	< 0.1%
17	Wildlife food plots	96	< 0.1%
18	Filter strips	59	< 0.1%
19	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	58	< 0.1%
20	Farmable wetland program - wetland	34	< 0.1%
21	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	32	< 0.1%
22	Wetland restoration	26	< 0.1%
23	Living snow fences	23	< 0.1%
24	Existing trees	22	< 0.1%
25	Shallow water for wildlife	12	< 0.1%
26	Tree plantings - softwoods	11	< 0.1%
27	Contour grass strips	9	< 0.1%
28	Salinity reducing Vegetation	7	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	1,831,935

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Baca County, Colorado	$50,723,170
2	Weld County, Colorado	$43,624,140
3	Kiowa County, Colorado	$34,723,277
4	Prowers County, Colorado	$29,283,207
5	Yuma County, Colorado	$28,125,642
6	Kit Carson County, Colorado	$23,036,640
7	Washington County, Colorado	$22,815,839
8	Cheyenne County, Colorado	$21,633,265
9	Lincoln County, Colorado	$18,557,869
10	Logan County, Colorado	$14,973,269
11	Morgan County, Colorado	$8,432,650
12	Pueblo County, Colorado	$7,702,723
13	Bent County, Colorado	$7,280,856
14	Elbert County, Colorado	$6,537,159
15	Phillips County, Colorado	$6,015,106
16	Crowley County, Colorado	$5,024,988
17	Alamosa County, Colorado	$4,266,994
18	Adams County, Colorado	$4,041,061
19	Las Animas County, Colorado	$3,946,370
20	Moffat County, Colorado	$3,848,299
21	Dolores County, Colorado	$3,622,277
22	Sedgwick County, Colorado	$3,559,037
23	Saguache County, Colorado	$3,292,462
24	Routt County, Colorado	$2,964,905
25	Montezuma County, Colorado	$2,443,394
26	El Paso County, Colorado	$2,333,305
27	La Plata County, Colorado	$2,248,753
28	Arapahoe County, Colorado	$1,332,552
29	San Miguel County, Colorado	$998,058
30	Rio Grande County, Colorado	$882,583
31	Otero County, Colorado	$428,386
32	Rio Blanco County, Colorado	$125,059
33	Huerfano County, Colorado	$104,949
34	Larimer County, Colorado	$96,866
35	Jackson County, Colorado	$17,236
36	Garfield County, Colorado	$13,673
37	Douglas County, Colorado	$11,052
38	Boulder County, Colorado	$7,496
39	Conejos County, Colorado	$5,543
40	Costilla County, Colorado	$2,340
41	Archuleta County, Colorado	$2,190
42	Gunnison County, Colorado	$1,618
43	Montrose County, Colorado	$1,148
44	Park County, Colorado	$337
45	Pitkin County, Colorado	$0
46	Custer County, Colorado	$0
47	Delta County, Colorado	$0
48	Summit County, Colorado	$0
49	Teller County, Colorado	$0
50	Clear Creek County, Colorado	$0
51	Chaffee County, Colorado	$0
52	Eagle County, Colorado	$0
53	Fremont County, Colorado	$0
54	Gilpin County, Colorado	$0
55	Ouray County, Colorado	$0
56	Grand County, Colorado	$0
57	Hinsdale County, Colorado	$0
58	Mineral County, Colorado	$0
59	Mesa County, Colorado	$0
60	Jefferson County, Colorado	$0
61	Lake County, Colorado	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Colorado, 2022

Land in Colorado, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	36,056
Total Acres in Farms:	30,213,899
Cropland Acres:	10,479,125
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	17,658,283
Woodland Acres:	1,368,221

Livestock in Colorado, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Cattle and calves inventory	2,658,012
Layers inventory	1,726,744
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	757,594
Hogs and pigs inventory	515,878
Sheep and lambs inventory	362,574

Crops in Colorado, 2022

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