Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Georgia

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Georgia

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Longleaf pine	118,267	57.3%
2	Tree plantings - softwoods	46,221	22.4%
3	State acres for wildlife enhancement	15,750	7.6%
4	Existing trees	12,050	5.8%
5	Tree plantings - longleaf pine	6,373	3.1%
6	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,432	0.7%
7	Tree plantings - hardwoods	1,411	0.7%
8	Wildlife habitat	1,353	0.7%
9	Grass plantings - introduced	709	0.3%
10	Existing grass	685	0.3%
11	Riparian buffers	631	0.3%
12	Upland bird habitat buffers	391	0.2%
13	Wetland restoration	380	0.2%
14	Filter strips	368	0.2%
15	Wildlife food plots	94	< 0.1%
16	Grass plantings - native	32	< 0.1%
17	Pollinator habitat	27	< 0.1%
18	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	26	< 0.1%
19	Wetland restoration - floodplain	23	< 0.1%
20	Grass waterways	21	< 0.1%
21	Shallow water for wildlife	13	< 0.1%
22	Wildlife corridors	3	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	206,239

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Terrell County, Georgia	$3,807,408
2	Dooly County, Georgia	$3,446,260
3	Sumter County, Georgia	$3,070,814
4	Turner County, Georgia	$2,325,922
5	Brooks County, Georgia	$2,132,465
6	Early County, Georgia	$2,128,644
7	Grady County, Georgia	$1,756,844
8	Thomas County, Georgia	$1,709,696
9	Laurens County, Georgia	$1,628,702
10	Lee County, Georgia	$1,577,421
11	Worth County, Georgia	$1,459,980
12	Colquitt County, Georgia	$1,419,014
13	Calhoun County, Georgia	$1,389,496
14	Bulloch County, Georgia	$1,386,003
15	Wilcox County, Georgia	$1,385,239
16	Mitchell County, Georgia	$1,361,494
17	Crisp County, Georgia	$1,227,930
18	Emanuel County, Georgia	$1,223,912
19	Randolph County, Georgia	$1,101,589
20	Decatur County, Georgia	$1,083,677
21	Macon County, Georgia	$1,024,664
22	Screven County, Georgia	$924,188
23	Coffee County, Georgia	$830,703
24	Irwin County, Georgia	$802,708
25	Dodge County, Georgia	$797,771
26	Tattnall County, Georgia	$764,651
27	Ben Hill County, Georgia	$655,687
28	Candler County, Georgia	$630,074
29	Stewart County, Georgia	$610,094
30	Webster County, Georgia	$602,786
31	Lowndes County, Georgia	$589,426
32	Jenkins County, Georgia	$589,266
33	Telfair County, Georgia	$578,719
34	Clay County, Georgia	$541,789
35	Johnson County, Georgia	$434,012
36	Tift County, Georgia	$408,054
37	Washington County, Georgia	$362,641
38	Burke County, Georgia	$351,710
39	Pulaski County, Georgia	$349,993
40	Toombs County, Georgia	$347,577
41	Berrien County, Georgia	$334,040
42	Cook County, Georgia	$322,855
43	Montgomery County, Georgia	$308,765
44	Schley County, Georgia	$284,818
45	Jefferson County, Georgia	$270,566
46	Appling County, Georgia	$245,280
47	Seminole County, Georgia	$236,735
48	Wheeler County, Georgia	$216,581
49	Taylor County, Georgia	$209,000
50	Treutlen County, Georgia	$204,425
51	Floyd County, Georgia	$197,551
52	Lanier County, Georgia	$191,495
53	Miller County, Georgia	$185,754
54	Evans County, Georgia	$184,513
55	Bleckley County, Georgia	$181,767
56	Jeff Davis County, Georgia	$169,689
57	Quitman County, Georgia	$158,600
58	Pierce County, Georgia	$125,043
59	Meriwether County, Georgia	$118,355
60	Houston County, Georgia	$118,064
61	Hart County, Georgia	$116,424
62	Walton County, Georgia	$114,994
63	Wilkinson County, Georgia	$112,229
64	Dougherty County, Georgia	$110,867
65	Madison County, Georgia	$92,568
66	Oconee County, Georgia	$91,396
67	Pike County, Georgia	$89,064
68	Marion County, Georgia	$88,084
69	Polk County, Georgia	$87,063
70	Peach County, Georgia	$81,471
71	Ware County, Georgia	$77,064
72	Baker County, Georgia	$76,144
73	Warren County, Georgia	$74,951
74	Echols County, Georgia	$64,337
75	Crawford County, Georgia	$53,869
76	Clarke County, Georgia	$53,128
77	Morgan County, Georgia	$51,487
78	Twiggs County, Georgia	$50,963
79	Upson County, Georgia	$46,995
80	Bryan County, Georgia	$45,909
81	Harris County, Georgia	$43,929
82	Wilkes County, Georgia	$42,426
83	Bacon County, Georgia	$42,420
84	Glascock County, Georgia	$39,899
85	Oglethorpe County, Georgia	$36,909
86	Talbot County, Georgia	$34,395
87	Murray County, Georgia	$32,234
88	Bartow County, Georgia	$31,320
89	Wayne County, Georgia	$30,901
90	Hancock County, Georgia	$29,408
91	Jones County, Georgia	$29,364
92	Franklin County, Georgia	$29,129
93	McDuffie County, Georgia	$26,892
94	Elbert County, Georgia	$26,348
95	Chattooga County, Georgia	$25,848
96	Atkinson County, Georgia	$23,288
97	Monroe County, Georgia	$20,500
98	Walker County, Georgia	$20,377
99	Lincoln County, Georgia	$19,914
100	Newton County, Georgia	$19,379
101	Richmond County, Georgia	$17,672
102	Butts County, Georgia	$15,940
103	Brantley County, Georgia	$15,794
104	Gordon County, Georgia	$14,953
105	Whitfield County, Georgia	$14,590
106	Lamar County, Georgia	$13,052
107	Banks County, Georgia	$12,879
108	Jasper County, Georgia	$10,443
109	Coweta County, Georgia	$6,961
110	Dade County, Georgia	$6,920
111	Troup County, Georgia	$5,690
112	Jackson County, Georgia	$4,712
113	Hall County, Georgia	$4,570
114	Carroll County, Georgia	$4,452
115	Greene County, Georgia	$4,254
116	Catoosa County, Georgia	$3,857
117	Dawson County, Georgia	$3,710
118	Heard County, Georgia	$3,224
119	Taliaferro County, Georgia	$3,180
120	Fannin County, Georgia	$3,102
121	Cobb County, Georgia	$2,344
122	Effingham County, Georgia	$1,884
123	Chattahoochee County, Georgia	$1,348
124	Spalding County, Georgia	$1,080
125	Pickens County, Georgia	$1,069
126	Paulding County, Georgia	$738
127	Cherokee County, Georgia	$370
128	Barrow County, Georgia	$247
129	Baldwin County, Georgia	$0
130	Bibb County, Georgia	$0
131	Camden County, Georgia	$0
132	Charlton County, Georgia	$0
133	Chatham County, Georgia	$0
134	Clayton County, Georgia	$0
135	Clinch County, Georgia	$0
136	Columbia County, Georgia	$0
137	DeKalb County, Georgia	$0
138	Douglas County, Georgia	$0
139	Fayette County, Georgia	$0
140	Forsyth County, Georgia	$0
141	Fulton County, Georgia	$0
142	Gilmer County, Georgia	$0
143	Glynn County, Georgia	$0
144	Gwinnett County, Georgia	$0
145	Habersham County, Georgia	$0
146	Haralson County, Georgia	$0
147	Henry County, Georgia	$0
148	Liberty County, Georgia	$0
149	Long County, Georgia	$0
150	Lumpkin County, Georgia	$0
151	McIntosh County, Georgia	$0
152	Muscogee County, Georgia	$0
153	Putnam County, Georgia	$0
154	Rabun County, Georgia	$0
155	Rockdale County, Georgia	$0
156	Stephens County, Georgia	$0
157	Towns County, Georgia	$0
158	Union County, Georgia	$0
159	White County, Georgia	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Georgia, 2017

Land in Georgia, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	42,439
Total Acres in Farms:	9,953,730
Cropland Acres:	4,372,134
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	1,335,372
Woodland Acres:	3,584,016

Livestock in Georgia, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,380,543,983
Layers inventory	17,966,521
Cattle and calves inventory	1,059,672
Hogs and pigs inventory	81,197
Sheep and lambs inventory	24,805

Crops in Georgia, 2017

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