Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Georgia

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Georgia

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Terrell County, Georgia	$5,733,745
2	Dooly County, Georgia	$5,221,177
3	Sumter County, Georgia	$4,550,164
4	Turner County, Georgia	$3,512,904
5	Brooks County, Georgia	$3,309,283
6	Early County, Georgia	$3,102,414
7	Grady County, Georgia	$2,634,123
8	Thomas County, Georgia	$2,566,791
9	Lee County, Georgia	$2,405,206
10	Laurens County, Georgia	$2,320,991
11	Worth County, Georgia	$2,235,974
12	Colquitt County, Georgia	$2,113,425
13	Bulloch County, Georgia	$2,109,787
14	Calhoun County, Georgia	$2,091,540
15	Mitchell County, Georgia	$1,987,490
16	Wilcox County, Georgia	$1,944,352
17	Crisp County, Georgia	$1,824,421
18	Emanuel County, Georgia	$1,797,020
19	Decatur County, Georgia	$1,647,658
20	Randolph County, Georgia	$1,635,748
21	Macon County, Georgia	$1,428,558
22	Screven County, Georgia	$1,385,973
23	Dodge County, Georgia	$1,278,121
24	Coffee County, Georgia	$1,249,922
25	Irwin County, Georgia	$1,214,708
26	Tattnall County, Georgia	$1,089,204
27	Candler County, Georgia	$961,925
28	Ben Hill County, Georgia	$944,761
29	Jenkins County, Georgia	$891,543
30	Webster County, Georgia	$886,605
31	Lowndes County, Georgia	$884,256
32	Stewart County, Georgia	$881,221
33	Telfair County, Georgia	$864,761
34	Clay County, Georgia	$830,830
35	Johnson County, Georgia	$643,660
36	Tift County, Georgia	$610,842
37	Pulaski County, Georgia	$575,514
38	Burke County, Georgia	$524,079
39	Washington County, Georgia	$516,369
40	Cook County, Georgia	$492,437
41	Berrien County, Georgia	$489,577
42	Toombs County, Georgia	$475,590
43	Schley County, Georgia	$443,222
44	Montgomery County, Georgia	$421,519
45	Jefferson County, Georgia	$402,030
46	Appling County, Georgia	$397,666
47	Taylor County, Georgia	$358,129
48	Seminole County, Georgia	$345,705
49	Wheeler County, Georgia	$332,669
50	Miller County, Georgia	$289,388
51	Lanier County, Georgia	$286,077
52	Floyd County, Georgia	$280,974
53	Treutlen County, Georgia	$267,662
54	Bleckley County, Georgia	$251,193
55	Evans County, Georgia	$249,732
56	Jeff Davis County, Georgia	$233,306
57	Quitman County, Georgia	$231,553
58	Dougherty County, Georgia	$188,845
59	Walton County, Georgia	$170,913
60	Hart County, Georgia	$167,549
61	Pierce County, Georgia	$166,042
62	Meriwether County, Georgia	$161,155
63	Houston County, Georgia	$159,300
64	Wilkinson County, Georgia	$151,506
65	Baker County, Georgia	$141,715
66	Ware County, Georgia	$136,822
67	Oconee County, Georgia	$129,236
68	Polk County, Georgia	$128,362
69	Madison County, Georgia	$125,055
70	Pike County, Georgia	$124,220
71	Marion County, Georgia	$124,075
72	Peach County, Georgia	$112,231
73	Warren County, Georgia	$101,416
74	Echols County, Georgia	$98,646
75	Crawford County, Georgia	$83,222
76	Clarke County, Georgia	$78,895
77	Murray County, Georgia	$76,974
78	Bryan County, Georgia	$75,034
79	Bacon County, Georgia	$74,548
80	Twiggs County, Georgia	$73,953
81	Upson County, Georgia	$67,367
82	Morgan County, Georgia	$67,184
83	Harris County, Georgia	$65,690
84	Wilkes County, Georgia	$62,437
85	Glascock County, Georgia	$61,839
86	Wayne County, Georgia	$55,820
87	Oglethorpe County, Georgia	$52,649
88	Talbot County, Georgia	$51,593
89	Bartow County, Georgia	$47,859
90	Jones County, Georgia	$44,046
91	Gordon County, Georgia	$42,105
92	Franklin County, Georgia	$40,962
93	McDuffie County, Georgia	$40,338
94	Hancock County, Georgia	$36,758
95	Elbert County, Georgia	$36,396
96	Chattooga County, Georgia	$34,369
97	Lincoln County, Georgia	$33,718
98	Atkinson County, Georgia	$32,720
99	Monroe County, Georgia	$31,502
100	Walker County, Georgia	$30,515
101	Richmond County, Georgia	$30,439
102	Newton County, Georgia	$26,448
103	Butts County, Georgia	$23,912
104	Brantley County, Georgia	$23,111
105	Whitfield County, Georgia	$21,098
106	Banks County, Georgia	$19,840
107	Lamar County, Georgia	$16,882
108	Jasper County, Georgia	$16,039
109	Coweta County, Georgia	$12,139
110	Hall County, Georgia	$9,672
111	Troup County, Georgia	$7,854
112	Carroll County, Georgia	$7,071
113	Dade County, Georgia	$6,919
114	Catoosa County, Georgia	$6,326
115	Taliaferro County, Georgia	$5,869
116	Heard County, Georgia	$5,677
117	Jackson County, Georgia	$4,712
118	Fannin County, Georgia	$4,652
119	Cobb County, Georgia	$4,559
120	Greene County, Georgia	$4,388
121	Dawson County, Georgia	$3,710
122	Pickens County, Georgia	$2,887
123	Effingham County, Georgia	$2,742
124	Chattahoochee County, Georgia	$1,687
125	Spalding County, Georgia	$1,625
126	Forsyth County, Georgia	$405
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	Fulton County, Georgia	$0
141	Gilmer County, Georgia	$0
142	Glynn County, Georgia	$0
143	Gwinnett County, Georgia	$0
144	Habersham County, Georgia	$0
145	Haralson County, Georgia	$0
146	Henry County, Georgia	$0
147	Liberty County, Georgia	$0
148	Long County, Georgia	$0
149	Lumpkin County, Georgia	$0
150	McIntosh County, Georgia	$0
151	Muscogee County, Georgia	$0
152	Paulding 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, 2022

Land in Georgia, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	39,264
Total Acres in Farms:	9,939,313
Cropland Acres:	4,523,728
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	1,177,580
Woodland Acres:	3,489,201

Livestock in Georgia, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,300,052,315
Layers inventory	22,129,571
Cattle and calves inventory	1,000,560
Hogs and pigs inventory	41,671
Sheep and lambs inventory	26,839

Crops in Georgia, 2022

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