Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Illinois

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Illinois

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - introduced	181,154	21.5%
2	Pollinator habitat	105,586	12.5%
3	Filter strips	97,631	11.6%
4	Riparian buffers	93,989	11.2%
5	Wildlife habitat	78,658	9.3%
6	Upland bird habitat buffers	57,780	6.9%
7	Grass plantings - native	42,744	5.1%
8	Wetland restoration - floodplain	34,703	4.1%
9	Tree plantings - hardwoods	31,334	3.7%
10	Grass waterways	30,102	3.6%
11	State acres for wildlife enhancement	26,664	3.2%
12	Existing grass	24,528	2.9%
13	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	11,935	1.4%
14	Bottomland hardwood trees	5,727	0.7%
15	Shallow water for wildlife	4,009	0.5%
16	Wildlife food plots	3,615	0.4%
17	Existing trees	3,529	0.4%
18	Field windbreaks	1,765	0.2%
19	Tree plantings - softwoods	1,363	0.2%
20	Farmable wetland program - buffer	1,131	0.1%
21	Contour grass strips	761	0.1%
22	Wetland restoration	701	< 0.1%
23	Farmable wetland program - wetland	662	< 0.1%
24	Rare and declining habitat	518	< 0.1%
25	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	450	< 0.1%
26	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	168	< 0.1%
27	Shelterbelts	90	< 0.1%
28	Living snow fences	38	< 0.1%
29	Farmable wetland program - constructed wetlands	32	< 0.1%
30	Wildlife corridors	22	< 0.1%
31	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	20	< 0.1%
32	Diversions and erosion control structures	7	< 0.1%
33	CRP grasslands - native grasses	3	< 0.1%
34	Salinity reducing Vegetation	1	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	841,391

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Iroquois County, Illinois	$19,533,770
2	Mason County, Illinois	$17,510,848
3	Pike County, Illinois	$15,432,741
4	Montgomery County, Illinois	$14,771,711
5	Whiteside County, Illinois	$14,747,630
6	Wayne County, Illinois	$13,101,716
7	Henry County, Illinois	$13,057,004
8	Vermilion County, Illinois	$12,680,428
9	Livingston County, Illinois	$12,634,097
10	McLean County, Illinois	$12,217,876
11	Mercer County, Illinois	$11,875,551
12	Cumberland County, Illinois	$11,630,354
13	Bureau County, Illinois	$11,381,285
14	Greene County, Illinois	$11,294,656
15	Hancock County, Illinois	$11,219,903
16	Cass County, Illinois	$10,928,697
17	Logan County, Illinois	$10,894,966
18	Brown County, Illinois	$10,504,740
19	Stephenson County, Illinois	$10,079,531
20	La Salle County, Illinois	$10,061,221
21	Macoupin County, Illinois	$9,917,230
22	Effingham County, Illinois	$9,845,414
23	Marion County, Illinois	$9,837,957
24	Clay County, Illinois	$9,815,208
25	Champaign County, Illinois	$9,602,214
26	Jo Daviess County, Illinois	$9,532,471
27	Adams County, Illinois	$9,518,581
28	Tazewell County, Illinois	$9,325,889
29	Shelby County, Illinois	$9,320,897
30	Carroll County, Illinois	$9,244,037
31	Christian County, Illinois	$9,001,835
32	Knox County, Illinois	$8,529,537
33	Fulton County, Illinois	$8,490,440
34	Crawford County, Illinois	$8,425,706
35	Hamilton County, Illinois	$8,353,350
36	Jasper County, Illinois	$8,299,883
37	Sangamon County, Illinois	$8,204,392
38	Ford County, Illinois	$7,788,771
39	Fayette County, Illinois	$7,784,124
40	Morgan County, Illinois	$7,442,611
41	Union County, Illinois	$7,394,351
42	Henderson County, Illinois	$7,082,078
43	Coles County, Illinois	$6,301,068
44	Woodford County, Illinois	$6,287,610
45	Calhoun County, Illinois	$6,282,813
46	Clark County, Illinois	$6,275,337
47	Jefferson County, Illinois	$6,095,553
48	Rock Island County, Illinois	$6,068,526
49	Winnebago County, Illinois	$5,970,600
50	DeKalb County, Illinois	$5,709,678
51	Menard County, Illinois	$5,695,475
52	Bond County, Illinois	$5,684,916
53	Ogle County, Illinois	$5,447,369
54	White County, Illinois	$5,196,458
55	Schuyler County, Illinois	$5,060,836
56	Jersey County, Illinois	$4,880,904
57	Johnson County, Illinois	$4,853,988
58	Edgar County, Illinois	$4,831,569
59	Lee County, Illinois	$4,814,436
60	Scott County, Illinois	$4,799,304
61	Richland County, Illinois	$4,542,713
62	De Witt County, Illinois	$4,474,262
63	Peoria County, Illinois	$4,398,875
64	Stark County, Illinois	$3,988,379
65	Douglas County, Illinois	$3,961,146
66	Macon County, Illinois	$3,736,590
67	McDonough County, Illinois	$3,631,655
68	Jackson County, Illinois	$3,510,325
69	Pope County, Illinois	$3,457,072
70	Piatt County, Illinois	$3,411,878
71	Franklin County, Illinois	$3,316,303
72	Massac County, Illinois	$3,284,231
73	Warren County, Illinois	$3,252,717
74	Randolph County, Illinois	$3,188,989
75	Marshall County, Illinois	$3,111,872
76	Clinton County, Illinois	$3,018,492
77	Kankakee County, Illinois	$2,974,642
78	Grundy County, Illinois	$2,970,520
79	Lawrence County, Illinois	$2,824,038
80	Saline County, Illinois	$2,602,300
81	Pulaski County, Illinois	$2,561,819
82	Moultrie County, Illinois	$2,470,310
83	Edwards County, Illinois	$2,347,495
84	Williamson County, Illinois	$1,888,257
85	Putnam County, Illinois	$1,841,965
86	Perry County, Illinois	$1,774,980
87	Monroe County, Illinois	$1,767,864
88	Madison County, Illinois	$1,687,798
89	Washington County, Illinois	$1,600,779
90	Wabash County, Illinois	$1,445,691
91	Gallatin County, Illinois	$1,330,126
92	Hardin County, Illinois	$1,303,469
93	Alexander County, Illinois	$1,063,239
94	Saint Clair County, Illinois	$930,087
95	McHenry County, Illinois	$757,259
96	Boone County, Illinois	$619,303
97	Will County, Illinois	$369,653
98	Kendall County, Illinois	$329,616
99	Kane County, Illinois	$172,498
100	Lake County, Illinois	$16,237
101	Cook County, Illinois	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Illinois, 2017

Land in Illinois, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	72,651
Total Acres in Farms:	27,006,288
Cropland Acres:	24,003,086
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	824,196
Woodland Acres:	1,469,302

Livestock in Illinois, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Layers inventory	5,470,158
Hogs and pigs inventory	5,258,119
Cattle and calves inventory	1,130,993
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	847,871
Sheep and lambs inventory	57,956

Crops in Illinois, 2017

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