Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Indiana

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Indiana

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	State acres for wildlife enhancement	56,153	26.2%
2	Filter strips	42,130	19.7%
3	Grass waterways	17,424	8.1%
4	Grass plantings - introduced	16,870	7.9%
5	Tree plantings - hardwoods	11,706	5.5%
6	Grass plantings - native	11,551	5.4%
7	Bottomland hardwood trees	9,575	4.5%
8	Upland bird habitat buffers	9,291	4.3%
9	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	8,106	3.8%
10	Wildlife habitat	5,857	2.7%
11	Pollinator habitat	5,313	2.5%
12	Riparian buffers	4,585	2.1%
13	Wetland restoration - floodplain	3,940	1.8%
14	Existing grass	3,937	1.8%
15	Rare and declining habitat	1,962	0.9%
16	Existing trees	1,322	0.6%
17	Field windbreaks	1,065	0.5%
18	Wetland restoration	945	0.4%
19	Shallow water for wildlife	856	0.4%
20	Farmable wetland program - buffer	468	0.2%
21	Wildlife food plots	296	0.1%
22	Farmable wetland program - wetland	266	0.1%
23	Tree plantings - softwoods	254	0.1%
24	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	87	< 0.1%
25	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	54	< 0.1%
26	CRP grasslands - native grasses	46	< 0.1%
27	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	42	< 0.1%
28	Wildlife corridors	22	< 0.1%
29	Contour grass strips	21	< 0.1%
30	Farmable wetland program - constructed wetlands	19	< 0.1%
31	Shelterbelts	17	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	214,150

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Starke County, Indiana	$12,971,526
2	Warren County, Indiana	$8,279,357
3	Montgomery County, Indiana	$8,178,416
4	Pulaski County, Indiana	$7,789,546
5	Jasper County, Indiana	$7,061,007
6	Wabash County, Indiana	$5,909,786
7	Kosciusko County, Indiana	$5,658,495
8	Knox County, Indiana	$5,581,112
9	Benton County, Indiana	$5,362,146
10	Miami County, Indiana	$5,283,639
11	Putnam County, Indiana	$5,259,875
12	Cass County, Indiana	$5,151,212
13	De Kalb County, Indiana	$4,931,324
14	Pike County, Indiana	$4,849,152
15	Huntington County, Indiana	$4,381,080
16	Jay County, Indiana	$4,336,378
17	Lawrence County, Indiana	$4,319,644
18	Fountain County, Indiana	$4,298,962
19	Fulton County, Indiana	$3,715,080
20	Parke County, Indiana	$3,695,484
21	Noble County, Indiana	$3,668,212
22	Allen County, Indiana	$3,663,364
23	White County, Indiana	$3,628,570
24	Jackson County, Indiana	$3,584,087
25	Wayne County, Indiana	$3,492,630
26	Tippecanoe County, Indiana	$3,490,834
27	Newton County, Indiana	$3,438,384
28	Decatur County, Indiana	$3,180,064
29	Orange County, Indiana	$3,160,442
30	Ripley County, Indiana	$3,144,464
31	Bartholomew County, Indiana	$2,910,591
32	Steuben County, Indiana	$2,886,137
33	La Porte County, Indiana	$2,868,574
34	Vermillion County, Indiana	$2,817,116
35	Washington County, Indiana	$2,809,770
36	Carroll County, Indiana	$2,650,803
37	Marshall County, Indiana	$2,547,956
38	Sullivan County, Indiana	$2,471,789
39	Owen County, Indiana	$2,261,263
40	Whitley County, Indiana	$2,097,746
41	Vigo County, Indiana	$2,089,555
42	Daviess County, Indiana	$2,070,072
43	Greene County, Indiana	$2,010,144
44	Adams County, Indiana	$1,900,381
45	Grant County, Indiana	$1,852,125
46	Delaware County, Indiana	$1,835,942
47	Blackford County, Indiana	$1,812,524
48	Randolph County, Indiana	$1,800,062
49	Clinton County, Indiana	$1,783,760
50	Madison County, Indiana	$1,738,876
51	Howard County, Indiana	$1,728,751
52	Dubois County, Indiana	$1,714,675
53	Jennings County, Indiana	$1,670,211
54	Wells County, Indiana	$1,607,773
55	Spencer County, Indiana	$1,564,047
56	Warrick County, Indiana	$1,530,877
57	Fayette County, Indiana	$1,398,727
58	Franklin County, Indiana	$1,366,143
59	Morgan County, Indiana	$1,344,286
60	Saint Joseph County, Indiana	$1,309,869
61	Gibson County, Indiana	$1,292,456
62	Lake County, Indiana	$1,291,300
63	Tipton County, Indiana	$1,249,319
64	Martin County, Indiana	$1,210,658
65	Harrison County, Indiana	$1,188,752
66	Henry County, Indiana	$1,186,376
67	Porter County, Indiana	$1,178,297
68	Clay County, Indiana	$1,173,955
69	Hendricks County, Indiana	$1,169,848
70	Boone County, Indiana	$1,147,959
71	Scott County, Indiana	$1,125,058
72	Posey County, Indiana	$1,095,496
73	Perry County, Indiana	$1,055,417
74	Hamilton County, Indiana	$961,602
75	Rush County, Indiana	$894,332
76	Crawford County, Indiana	$785,518
77	Vanderburgh County, Indiana	$756,193
78	Johnson County, Indiana	$747,283
79	Union County, Indiana	$721,714
80	Monroe County, Indiana	$718,411
81	Lagrange County, Indiana	$611,523
82	Switzerland County, Indiana	$537,745
83	Jefferson County, Indiana	$518,466
84	Elkhart County, Indiana	$496,813
85	Shelby County, Indiana	$400,028
86	Clark County, Indiana	$251,051
87	Hancock County, Indiana	$166,141
88	Brown County, Indiana	$141,252
89	Floyd County, Indiana	$110,782
90	Dearborn County, Indiana	$81,558
91	Marion County, Indiana	$20,900
92	Ohio County, Indiana	$5,498
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Indiana, 2022

Land in Indiana, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	53,599
Total Acres in Farms:	14,602,240
Cropland Acres:	12,531,737
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	449,624
Woodland Acres:	1,038,481

Livestock in Indiana, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	51,943,087
Layers inventory	35,924,482
Hogs and pigs inventory	4,372,121
Cattle and calves inventory	770,048
Sheep and lambs inventory	79,185

Crops in Indiana, 2022

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