Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Maryland

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Maryland

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Filter strips	21,924	44.8%
2	Riparian buffers	10,139	20.7%
3	Grass plantings - introduced	6,301	12.9%
4	Wetland restoration - floodplain	1,915	3.9%
5	Grass plantings - native	1,847	3.8%
6	Wildlife habitat	1,050	2.1%
7	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	1,033	2.1%
8	Shallow water for wildlife	960	2.0%
9	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	894	1.8%
10	Rare and declining habitat	597	1.2%
11	Tree plantings - softwoods	530	1.1%
12	Upland bird habitat buffers	399	0.8%
13	Tree plantings - hardwoods	358	0.7%
14	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	324	0.7%
15	Grass waterways	197	0.4%
16	Existing grass	164	0.3%
17	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	154	0.3%
18	Existing trees	109	0.2%
19	CRP grasslands - native grasses	35	< 0.1%
20	Pollinator habitat	33	< 0.1%
21	Wildlife food plots	13	< 0.1%
22	Wetland restoration	9	< 0.1%
23	Wildlife corridors	3	< 0.1%
24	Contour grass strips	1	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	48,988

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Queen Anne's County, Maryland	$9,939,727
2	Dorchester County, Maryland	$8,966,191
3	Carroll County, Maryland	$6,703,141
4	Worcester County, Maryland	$6,209,805
5	Kent County, Maryland	$6,121,307
6	Talbot County, Maryland	$5,458,923
7	Wicomico County, Maryland	$4,691,698
8	Frederick County, Maryland	$3,425,272
9	Somerset County, Maryland	$2,698,194
10	Caroline County, Maryland	$2,399,545
11	Cecil County, Maryland	$1,957,325
12	Washington County, Maryland	$1,923,641
13	Harford County, Maryland	$939,956
14	Saint Mary's County, Maryland	$691,089
15	Montgomery County, Maryland	$650,339
16	Charles County, Maryland	$549,881
17	Allegany County, Maryland	$402,813
18	Baltimore County, Maryland	$378,424
19	Howard County, Maryland	$360,725
20	Garrett County, Maryland	$359,285
21	Prince George's County, Maryland	$135,076
22	Calvert County, Maryland	$72,639
23	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	$3,695
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Maryland, 2022

Land in Maryland, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	12,550
Total Acres in Farms:	1,978,036
Cropland Acres:	1,397,492
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	124,857
Woodland Acres:	330,520

Livestock in Maryland, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	277,949,940
Layers inventory	2,459,130
Cattle and calves inventory	152,394
Hogs and pigs inventory	20,219
Sheep and lambs inventory	18,912

Crops in Maryland, 2022

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