Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Maryland

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Maryland

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Queen Anne's County, Maryland	$6,569,407
2	Dorchester County, Maryland	$6,172,888
3	Carroll County, Maryland	$4,533,625
4	Worcester County, Maryland	$4,113,447
5	Kent County, Maryland	$3,950,036
6	Talbot County, Maryland	$3,637,200
7	Wicomico County, Maryland	$3,095,458
8	Frederick County, Maryland	$2,265,753
9	Somerset County, Maryland	$1,789,781
10	Caroline County, Maryland	$1,639,368
11	Cecil County, Maryland	$1,315,283
12	Washington County, Maryland	$1,268,313
13	Harford County, Maryland	$635,545
14	Saint Mary's County, Maryland	$483,842
15	Montgomery County, Maryland	$434,857
16	Charles County, Maryland	$426,883
17	Allegany County, Maryland	$276,339
18	Garrett County, Maryland	$257,140
19	Howard County, Maryland	$240,085
20	Baltimore County, Maryland	$237,982
21	Prince George's County, Maryland	$100,295
22	Calvert County, Maryland	$52,931
23	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	$2,743
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Maryland, 2017

Land in Maryland, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	12,429
Total Acres in Farms:	1,990,122
Cropland Acres:	1,426,671
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	133,321
Woodland Acres:	316,647

Livestock in Maryland, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	307,690,339
Layers inventory	2,971,918
Cattle and calves inventory	185,281
Sheep and lambs inventory	23,399
Hogs and pigs inventory	18,379

Crops in Maryland, 2017

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