Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Mississippi

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Mississippi

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Tree plantings - softwoods	189,742	32.1%
2	Riparian buffers	151,815	25.7%
3	Existing trees	66,706	11.3%
4	Bottomland hardwood trees	59,463	10.1%
5	Tree plantings - hardwoods	27,472	4.7%
6	Grass plantings - introduced	21,454	3.6%
7	Wetland restoration - floodplain	20,852	3.5%
8	State acres for wildlife enhancement	11,716	2.0%
9	Farmable wetland program - aquaculture wetlands	11,182	1.9%
10	Existing grass	8,924	1.5%
11	Tree plantings - longleaf pine	6,282	1.1%
12	Filter strips	4,224	0.7%
13	Wildlife habitat	2,292	0.4%
14	Grass plantings - native	2,159	0.4%
15	Wildlife food plots	1,655	0.3%
16	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	1,380	0.2%
17	Upland bird habitat buffers	1,376	0.2%
18	Shallow water for wildlife	470	< 0.1%
19	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	421	< 0.1%
20	Farmable wetland program - buffer	157	< 0.1%
21	CRP grasslands - native grasses	156	< 0.1%
22	Longleaf pine	134	< 0.1%
23	Farmable wetland program - wetland	40	< 0.1%
24	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	39	< 0.1%
25	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	38	< 0.1%
26	Wildlife corridors	35	< 0.1%
27	Grass waterways	20	< 0.1%
28	Contour grass strips	17	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	590,210

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Yazoo County, Mississippi	$15,426,202
2	Panola County, Mississippi	$11,190,573
3	Quitman County, Mississippi	$10,623,361
4	Calhoun County, Mississippi	$7,970,044
5	Tallahatchie County, Mississippi	$7,765,492
6	Holmes County, Mississippi	$7,399,948
7	Leflore County, Mississippi	$6,711,185
8	Chickasaw County, Mississippi	$6,310,795
9	Madison County, Mississippi	$5,743,036
10	Sharkey County, Mississippi	$5,228,096
11	Carroll County, Mississippi	$4,789,078
12	Coahoma County, Mississippi	$4,100,703
13	Hinds County, Mississippi	$4,096,211
14	Noxubee County, Mississippi	$4,001,241
15	Warren County, Mississippi	$3,852,058
16	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	$3,727,073
17	Humphreys County, Mississippi	$3,687,653
18	Attala County, Mississippi	$3,516,202
19	Bolivar County, Mississippi	$3,323,997
20	Monroe County, Mississippi	$3,268,406
21	Clay County, Mississippi	$3,083,387
22	Sunflower County, Mississippi	$2,981,051
23	Webster County, Mississippi	$2,476,640
24	Prentiss County, Mississippi	$2,417,519
25	Tate County, Mississippi	$2,367,316
26	Issaquena County, Mississippi	$2,365,615
27	Washington County, Mississippi	$2,307,381
28	Union County, Mississippi	$2,197,265
29	Grenada County, Mississippi	$2,120,568
30	Marshall County, Mississippi	$2,094,406
31	Oktibbeha County, Mississippi	$1,747,824
32	Montgomery County, Mississippi	$1,709,912
33	Claiborne County, Mississippi	$1,599,913
34	Rankin County, Mississippi	$1,538,733
35	Lowndes County, Mississippi	$1,533,940
36	Yalobusha County, Mississippi	$1,526,762
37	Tippah County, Mississippi	$1,498,096
38	Lafayette County, Mississippi	$1,357,710
39	Tunica County, Mississippi	$1,319,945
40	Itawamba County, Mississippi	$1,292,810
41	Copiah County, Mississippi	$1,255,281
42	DeSoto County, Mississippi	$1,158,462
43	Alcorn County, Mississippi	$1,036,245
44	Scott County, Mississippi	$949,482
45	Walthall County, Mississippi	$941,055
46	Choctaw County, Mississippi	$867,959
47	Adams County, Mississippi	$815,844
48	Benton County, Mississippi	$793,644
49	Leake County, Mississippi	$745,393
50	Amite County, Mississippi	$697,216
51	Newton County, Mississippi	$648,534
52	Lee County, Mississippi	$642,018
53	Wilkinson County, Mississippi	$613,946
54	Kemper County, Mississippi	$598,777
55	Tishomingo County, Mississippi	$543,844
56	Pearl River County, Mississippi	$540,543
57	Winston County, Mississippi	$522,867
58	Marion County, Mississippi	$510,117
59	Jefferson County, Mississippi	$471,397
60	Neshoba County, Mississippi	$417,166
61	Simpson County, Mississippi	$416,346
62	Jones County, Mississippi	$287,744
63	Lincoln County, Mississippi	$249,721
64	Covington County, Mississippi	$246,995
65	Franklin County, Mississippi	$224,508
66	Smith County, Mississippi	$201,143
67	Jasper County, Mississippi	$194,375
68	Pike County, Mississippi	$183,747
69	Lauderdale County, Mississippi	$180,150
70	Lawrence County, Mississippi	$174,972
71	Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi	$104,957
72	Perry County, Mississippi	$92,635
73	Lamar County, Mississippi	$89,976
74	Clarke County, Mississippi	$89,208
75	Stone County, Mississippi	$71,638
76	Wayne County, Mississippi	$53,293
77	Forrest County, Mississippi	$43,605
78	George County, Mississippi	$18,957
79	Greene County, Mississippi	$15,317
80	Hancock County, Mississippi	$9,098
81	Jackson County, Mississippi	$0
82	Harrison County, Mississippi	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Mississippi, 2017

Land in Mississippi, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	34,988
Total Acres in Farms:	10,415,136
Cropland Acres:	4,960,620
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	1,589,122
Woodland Acres:	3,284,661

Livestock in Mississippi, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	745,189,499
Layers inventory	5,828,262
Cattle and calves inventory	937,053
Hogs and pigs inventory	569,898
Sheep and lambs inventory	16,640

Crops in Mississippi, 2017

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