Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Mississippi

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Mississippi

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Yazoo County, Mississippi	$24,174,029
2	Panola County, Mississippi	$16,737,422
3	Quitman County, Mississippi	$16,654,013
4	Calhoun County, Mississippi	$12,126,891
5	Tallahatchie County, Mississippi	$11,757,620
6	Holmes County, Mississippi	$11,058,478
7	Leflore County, Mississippi	$10,027,733
8	Chickasaw County, Mississippi	$9,542,295
9	Sharkey County, Mississippi	$8,179,963
10	Madison County, Mississippi	$8,076,340
11	Carroll County, Mississippi	$7,108,269
12	Humphreys County, Mississippi	$6,092,853
13	Coahoma County, Mississippi	$6,027,303
14	Warren County, Mississippi	$5,830,512
15	Noxubee County, Mississippi	$5,826,479
16	Hinds County, Mississippi	$5,627,676
17	Pontotoc County, Mississippi	$5,311,433
18	Attala County, Mississippi	$5,164,407
19	Bolivar County, Mississippi	$5,086,225
20	Monroe County, Mississippi	$4,824,048
21	Sunflower County, Mississippi	$4,514,186
22	Clay County, Mississippi	$4,373,850
23	Issaquena County, Mississippi	$3,678,815
24	Webster County, Mississippi	$3,639,748
25	Prentiss County, Mississippi	$3,495,770
26	Tate County, Mississippi	$3,425,673
27	Washington County, Mississippi	$3,410,452
28	Grenada County, Mississippi	$3,208,548
29	Union County, Mississippi	$3,078,705
30	Marshall County, Mississippi	$3,016,827
31	Montgomery County, Mississippi	$2,554,380
32	Oktibbeha County, Mississippi	$2,532,586
33	Claiborne County, Mississippi	$2,271,017
34	Yalobusha County, Mississippi	$2,269,036
35	Rankin County, Mississippi	$2,173,757
36	Tunica County, Mississippi	$2,133,633
37	Lowndes County, Mississippi	$2,108,851
38	Tippah County, Mississippi	$2,058,178
39	Lafayette County, Mississippi	$1,930,993
40	Itawamba County, Mississippi	$1,886,971
41	Copiah County, Mississippi	$1,771,074
42	DeSoto County, Mississippi	$1,750,477
43	Alcorn County, Mississippi	$1,521,747
44	Choctaw County, Mississippi	$1,336,654
45	Walthall County, Mississippi	$1,331,143
46	Scott County, Mississippi	$1,276,199
47	Benton County, Mississippi	$1,224,016
48	Leake County, Mississippi	$1,053,243
49	Amite County, Mississippi	$1,010,946
50	Wilkinson County, Mississippi	$980,752
51	Lee County, Mississippi	$893,977
52	Newton County, Mississippi	$892,545
53	Adams County, Mississippi	$874,598
54	Kemper County, Mississippi	$855,965
55	Tishomingo County, Mississippi	$794,626
56	Pearl River County, Mississippi	$744,591
57	Winston County, Mississippi	$735,739
58	Jefferson County, Mississippi	$732,759
59	Marion County, Mississippi	$703,575
60	Simpson County, Mississippi	$589,012
61	Neshoba County, Mississippi	$570,261
62	Jones County, Mississippi	$395,766
63	Franklin County, Mississippi	$367,014
64	Covington County, Mississippi	$355,002
65	Lincoln County, Mississippi	$350,976
66	Lawrence County, Mississippi	$309,095
67	Smith County, Mississippi	$282,141
68	Jasper County, Mississippi	$267,907
69	Pike County, Mississippi	$267,460
70	Lauderdale County, Mississippi	$249,629
71	Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi	$144,523
72	Lamar County, Mississippi	$137,748
73	Clarke County, Mississippi	$121,464
74	Perry County, Mississippi	$120,280
75	Stone County, Mississippi	$91,971
76	Wayne County, Mississippi	$78,366
77	Forrest County, Mississippi	$56,034
78	George County, Mississippi	$26,802
79	Greene County, Mississippi	$19,693
80	Hancock County, Mississippi	$9,097
81	Jackson County, Mississippi	$0
82	Harrison County, Mississippi	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Mississippi, 2022

Land in Mississippi, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	31,290
Total Acres in Farms:	10,251,497
Cropland Acres:	5,135,334
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	1,442,781
Woodland Acres:	3,040,282

Livestock in Mississippi, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	668,652,465
Layers inventory	4,673,149
Cattle and calves inventory	832,542
Hogs and pigs inventory	177,541
Sheep and lambs inventory	18,884

Crops in Mississippi, 2022

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