Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Nebraska

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Nebraska

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	CRP grasslands - native grasses	311,378	29.6%
2	Grass plantings - native	236,775	22.5%
3	Rare and declining habitat	145,889	13.9%
4	State acres for wildlife enhancement	125,627	12.0%
5	Existing grass	55,405	5.3%
6	Wildlife habitat	35,179	3.3%
7	Pollinator habitat	28,600	2.7%
8	Grass plantings - introduced	27,747	2.6%
9	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	21,163	2.0%
10	Field windbreaks	17,713	1.7%
11	Filter strips	12,766	1.2%
12	Upland bird habitat buffers	9,258	0.9%
13	Wetland restoration - floodplain	9,239	0.9%
14	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	4,925	0.5%
15	Farmable wetland program - buffer	1,719	0.2%
16	Farmable wetland program - wetland	1,381	0.1%
17	Riparian buffers	1,282	0.1%
18	Grass waterways	1,088	0.1%
19	Shelterbelts	901	< 0.1%
20	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	507	< 0.1%
21	Salinity reducing Vegetation	449	< 0.1%
22	Wildlife food plots	376	< 0.1%
23	Tree plantings - hardwoods	317	< 0.1%
24	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	285	< 0.1%
25	Existing trees	266	< 0.1%
26	Contour grass strips	229	< 0.1%
27	Tree plantings - softwoods	203	< 0.1%
28	Wetland restoration	158	< 0.1%
29	Shallow water for wildlife	127	< 0.1%
30	Living snow fences	66	< 0.1%
31	Wildlife corridors	13	< 0.1%
32	Bottomland hardwood trees	9	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	1,051,032

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Richardson County, Nebraska	$18,928,718
2	Kimball County, Nebraska	$18,234,597
3	Dixon County, Nebraska	$15,687,092
4	Knox County, Nebraska	$15,590,767
5	Cedar County, Nebraska	$14,654,122
6	Gage County, Nebraska	$13,445,048
7	Cheyenne County, Nebraska	$13,243,323
8	Stanton County, Nebraska	$10,796,183
9	Burt County, Nebraska	$10,703,093
10	Thurston County, Nebraska	$10,187,657
11	Johnson County, Nebraska	$9,809,385
12	Morrill County, Nebraska	$9,654,632
13	Banner County, Nebraska	$9,288,941
14	Box Butte County, Nebraska	$9,180,550
15	Dakota County, Nebraska	$9,010,080
16	Saunders County, Nebraska	$8,546,811
17	Seward County, Nebraska	$8,201,587
18	Lancaster County, Nebraska	$8,118,587
19	Madison County, Nebraska	$7,955,849
20	Antelope County, Nebraska	$7,674,211
21	Chase County, Nebraska	$7,529,704
22	Hayes County, Nebraska	$7,427,272
23	Butler County, Nebraska	$7,262,981
24	Nemaha County, Nebraska	$7,248,331
25	Furnas County, Nebraska	$6,770,281
26	Cuming County, Nebraska	$6,758,966
27	Pierce County, Nebraska	$6,461,249
28	Otoe County, Nebraska	$6,244,058
29	Pawnee County, Nebraska	$6,237,869
30	Sheridan County, Nebraska	$6,042,482
31	Hitchcock County, Nebraska	$5,671,147
32	Jefferson County, Nebraska	$5,553,931
33	Dundy County, Nebraska	$5,318,947
34	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	$5,296,432
35	Webster County, Nebraska	$4,980,243
36	Red Willow County, Nebraska	$4,815,402
37	Boone County, Nebraska	$4,421,178
38	Saline County, Nebraska	$4,364,664
39	Colfax County, Nebraska	$4,193,800
40	Perkins County, Nebraska	$3,891,996
41	Dodge County, Nebraska	$3,734,103
42	Franklin County, Nebraska	$3,722,903
43	Frontier County, Nebraska	$3,611,364
44	Holt County, Nebraska	$3,353,105
45	Nance County, Nebraska	$3,340,964
46	Platte County, Nebraska	$3,167,080
47	Lincoln County, Nebraska	$3,162,922
48	Cass County, Nebraska	$2,917,660
49	Deuel County, Nebraska	$2,814,670
50	Washington County, Nebraska	$2,754,591
51	Wheeler County, Nebraska	$2,697,894
52	Keith County, Nebraska	$2,527,216
53	Harlan County, Nebraska	$2,415,794
54	Gosper County, Nebraska	$2,344,070
55	Garden County, Nebraska	$2,262,432
56	Howard County, Nebraska	$1,840,731
57	Greeley County, Nebraska	$1,819,472
58	Thayer County, Nebraska	$1,801,016
59	Wayne County, Nebraska	$1,750,587
60	Sherman County, Nebraska	$1,691,165
61	Sioux County, Nebraska	$1,516,673
62	Dawes County, Nebraska	$1,509,108
63	Custer County, Nebraska	$1,498,538
64	Dawson County, Nebraska	$1,456,524
65	Buffalo County, Nebraska	$1,363,784
66	Sarpy County, Nebraska	$1,244,633
67	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	$1,112,732
68	Douglas County, Nebraska	$887,363
69	Merrick County, Nebraska	$754,437
70	Clay County, Nebraska	$666,968
71	Boyd County, Nebraska	$612,500
72	Rock County, Nebraska	$496,272
73	Valley County, Nebraska	$477,921
74	Fillmore County, Nebraska	$373,059
75	Garfield County, Nebraska	$369,028
76	Cherry County, Nebraska	$367,503
77	Adams County, Nebraska	$361,701
78	Brown County, Nebraska	$318,297
79	Polk County, Nebraska	$306,496
80	Hamilton County, Nebraska	$267,182
81	McPherson County, Nebraska	$185,847
82	Keya Paha County, Nebraska	$185,070
83	Hall County, Nebraska	$158,620
84	Kearney County, Nebraska	$131,087
85	York County, Nebraska	$129,336
86	Loup County, Nebraska	$78,274
87	Logan County, Nebraska	$48,101
88	Phelps County, Nebraska	$42,631
89	Blaine County, Nebraska	$41,608
90	Hooker County, Nebraska	$8,133
91	Thomas County, Nebraska	$5,368
92	Grant County, Nebraska	$0
93	Arthur County, Nebraska	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Nebraska, 2022

Land in Nebraska, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	44,479
Total Acres in Farms:	43,975,693
Cropland Acres:	21,217,519
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	21,472,107
Woodland Acres:	347,540

Livestock in Nebraska, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	90,851,080
Layers inventory	7,161,783
Cattle and calves inventory	6,390,191
Hogs and pigs inventory	3,606,923
Sheep and lambs inventory	58,026

Crops in Nebraska, 2022

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