Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Nebraska

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Nebraska

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Kimball County, Nebraska	$12,373,580
2	Richardson County, Nebraska	$12,224,567
3	Dixon County, Nebraska	$10,359,851
4	Knox County, Nebraska	$9,942,123
5	Cedar County, Nebraska	$9,285,529
6	Cheyenne County, Nebraska	$8,844,574
7	Gage County, Nebraska	$8,832,836
8	Stanton County, Nebraska	$6,972,588
9	Burt County, Nebraska	$6,782,364
10	Johnson County, Nebraska	$6,494,636
11	Morrill County, Nebraska	$6,053,223
12	Thurston County, Nebraska	$6,033,658
13	Saunders County, Nebraska	$5,995,445
14	Banner County, Nebraska	$5,590,591
15	Box Butte County, Nebraska	$5,478,523
16	Seward County, Nebraska	$5,454,528
17	Madison County, Nebraska	$5,435,343
18	Dakota County, Nebraska	$5,221,326
19	Lancaster County, Nebraska	$5,202,377
20	Antelope County, Nebraska	$5,160,032
21	Chase County, Nebraska	$4,782,867
22	Butler County, Nebraska	$4,778,150
23	Furnas County, Nebraska	$4,676,384
24	Hayes County, Nebraska	$4,653,716
25	Nemaha County, Nebraska	$4,640,017
26	Cuming County, Nebraska	$4,422,839
27	Otoe County, Nebraska	$4,191,263
28	Pawnee County, Nebraska	$4,171,136
29	Pierce County, Nebraska	$4,103,313
30	Red Willow County, Nebraska	$3,724,857
31	Sheridan County, Nebraska	$3,723,209
32	Jefferson County, Nebraska	$3,662,853
33	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	$3,608,254
34	Dundy County, Nebraska	$3,383,039
35	Webster County, Nebraska	$3,130,286
36	Boone County, Nebraska	$3,048,467
37	Hitchcock County, Nebraska	$3,034,423
38	Saline County, Nebraska	$2,943,072
39	Colfax County, Nebraska	$2,758,893
40	Perkins County, Nebraska	$2,567,405
41	Dodge County, Nebraska	$2,496,732
42	Franklin County, Nebraska	$2,396,864
43	Holt County, Nebraska	$2,342,462
44	Platte County, Nebraska	$2,284,795
45	Lincoln County, Nebraska	$2,160,493
46	Nance County, Nebraska	$2,074,207
47	Frontier County, Nebraska	$2,019,273
48	Cass County, Nebraska	$1,960,203
49	Washington County, Nebraska	$1,855,507
50	Keith County, Nebraska	$1,713,487
51	Deuel County, Nebraska	$1,682,732
52	Wheeler County, Nebraska	$1,663,251
53	Gosper County, Nebraska	$1,475,159
54	Garden County, Nebraska	$1,382,755
55	Harlan County, Nebraska	$1,376,765
56	Howard County, Nebraska	$1,289,658
57	Thayer County, Nebraska	$1,202,540
58	Greeley County, Nebraska	$1,199,896
59	Wayne County, Nebraska	$1,148,897
60	Custer County, Nebraska	$1,015,752
61	Sherman County, Nebraska	$1,004,251
62	Dawes County, Nebraska	$972,293
63	Dawson County, Nebraska	$964,487
64	Sioux County, Nebraska	$906,697
65	Buffalo County, Nebraska	$905,271
66	Sarpy County, Nebraska	$760,649
67	Nuckolls County, Nebraska	$603,460
68	Merrick County, Nebraska	$565,005
69	Douglas County, Nebraska	$541,021
70	Clay County, Nebraska	$471,642
71	Valley County, Nebraska	$433,266
72	Boyd County, Nebraska	$388,764
73	Rock County, Nebraska	$384,850
74	Fillmore County, Nebraska	$280,567
75	Adams County, Nebraska	$267,501
76	Garfield County, Nebraska	$265,580
77	Brown County, Nebraska	$224,024
78	Hall County, Nebraska	$200,306
79	Hamilton County, Nebraska	$189,299
80	Polk County, Nebraska	$151,367
81	Cherry County, Nebraska	$131,931
82	Kearney County, Nebraska	$93,472
83	York County, Nebraska	$92,638
84	Keya Paha County, Nebraska	$67,698
85	Loup County, Nebraska	$59,126
86	McPherson County, Nebraska	$50,532
87	Logan County, Nebraska	$36,752
88	Phelps County, Nebraska	$34,449
89	Blaine County, Nebraska	$32,141
90	Hooker County, Nebraska	$6,508
91	Thomas County, Nebraska	$3,576
92	Grant County, Nebraska	$0
93	Arthur County, Nebraska	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Nebraska, 2017

Land in Nebraska, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	46,332
Total Acres in Farms:	44,986,821
Cropland Acres:	22,242,599
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	21,531,851
Woodland Acres:	352,535

Livestock in Nebraska, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Layers inventory	7,353,761
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	6,785,473
Cattle and calves inventory	6,759,945
Hogs and pigs inventory	3,584,756
Sheep and lambs inventory	63,043

Crops in Nebraska, 2017

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