Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in New York

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in New York

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Riparian buffers	6,170	29.1%
2	Grass plantings - introduced	4,680	22.1%
3	Existing grass	2,466	11.6%
4	State acres for wildlife enhancement	2,121	10.0%
5	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,608	7.6%
6	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	1,330	6.3%
7	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	1,107	5.2%
8	Wildlife habitat	395	1.9%
9	Grass plantings - native	372	1.8%
10	Tree plantings - softwoods	306	1.4%
11	Filter strips	245	1.2%
12	Tree plantings - hardwoods	151	0.7%
13	Existing trees	82	0.4%
14	Wetland restoration - floodplain	56	0.3%
15	Pollinator habitat	45	0.2%
16	Wildlife food plots	33	0.2%
17	Grass waterways	26	0.1%
18	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	3	< 0.1%
19	Wetland restoration	2	< 0.1%
20	Bottomland hardwood trees	2	< 0.1%
21	CRP grasslands - native grasses	2	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	21,193

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Orange County, New York	$2,605,842
2	Chenango County, New York	$1,611,816
3	Delaware County, New York	$1,546,649
4	Cortland County, New York	$944,501
5	Broome County, New York	$830,195
6	Steuben County, New York	$709,091
7	Livingston County, New York	$557,556
8	Cattaraugus County, New York	$415,714
9	Jefferson County, New York	$404,742
10	Ontario County, New York	$398,300
11	Wyoming County, New York	$286,568
12	Tioga County, New York	$283,242
13	Oneida County, New York	$280,328
14	Onondaga County, New York	$264,373
15	Madison County, New York	$261,767
16	Saint Lawrence County, New York	$260,705
17	Cayuga County, New York	$254,896
18	Allegany County, New York	$244,463
19	Herkimer County, New York	$235,894
20	Genesee County, New York	$204,226
21	Yates County, New York	$181,500
22	Tompkins County, New York	$129,889
23	Chemung County, New York	$126,565
24	Chautauqua County, New York	$124,788
25	Orleans County, New York	$105,673
26	Wayne County, New York	$88,127
27	Otsego County, New York	$84,546
28	Greene County, New York	$83,981
29	Monroe County, New York	$80,018
30	Schoharie County, New York	$66,996
31	Franklin County, New York	$63,098
32	Erie County, New York	$62,514
33	Essex County, New York	$55,667
34	Columbia County, New York	$53,825
35	Albany County, New York	$50,955
36	Washington County, New York	$50,091
37	Montgomery County, New York	$47,943
38	Rensselaer County, New York	$36,802
39	Sullivan County, New York	$24,263
40	Niagara County, New York	$23,503
41	Lewis County, New York	$22,542
42	Saratoga County, New York	$13,108
43	Schuyler County, New York	$10,929
44	Oswego County, New York	$8,715
45	Clinton County, New York	$6,579
46	Seneca County, New York	$5,968
47	Dutchess County, New York	$3,401
48	Ulster County, New York	$3,282
49	Fulton County, New York	$2,797
50	Suffolk County, New York	$0
51	Schenectady County, New York	$0
52	Rockland County, New York	$0
53	Warren County, New York	$0
54	Putnam County, New York	$0
55	Westchester County, New York	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for New York, 2022

Land in New York, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	30,650
Total Acres in Farms:	6,502,286
Cropland Acres:	4,076,225
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	474,430
Woodland Acres:	1,424,367

Livestock in New York, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Layers inventory	6,388,603
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,538,860
Cattle and calves inventory	1,380,585
Sheep and lambs inventory	72,574
Hogs and pigs inventory	42,889

Crops in New York, 2022

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