Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in New York

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in New York

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Orange County, New York	$1,990,762
2	Chenango County, New York	$1,268,468
3	Delaware County, New York	$1,070,477
4	Cortland County, New York	$683,979
5	Broome County, New York	$563,540
6	Steuben County, New York	$510,009
7	Livingston County, New York	$426,305
8	Cattaraugus County, New York	$299,160
9	Ontario County, New York	$292,136
10	Jefferson County, New York	$279,165
11	Oneida County, New York	$215,818
12	Cayuga County, New York	$211,285
13	Saint Lawrence County, New York	$199,257
14	Onondaga County, New York	$194,640
15	Tioga County, New York	$193,732
16	Madison County, New York	$192,361
17	Wyoming County, New York	$187,526
18	Allegany County, New York	$179,689
19	Herkimer County, New York	$178,105
20	Yates County, New York	$142,938
21	Genesee County, New York	$140,546
22	Chautauqua County, New York	$104,696
23	Tompkins County, New York	$97,970
24	Chemung County, New York	$86,137
25	Orleans County, New York	$77,071
26	Greene County, New York	$72,853
27	Wayne County, New York	$68,466
28	Otsego County, New York	$58,317
29	Monroe County, New York	$54,977
30	Schoharie County, New York	$54,216
31	Erie County, New York	$48,938
32	Franklin County, New York	$43,521
33	Columbia County, New York	$42,743
34	Albany County, New York	$42,071
35	Essex County, New York	$37,114
36	Washington County, New York	$36,206
37	Montgomery County, New York	$32,168
38	Rensselaer County, New York	$31,117
39	Niagara County, New York	$19,783
40	Sullivan County, New York	$17,977
41	Lewis County, New York	$17,610
42	Saratoga County, New York	$10,113
43	Schuyler County, New York	$7,734
44	Oswego County, New York	$7,177
45	Seneca County, New York	$5,969
46	Clinton County, New York	$4,096
47	Fulton County, New York	$2,798
48	Dutchess County, New York	$2,572
49	Ulster County, New York	$1,968
50	Schenectady County, New York	$0
51	Suffolk 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, 2017

Land in New York, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	33,438
Total Acres in Farms:	6,866,171
Cropland Acres:	4,291,388
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	580,146
Woodland Acres:	1,450,284

Livestock in New York, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Layers inventory	6,058,141
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	1,685,775
Cattle and calves inventory	1,479,389
Sheep and lambs inventory	80,195
Hogs and pigs inventory	50,669

Crops in New York, 2017

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