Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in North Carolina

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in North Carolina

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Tree plantings - softwoods	14,133	30.7%
2	Longleaf pine	7,208	15.7%
3	Existing trees	6,640	14.4%
4	Tree plantings - hardwoods	3,493	7.6%
5	Riparian buffers	3,177	6.9%
6	Upland bird habitat buffers	3,177	6.9%
7	Tree plantings - longleaf pine	2,918	6.3%
8	Grass plantings - introduced	934	2.0%
9	State acres for wildlife enhancement	724	1.6%
10	Wetland restoration - floodplain	676	1.5%
11	Filter strips	653	1.4%
12	Wildlife habitat	628	1.4%
13	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	538	1.2%
14	Existing grass	451	1.0%
15	Grass waterways	197	0.4%
16	Shallow water for wildlife	156	0.3%
17	Grass plantings - native	95	0.2%
18	Farmable wetland program - aquaculture wetlands	58	0.1%
19	Bottomland hardwood trees	55	0.1%
20	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	24	< 0.1%
21	Pollinator habitat	20	< 0.1%
22	Field windbreaks	9	< 0.1%
23	Wildlife food plots	9	< 0.1%
24	CRP grasslands - native grasses	7	< 0.1%
25	Shelterbelts	5	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	45,976

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Halifax County, North Carolina	$1,516,949
2	Hyde County, North Carolina	$1,032,178
3	Anson County, North Carolina	$923,535
4	Martin County, North Carolina	$891,481
5	Edgecombe County, North Carolina	$847,397
6	Beaufort County, North Carolina	$668,299
7	Dare County, North Carolina	$602,952
8	Robeson County, North Carolina	$541,488
9	Johnston County, North Carolina	$516,840
10	Stanly County, North Carolina	$484,668
11	Craven County, North Carolina	$474,733
12	Northampton County, North Carolina	$470,860
13	Columbus County, North Carolina	$450,255
14	Washington County, North Carolina	$430,932
15	Lenoir County, North Carolina	$414,621
16	Hertford County, North Carolina	$407,626
17	Franklin County, North Carolina	$384,760
18	Gates County, North Carolina	$380,536
19	Hoke County, North Carolina	$344,611
20	Granville County, North Carolina	$324,781
21	Sampson County, North Carolina	$299,221
22	Bladen County, North Carolina	$292,901
23	Harnett County, North Carolina	$292,497
24	Bertie County, North Carolina	$289,133
25	Cleveland County, North Carolina	$284,248
26	Duplin County, North Carolina	$212,412
27	Greene County, North Carolina	$208,445
28	Nash County, North Carolina	$198,697
29	Cumberland County, North Carolina	$194,847
30	Wilson County, North Carolina	$186,097
31	Tyrrell County, North Carolina	$180,590
32	Pitt County, North Carolina	$179,102
33	Scotland County, North Carolina	$178,831
34	Vance County, North Carolina	$142,882
35	Union County, North Carolina	$141,134
36	Wayne County, North Carolina	$136,687
37	Rutherford County, North Carolina	$109,786
38	Chowan County, North Carolina	$109,645
39	Warren County, North Carolina	$109,524
40	Caswell County, North Carolina	$108,831
41	Lincoln County, North Carolina	$107,465
42	Pamlico County, North Carolina	$103,838
43	Iredell County, North Carolina	$103,404
44	Pender County, North Carolina	$98,816
45	Jones County, North Carolina	$95,715
46	Moore County, North Carolina	$85,490
47	Richmond County, North Carolina	$85,041
48	Chatham County, North Carolina	$77,568
49	Yadkin County, North Carolina	$73,088
50	Davidson County, North Carolina	$68,228
51	Randolph County, North Carolina	$67,863
52	Rowan County, North Carolina	$65,079
53	Surry County, North Carolina	$59,868
54	Wake County, North Carolina	$57,551
55	Onslow County, North Carolina	$54,909
56	Rockingham County, North Carolina	$47,467
57	Catawba County, North Carolina	$42,059
58	Cabarrus County, North Carolina	$41,530
59	Perquimans County, North Carolina	$37,213
60	Orange County, North Carolina	$29,647
61	Gaston County, North Carolina	$28,490
62	Davie County, North Carolina	$25,017
63	Polk County, North Carolina	$24,149
64	Cartaret County, North Carolina	$22,068
65	Montgomery County, North Carolina	$17,882
66	Wilkes County, North Carolina	$17,412
67	Burke County, North Carolina	$16,549
68	Henderson County, North Carolina	$16,176
69	Guilford County, North Carolina	$14,590
70	Person County, North Carolina	$13,522
71	Lee County, North Carolina	$13,152
72	Durham County, North Carolina	$12,494
73	Buncombe County, North Carolina	$12,419
74	Brunswick County, North Carolina	$10,792
75	Forsyth County, North Carolina	$10,449
76	Alexander County, North Carolina	$10,021
77	Pasquotank County, North Carolina	$9,045
78	Transylvania County, North Carolina	$7,733
79	Cherokee County, North Carolina	$6,431
80	Madison County, North Carolina	$4,870
81	Alamance County, North Carolina	$4,777
82	Macon County, North Carolina	$4,408
83	Camden County, North Carolina	$3,878
84	Stokes County, North Carolina	$3,689
85	McDowell County, North Carolina	$2,920
86	Currituck County, North Carolina	$1,832
87	Haywood County, North Carolina	$1,824
88	Clay County, North Carolina	$1,368
89	Caldwell County, North Carolina	$936
90	Watauga County, North Carolina	$242
91	Alleghany County, North Carolina	$72
92	Jackson County, North Carolina	$0
93	Swain County, North Carolina	$0
94	Graham County, North Carolina	$0
95	Avery County, North Carolina	$0
96	Ashe County, North Carolina	$0
97	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	$0
98	Mitchell County, North Carolina	$0
99	Yancey County, North Carolina	$0
100	New Hanover County, North Carolina	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for North Carolina, 2017

Land in North Carolina, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	46,418
Total Acres in Farms:	8,430,522
Cropland Acres:	5,000,685
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	947,028
Woodland Acres:	2,014,540

Livestock in North Carolina, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	832,869,502
Layers inventory	14,160,452
Hogs and pigs inventory	8,899,459
Cattle and calves inventory	776,271
Sheep and lambs inventory	32,729

Crops in North Carolina, 2017

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