Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Ohio

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Ohio

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Filter strips	66,876	28.1%
2	Grass plantings - native	44,365	18.7%
3	State acres for wildlife enhancement	37,012	15.6%
4	Grass waterways	11,375	4.8%
5	Grass plantings - introduced	11,044	4.6%
6	Upland bird habitat buffers	9,991	4.2%
7	Wildlife habitat	8,110	3.4%
8	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	7,233	3.0%
9	Riparian buffers	6,590	2.8%
10	Wetland restoration - floodplain	4,934	2.1%
11	Tree plantings - hardwoods	4,835	2.0%
12	Rare and declining habitat	4,105	1.7%
13	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	4,009	1.7%
14	Existing grass	3,568	1.5%
15	Pollinator habitat	3,306	1.4%
16	Field windbreaks	3,112	1.3%
17	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	2,917	1.2%
18	Tree plantings - softwoods	1,514	0.6%
19	Wetland restoration	808	0.3%
20	Existing trees	785	0.3%
21	Shallow water for wildlife	454	0.2%
22	Wildlife food plots	304	0.1%
23	Farmable wetland program - buffer	194	< 0.1%
24	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	106	< 0.1%
25	Farmable wetland program - wetland	78	< 0.1%
26	Farmable wetland program - constructed wetlands	70	< 0.1%
27	CRP grasslands - native grasses	61	< 0.1%
28	Shelterbelts	58	< 0.1%
29	Bottomland hardwood trees	46	< 0.1%
30	Wildlife corridors	40	< 0.1%
31	Contour grass strips	13	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	237,879

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Ross County, Ohio	$30,352,198
2	Pickaway County, Ohio	$14,947,762
3	Marion County, Ohio	$13,579,454
4	Highland County, Ohio	$10,607,188
5	Defiance County, Ohio	$10,539,612
6	Wyandot County, Ohio	$9,892,312
7	Fayette County, Ohio	$9,231,956
8	Union County, Ohio	$8,985,734
9	Wood County, Ohio	$8,627,944
10	Madison County, Ohio	$7,873,768
11	Williams County, Ohio	$7,582,302
12	Hardin County, Ohio	$7,429,983
13	Auglaize County, Ohio	$6,347,460
14	Seneca County, Ohio	$6,213,034
15	Mercer County, Ohio	$6,128,886
16	Allen County, Ohio	$5,321,626
17	Paulding County, Ohio	$5,301,385
18	Fulton County, Ohio	$4,740,676
19	Putnam County, Ohio	$4,478,821
20	Darke County, Ohio	$4,280,148
21	Ottawa County, Ohio	$4,247,926
22	Henry County, Ohio	$4,105,037
23	Shelby County, Ohio	$4,100,806
24	Crawford County, Ohio	$4,092,563
25	Hancock County, Ohio	$4,092,160
26	Logan County, Ohio	$3,620,691
27	Sandusky County, Ohio	$3,593,960
28	Champaign County, Ohio	$3,497,840
29	Pike County, Ohio	$3,101,351
30	Fairfield County, Ohio	$2,858,126
31	Preble County, Ohio	$2,598,470
32	Van Wert County, Ohio	$2,546,473
33	Scioto County, Ohio	$2,498,799
34	Huron County, Ohio	$2,218,239
35	Morrow County, Ohio	$1,765,403
36	Miami County, Ohio	$1,535,901
37	Richland County, Ohio	$1,533,815
38	Coshocton County, Ohio	$1,457,971
39	Adams County, Ohio	$1,450,124
40	Knox County, Ohio	$1,257,434
41	Clark County, Ohio	$1,123,662
42	Greene County, Ohio	$1,066,658
43	Clinton County, Ohio	$1,029,501
44	Delaware County, Ohio	$1,014,761
45	Lucas County, Ohio	$966,612
46	Ashland County, Ohio	$809,470
47	Erie County, Ohio	$799,798
48	Brown County, Ohio	$784,781
49	Montgomery County, Ohio	$660,746
50	Lorain County, Ohio	$636,329
51	Jackson County, Ohio	$516,199
52	Vinton County, Ohio	$461,224
53	Athens County, Ohio	$441,014
54	Holmes County, Ohio	$418,986
55	Perry County, Ohio	$396,899
56	Licking County, Ohio	$393,743
57	Butler County, Ohio	$364,214
58	Hocking County, Ohio	$357,251
59	Franklin County, Ohio	$291,201
60	Lawrence County, Ohio	$264,969
61	Gallia County, Ohio	$233,481
62	Wayne County, Ohio	$210,095
63	Washington County, Ohio	$177,164
64	Tuscarawas County, Ohio	$162,117
65	Muskingum County, Ohio	$161,693
66	Warren County, Ohio	$161,283
67	Medina County, Ohio	$114,824
68	Meigs County, Ohio	$99,448
69	Carroll County, Ohio	$85,847
70	Clermont County, Ohio	$84,707
71	Morgan County, Ohio	$80,423
72	Jefferson County, Ohio	$73,969
73	Harrison County, Ohio	$71,834
74	Ashtabula County, Ohio	$70,625
75	Stark County, Ohio	$61,369
76	Columbiana County, Ohio	$57,804
77	Trumbull County, Ohio	$42,973
78	Hamilton County, Ohio	$37,522
79	Portage County, Ohio	$35,769
80	Guernsey County, Ohio	$18,378
81	Mahoning County, Ohio	$17,946
82	Geauga County, Ohio	$4,415
83	Summit County, Ohio	$3,833
84	Lake County, Ohio	$0
85	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	$0
86	Belmont County, Ohio	$0
87	Monroe County, Ohio	$0
88	Noble County, Ohio	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Ohio, 2022

Land in Ohio, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	76,009
Total Acres in Farms:	13,652,346
Cropland Acres:	10,521,756
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	913,858
Woodland Acres:	1,553,468

Livestock in Ohio, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	123,982,907
Layers inventory	38,570,322
Hogs and pigs inventory	2,752,063
Cattle and calves inventory	1,212,468
Sheep and lambs inventory	145,381

Crops in Ohio, 2022

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