Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Ohio

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Ohio

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Ross County, Ohio	$20,087,052
2	Pickaway County, Ohio	$9,444,511
3	Marion County, Ohio	$8,450,470
4	Defiance County, Ohio	$7,101,608
5	Highland County, Ohio	$7,097,310
6	Wyandot County, Ohio	$6,458,797
7	Fayette County, Ohio	$6,007,463
8	Union County, Ohio	$5,832,342
9	Wood County, Ohio	$5,646,451
10	Williams County, Ohio	$5,312,014
11	Madison County, Ohio	$5,269,661
12	Hardin County, Ohio	$4,853,001
13	Auglaize County, Ohio	$4,124,818
14	Mercer County, Ohio	$4,026,089
15	Seneca County, Ohio	$4,005,369
16	Paulding County, Ohio	$3,500,217
17	Allen County, Ohio	$3,488,931
18	Fulton County, Ohio	$3,167,440
19	Putnam County, Ohio	$2,945,740
20	Darke County, Ohio	$2,847,001
21	Shelby County, Ohio	$2,728,559
22	Crawford County, Ohio	$2,693,495
23	Ottawa County, Ohio	$2,666,429
24	Henry County, Ohio	$2,593,347
25	Hancock County, Ohio	$2,554,321
26	Logan County, Ohio	$2,380,023
27	Champaign County, Ohio	$2,325,321
28	Sandusky County, Ohio	$2,320,218
29	Pike County, Ohio	$1,999,364
30	Fairfield County, Ohio	$1,906,774
31	Scioto County, Ohio	$1,806,185
32	Preble County, Ohio	$1,705,242
33	Van Wert County, Ohio	$1,701,370
34	Huron County, Ohio	$1,462,774
35	Morrow County, Ohio	$1,173,305
36	Richland County, Ohio	$1,042,627
37	Adams County, Ohio	$1,034,903
38	Miami County, Ohio	$998,260
39	Coshocton County, Ohio	$976,184
40	Knox County, Ohio	$833,349
41	Clinton County, Ohio	$715,945
42	Greene County, Ohio	$709,882
43	Clark County, Ohio	$699,378
44	Delaware County, Ohio	$678,197
45	Ashland County, Ohio	$582,720
46	Erie County, Ohio	$535,115
47	Brown County, Ohio	$518,932
48	Lucas County, Ohio	$464,649
49	Montgomery County, Ohio	$443,292
50	Lorain County, Ohio	$441,382
51	Jackson County, Ohio	$338,876
52	Holmes County, Ohio	$301,432
53	Athens County, Ohio	$297,650
54	Vinton County, Ohio	$293,365
55	Perry County, Ohio	$258,148
56	Butler County, Ohio	$252,214
57	Licking County, Ohio	$248,072
58	Hocking County, Ohio	$195,888
59	Lawrence County, Ohio	$193,312
60	Franklin County, Ohio	$189,495
61	Gallia County, Ohio	$155,668
62	Wayne County, Ohio	$139,526
63	Washington County, Ohio	$123,053
64	Tuscarawas County, Ohio	$119,924
65	Warren County, Ohio	$112,826
66	Muskingum County, Ohio	$101,436
67	Medina County, Ohio	$81,524
68	Meigs County, Ohio	$66,434
69	Carroll County, Ohio	$63,213
70	Clermont County, Ohio	$60,186
71	Ashtabula County, Ohio	$52,150
72	Jefferson County, Ohio	$51,627
73	Morgan County, Ohio	$51,560
74	Harrison County, Ohio	$50,997
75	Stark County, Ohio	$48,789
76	Columbiana County, Ohio	$42,156
77	Trumbull County, Ohio	$36,231
78	Hamilton County, Ohio	$30,633
79	Portage County, Ohio	$27,025
80	Mahoning County, Ohio	$11,627
81	Guernsey County, Ohio	$10,162
82	Geauga County, Ohio	$4,235
83	Summit County, Ohio	$2,556
84	Monroe County, Ohio	$0
85	Noble County, Ohio	$0
86	Belmont County, Ohio	$0
87	Lake County, Ohio	$0
88	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Ohio, 2017

Land in Ohio, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	77,805
Total Acres in Farms:	13,965,295
Cropland Acres:	10,960,704
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	952,100
Woodland Acres:	1,466,333

Livestock in Ohio, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	97,878,519
Layers inventory	28,868,147
Hogs and pigs inventory	2,561,252
Cattle and calves inventory	1,284,240
Sheep and lambs inventory	127,501

Crops in Ohio, 2017

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