Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Oregon

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Oregon

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - introduced	201,402	45.7%
2	Grass plantings - native	58,639	13.3%
3	Existing grass	57,691	13.1%
4	Rare and declining habitat	41,733	9.5%
5	Riparian buffers	30,098	6.8%
6	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	16,073	3.7%
7	CRP grasslands - native grasses	15,930	3.6%
8	Wildlife habitat	8,289	1.9%
9	State acres for wildlife enhancement	5,450	1.2%
10	Filter strips	1,450	0.3%
11	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,133	0.3%
12	Tree plantings - softwoods	860	0.2%
13	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	552	0.1%
14	Pollinator habitat	354	< 0.1%
15	Existing trees	282	< 0.1%
16	Wetland restoration - floodplain	152	< 0.1%
17	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	115	< 0.1%
18	Wildlife food plots	101	< 0.1%
19	Tree plantings - hardwoods	39	< 0.1%
20	Grass waterways	16	< 0.1%
21	Wildlife corridors	1	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	440,352

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Umatilla County, Oregon	$33,008,412
2	Morrow County, Oregon	$24,035,074
3	Gilliam County, Oregon	$16,418,670
4	Sherman County, Oregon	$15,730,811
5	Wasco County, Oregon	$11,658,452
6	Wallowa County, Oregon	$4,395,501
7	Union County, Oregon	$2,122,026
8	Baker County, Oregon	$2,008,954
9	Wheeler County, Oregon	$1,098,503
10	Jefferson County, Oregon	$924,303
11	Klamath County, Oregon	$841,968
12	Grant County, Oregon	$671,588
13	Douglas County, Oregon	$521,831
14	Harney County, Oregon	$507,633
15	Linn County, Oregon	$506,491
16	Benton County, Oregon	$429,470
17	Yamhill County, Oregon	$365,974
18	Polk County, Oregon	$310,725
19	Washington County, Oregon	$307,176
20	Curry County, Oregon	$306,069
21	Crook County, Oregon	$291,738
22	Columbia County, Oregon	$158,331
23	Lane County, Oregon	$100,780
24	Malheur County, Oregon	$99,191
25	Marion County, Oregon	$93,944
26	Lincoln County, Oregon	$78,756
27	Coos County, Oregon	$59,509
28	Deschutes County, Oregon	$43,179
29	Jackson County, Oregon	$37,372
30	Clackamas County, Oregon	$32,962
31	Lake County, Oregon	$22,686
32	Clatsop County, Oregon	$10,318
33	Multnomah County, Oregon	$4,728
34	Josephine County, Oregon	$393
35	Tillamook County, Oregon	$0
36	Hood River County, Oregon	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Oregon, 2017

Land in Oregon, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	37,616
Total Acres in Farms:	15,962,322
Cropland Acres:	4,726,109
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	9,144,984
Woodland Acres:	1,614,345

Livestock in Oregon, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	16,465,498
Layers inventory	2,491,379
Cattle and calves inventory	1,243,916
Sheep and lambs inventory	177,646
Hogs and pigs inventory	11,218

Crops in Oregon, 2017

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