Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in South Carolina

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in South Carolina

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Tree plantings - softwoods	17,020	30.0%
2	Longleaf pine	13,909	24.5%
3	Existing trees	10,158	17.9%
4	Riparian buffers	8,385	14.8%
5	Tree plantings - longleaf pine	1,420	2.5%
6	Upland bird habitat buffers	1,110	2.0%
7	State acres for wildlife enhancement	1,069	1.9%
8	Existing grass	898	1.6%
9	Filter strips	879	1.5%
10	Grass plantings - introduced	603	1.1%
11	Wildlife habitat	594	1.0%
12	Grass plantings - native	182	0.3%
13	Wetland restoration - floodplain	172	0.3%
14	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	101	0.2%
15	Tree plantings - hardwoods	88	0.2%
16	Wildlife food plots	84	0.1%
17	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	61	0.1%
18	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	28	< 0.1%
19	Grass waterways	16	< 0.1%
20	Field windbreaks	9	< 0.1%
21	Shallow water for wildlife	9	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	56,787

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Williamsburg County, South Carolina	$1,774,340
2	Lee County, South Carolina	$1,725,169
3	Horry County, South Carolina	$1,662,326
4	Orangeburg County, South Carolina	$1,382,160
5	Bamberg County, South Carolina	$1,200,779
6	Chesterfield County, South Carolina	$1,125,214
7	Sumter County, South Carolina	$1,111,462
8	Clarendon County, South Carolina	$878,985
9	Barnwell County, South Carolina	$452,655
10	Allendale County, South Carolina	$418,057
11	Florence County, South Carolina	$339,173
12	Marlboro County, South Carolina	$319,291
13	Dillon County, South Carolina	$272,590
14	Marion County, South Carolina	$257,196
15	Calhoun County, South Carolina	$250,212
16	Georgetown County, South Carolina	$231,312
17	Kershaw County, South Carolina	$230,645
18	Anderson County, South Carolina	$195,803
19	Saluda County, South Carolina	$170,705
20	Darlington County, South Carolina	$156,115
21	Colleton County, South Carolina	$129,590
22	Edgefield County, South Carolina	$113,734
23	Hampton County, South Carolina	$109,957
24	Spartanburg County, South Carolina	$89,409
25	Laurens County, South Carolina	$77,040
26	Abbeville County, South Carolina	$71,263
27	Berkeley County, South Carolina	$65,439
28	Aiken County, South Carolina	$58,152
29	Union County, South Carolina	$55,918
30	Dorchester County, South Carolina	$53,543
31	Chester County, South Carolina	$36,769
32	Greenville County, South Carolina	$36,427
33	Lexington County, South Carolina	$35,471
34	Newberry County, South Carolina	$32,423
35	Charleston County, South Carolina	$31,320
36	Oconee County, South Carolina	$29,353
37	Lancaster County, South Carolina	$27,904
38	Cherokee County, South Carolina	$19,948
39	York County, South Carolina	$17,321
40	Jasper County, South Carolina	$13,964
41	Richland County, South Carolina	$7,686
42	McCormick County, South Carolina	$5,044
43	Greenwood County, South Carolina	$513
44	Pickens County, South Carolina	$0
45	Fairfield County, South Carolina	$0
46	Beaufort County, South Carolina	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for South Carolina, 2022

Land in South Carolina, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	22,633
Total Acres in Farms:	4,553,922
Cropland Acres:	1,950,175
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	549,036
Woodland Acres:	1,758,440

Livestock in South Carolina, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	236,547,011
Layers inventory	6,376,328
Cattle and calves inventory	305,414
Hogs and pigs inventory	153,888
Sheep and lambs inventory	12,559

Crops in South Carolina, 2022

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