Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in South Carolina

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in South Carolina

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Williamsburg County, South Carolina	$1,250,771
2	Lee County, South Carolina	$1,212,723
3	Horry County, South Carolina	$1,157,167
4	Orangeburg County, South Carolina	$989,891
5	Chesterfield County, South Carolina	$868,676
6	Bamberg County, South Carolina	$864,551
7	Sumter County, South Carolina	$805,490
8	Clarendon County, South Carolina	$619,060
9	Barnwell County, South Carolina	$328,752
10	Allendale County, South Carolina	$310,506
11	Florence County, South Carolina	$248,129
12	Marlboro County, South Carolina	$230,870
13	Dillon County, South Carolina	$203,556
14	Calhoun County, South Carolina	$178,566
15	Georgetown County, South Carolina	$162,738
16	Marion County, South Carolina	$162,598
17	Kershaw County, South Carolina	$157,044
18	Anderson County, South Carolina	$147,068
19	Saluda County, South Carolina	$130,874
20	Darlington County, South Carolina	$119,785
21	Colleton County, South Carolina	$97,795
22	Hampton County, South Carolina	$86,621
23	Edgefield County, South Carolina	$81,480
24	Spartanburg County, South Carolina	$64,008
25	Laurens County, South Carolina	$55,741
26	Abbeville County, South Carolina	$45,538
27	Union County, South Carolina	$44,717
28	Aiken County, South Carolina	$43,154
29	Berkeley County, South Carolina	$42,821
30	Dorchester County, South Carolina	$39,008
31	Greenville County, South Carolina	$27,425
32	Chester County, South Carolina	$26,117
33	Lexington County, South Carolina	$25,931
34	Newberry County, South Carolina	$25,755
35	Lancaster County, South Carolina	$25,268
36	Oconee County, South Carolina	$21,894
37	Charleston County, South Carolina	$20,880
38	Cherokee County, South Carolina	$16,112
39	York County, South Carolina	$11,983
40	Jasper County, South Carolina	$9,308
41	Richland County, South Carolina	$5,124
42	McCormick County, South Carolina	$3,391
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, 2017

Land in South Carolina, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	24,791
Total Acres in Farms:	4,744,913
Cropland Acres:	2,035,329
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	573,421
Woodland Acres:	1,826,595

Livestock in South Carolina, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	241,390,536
Layers inventory	4,002,121
Cattle and calves inventory	326,114
Hogs and pigs inventory	183,069
Sheep and lambs inventory	12,627

Crops in South Carolina, 2017

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