Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in South Dakota

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in South Dakota

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Duck nesting habitat	231,607	20.6%
2	State acres for wildlife enhancement	158,295	14.1%
3	CRP grasslands - native grasses	128,995	11.5%
4	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	125,469	11.2%
5	Existing grass	66,472	5.9%
6	Grass plantings - native	63,457	5.6%
7	Farmable wetland program - buffer	56,973	5.1%
8	Grass plantings - introduced	48,451	4.3%
9	Wetland restoration - floodplain	36,734	3.3%
10	Wildlife habitat	36,626	3.3%
11	Farmable wetland program - wetland	26,957	2.4%
12	Wetland restoration	24,364	2.2%
13	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	18,407	1.6%
14	Salinity reducing Vegetation	16,393	1.5%
15	Field windbreaks	16,346	1.5%
16	Farmable wetland program - flooded prairie wetlands	13,323	1.2%
17	Rare and declining habitat	13,115	1.2%
18	Filter strips	9,342	0.8%
19	Shelterbelts	8,638	0.8%
20	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	6,439	0.6%
21	Pollinator habitat	4,465	0.4%
22	Riparian buffers	4,054	0.4%
23	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	3,883	0.3%
24	Wildlife food plots	2,308	0.2%
25	Grass waterways	1,390	0.1%
26	Upland bird habitat buffers	1,232	0.1%
27	Living snow fences	493	< 0.1%
28	Existing trees	59	< 0.1%
29	Shallow water for wildlife	42	< 0.1%
30	Contour grass strips	26	< 0.1%
31	Tree plantings - hardwoods	14	< 0.1%
32	Farmable wetland program - constructed wetlands	14	< 0.1%
33	Tree plantings - softwoods	6	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	1,124,379

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Brown County, South Dakota	$45,253,587
2	Day County, South Dakota	$31,290,563
3	Roberts County, South Dakota	$30,348,932
4	Marshall County, South Dakota	$27,661,411
5	Lyman County, South Dakota	$19,042,684
6	Beadle County, South Dakota	$19,018,047
7	Brookings County, South Dakota	$18,276,610
8	Spink County, South Dakota	$17,760,655
9	Clark County, South Dakota	$17,599,936
10	Miner County, South Dakota	$17,423,992
11	Hutchinson County, South Dakota	$15,893,300
12	Deuel County, South Dakota	$14,015,566
13	Hanson County, South Dakota	$12,875,906
14	Yankton County, South Dakota	$12,465,742
15	Sanborn County, South Dakota	$12,364,604
16	McCook County, South Dakota	$12,356,660
17	Codington County, South Dakota	$12,128,043
18	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	$11,073,641
19	Lincoln County, South Dakota	$10,933,186
20	Edmunds County, South Dakota	$10,596,367
21	Walworth County, South Dakota	$10,500,050
22	Moody County, South Dakota	$10,390,519
23	Union County, South Dakota	$9,571,603
24	Perkins County, South Dakota	$9,381,361
25	Campbell County, South Dakota	$9,195,445
26	Hamlin County, South Dakota	$9,184,785
27	Hand County, South Dakota	$8,862,190
28	Aurora County, South Dakota	$8,607,393
29	Bon Homme County, South Dakota	$8,588,355
30	Sully County, South Dakota	$8,542,867
31	Haakon County, South Dakota	$8,271,806
32	Clay County, South Dakota	$7,637,931
33	Turner County, South Dakota	$7,619,304
34	Davison County, South Dakota	$6,849,786
35	Potter County, South Dakota	$6,365,255
36	Grant County, South Dakota	$6,155,725
37	Lake County, South Dakota	$5,878,946
38	Stanley County, South Dakota	$5,862,153
39	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	$5,843,516
40	Hughes County, South Dakota	$5,832,047
41	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	$5,604,704
42	Tripp County, South Dakota	$5,102,829
43	McPherson County, South Dakota	$4,625,759
44	Meade County, South Dakota	$4,491,331
45	Jerauld County, South Dakota	$4,134,138
46	Douglas County, South Dakota	$3,922,401
47	Brule County, South Dakota	$3,394,079
48	Faulk County, South Dakota	$3,304,466
49	Butte County, South Dakota	$2,395,127
50	Gregory County, South Dakota	$2,064,058
51	Hyde County, South Dakota	$1,981,029
52	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$1,536,971
53	Jones County, South Dakota	$1,416,403
54	Corson County, South Dakota	$1,357,848
55	Jackson County, South Dakota	$1,104,986
56	Pennington County, South Dakota	$772,820
57	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$708,699
58	Dewey County, South Dakota	$701,120
59	Bennett County, South Dakota	$701,007
60	Harding County, South Dakota	$635,827
61	Mellette County, South Dakota	$164,343
62	Todd County, South Dakota	$116,607
63	Fall River County, South Dakota	$86,916
64	Shannon County, South Dakota	$54,852
65	Lawrence County, South Dakota	$18,283
66	Custer County, South Dakota	$14,214
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for South Dakota, 2022

Land in South Dakota, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	28,299
Total Acres in Farms:	42,304,601
Cropland Acres:	18,488,619
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	22,254,830
Woodland Acres:	335,032

Livestock in South Dakota, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Cattle and calves inventory	3,478,908
Hogs and pigs inventory	2,039,066
Layers inventory	1,026,877
Sheep and lambs inventory	231,246
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	77,046

Crops in South Dakota, 2022

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