Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in South Dakota

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in South Dakota

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Brown County, South Dakota	$29,536,943
2	Day County, South Dakota	$20,028,930
3	Roberts County, South Dakota	$19,801,600
4	Marshall County, South Dakota	$18,210,109
5	Lyman County, South Dakota	$12,824,605
6	Beadle County, South Dakota	$12,198,800
7	Brookings County, South Dakota	$11,989,185
8	Spink County, South Dakota	$11,685,384
9	Miner County, South Dakota	$11,196,245
10	Clark County, South Dakota	$11,194,466
11	Hutchinson County, South Dakota	$10,389,752
12	Deuel County, South Dakota	$9,333,486
13	Sanborn County, South Dakota	$8,003,371
14	Hanson County, South Dakota	$7,992,405
15	McCook County, South Dakota	$7,947,382
16	Yankton County, South Dakota	$7,837,756
17	Codington County, South Dakota	$7,790,587
18	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	$7,111,074
19	Lincoln County, South Dakota	$6,950,474
20	Moody County, South Dakota	$6,927,300
21	Edmunds County, South Dakota	$6,813,188
22	Walworth County, South Dakota	$6,519,693
23	Perkins County, South Dakota	$6,455,965
24	Union County, South Dakota	$6,363,874
25	Hamlin County, South Dakota	$6,212,976
26	Campbell County, South Dakota	$5,559,123
27	Hand County, South Dakota	$5,473,730
28	Aurora County, South Dakota	$5,391,116
29	Bon Homme County, South Dakota	$5,385,339
30	Sully County, South Dakota	$5,347,932
31	Turner County, South Dakota	$5,072,394
32	Haakon County, South Dakota	$4,987,748
33	Clay County, South Dakota	$4,700,611
34	Davison County, South Dakota	$4,423,624
35	Potter County, South Dakota	$4,127,692
36	Grant County, South Dakota	$3,945,489
37	Stanley County, South Dakota	$3,870,282
38	Lake County, South Dakota	$3,785,388
39	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	$3,748,496
40	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	$3,589,365
41	Tripp County, South Dakota	$3,338,297
42	Hughes County, South Dakota	$3,330,199
43	McPherson County, South Dakota	$2,903,618
44	Jerauld County, South Dakota	$2,683,570
45	Douglas County, South Dakota	$2,624,127
46	Meade County, South Dakota	$2,416,089
47	Brule County, South Dakota	$2,179,591
48	Faulk County, South Dakota	$2,080,592
49	Butte County, South Dakota	$1,528,923
50	Gregory County, South Dakota	$1,396,035
51	Hyde County, South Dakota	$1,339,399
52	Jones County, South Dakota	$919,990
53	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$852,083
54	Jackson County, South Dakota	$767,477
55	Corson County, South Dakota	$749,219
56	Bennett County, South Dakota	$523,071
57	Dewey County, South Dakota	$441,253
58	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$420,420
59	Pennington County, South Dakota	$391,591
60	Harding County, South Dakota	$358,041
61	Mellette County, South Dakota	$101,038
62	Todd County, South Dakota	$59,265
63	Fall River County, South Dakota	$58,259
64	Shannon County, South Dakota	$37,623
65	Lawrence County, South Dakota	$11,097
66	Custer County, South Dakota	$8,930
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for South Dakota, 2017

Land in South Dakota, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	29,968
Total Acres in Farms:	43,243,742
Cropland Acres:	19,813,517
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	21,997,620
Woodland Acres:	284,905

Livestock in South Dakota, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Cattle and calves inventory	3,988,183
Layers inventory	2,708,331
Hogs and pigs inventory	1,560,522
Sheep and lambs inventory	233,006
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	146,197

Crops in South Dakota, 2017

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