Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Tennessee

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Tennessee

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - introduced	31,330	24.9%
2	Grass plantings - native	20,299	16.1%
3	Tree plantings - softwoods	19,003	15.1%
4	Existing grass	10,616	8.4%
5	State acres for wildlife enhancement	9,596	7.6%
6	Existing trees	5,058	4.0%
7	Pollinator habitat	4,889	3.9%
8	Tree plantings - hardwoods	4,581	3.6%
9	Riparian buffers	4,461	3.5%
10	Filter strips	3,790	3.0%
11	Upland bird habitat buffers	3,125	2.5%
12	Bottomland hardwood trees	2,642	2.1%
13	Wildlife habitat	2,144	1.7%
14	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,988	1.6%
15	CRP grasslands - native grasses	1,022	0.8%
16	Wetland restoration - floodplain	629	0.5%
17	Wildlife food plots	255	0.2%
18	Grass waterways	174	0.1%
19	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	75	< 0.1%
20	Shallow water for wildlife	57	< 0.1%
21	Wetland restoration	43	< 0.1%
22	Contour grass strips	21	< 0.1%
23	Wildlife corridors	8	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	125,794

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Haywood County, Tennessee	$4,828,323
2	Madison County, Tennessee	$4,445,097
3	Weakley County, Tennessee	$4,100,206
4	Carroll County, Tennessee	$4,010,775
5	Fayette County, Tennessee	$3,954,604
6	Obion County, Tennessee	$2,843,117
7	Lauderdale County, Tennessee	$2,677,286
8	Gibson County, Tennessee	$2,542,001
9	Hardeman County, Tennessee	$2,494,800
10	Henry County, Tennessee	$2,309,684
11	Henderson County, Tennessee	$1,757,672
12	Crockett County, Tennessee	$1,482,788
13	McNairy County, Tennessee	$1,478,749
14	Hardin County, Tennessee	$1,408,521
15	Lawrence County, Tennessee	$1,315,639
16	Benton County, Tennessee	$1,033,726
17	Dyer County, Tennessee	$949,276
18	Cumberland County, Tennessee	$728,872
19	Chester County, Tennessee	$699,060
20	Tipton County, Tennessee	$605,179
21	Giles County, Tennessee	$583,447
22	Shelby County, Tennessee	$512,671
23	Wayne County, Tennessee	$458,190
24	Decatur County, Tennessee	$279,219
25	Robertson County, Tennessee	$228,765
26	Franklin County, Tennessee	$197,105
27	Lincoln County, Tennessee	$192,902
28	Montgomery County, Tennessee	$190,870
29	Perry County, Tennessee	$112,127
30	Dickson County, Tennessee	$105,079
31	Morgan County, Tennessee	$103,684
32	Hickman County, Tennessee	$94,544
33	Maury County, Tennessee	$89,968
34	Rhea County, Tennessee	$87,542
35	Cheatham County, Tennessee	$81,689
36	Lake County, Tennessee	$72,630
37	Van Buren County, Tennessee	$72,306
38	Meigs County, Tennessee	$65,002
39	Bradley County, Tennessee	$51,249
40	Bedford County, Tennessee	$39,710
41	Bledsoe County, Tennessee	$36,960
42	Grundy County, Tennessee	$34,776
43	Humphreys County, Tennessee	$34,611
44	Overton County, Tennessee	$30,791
45	Wilson County, Tennessee	$28,772
46	Polk County, Tennessee	$27,522
47	DeKalb County, Tennessee	$26,877
48	Sequatchie County, Tennessee	$25,683
49	Coffee County, Tennessee	$22,216
50	Putnam County, Tennessee	$18,373
51	Knox County, Tennessee	$17,085
52	White County, Tennessee	$16,965
53	Stewart County, Tennessee	$16,648
54	McMinn County, Tennessee	$16,204
55	Clay County, Tennessee	$15,971
56	Fentress County, Tennessee	$15,345
57	Greene County, Tennessee	$14,651
58	Sumner County, Tennessee	$12,539
59	Marion County, Tennessee	$11,793
60	Smith County, Tennessee	$9,740
61	Warren County, Tennessee	$9,037
62	Macon County, Tennessee	$8,669
63	Roane County, Tennessee	$7,199
64	Cannon County, Tennessee	$5,434
65	Claiborne County, Tennessee	$4,313
66	Lewis County, Tennessee	$4,142
67	Loudon County, Tennessee	$3,845
68	Hawkins County, Tennessee	$3,552
69	Rutherford County, Tennessee	$3,438
70	Grainger County, Tennessee	$2,815
71	Moore County, Tennessee	$2,598
72	Jackson County, Tennessee	$2,020
73	Houston County, Tennessee	$1,402
74	Marshall County, Tennessee	$1,396
75	Davidson County, Tennessee	$1,370
76	Hamblen County, Tennessee	$1,016
77	Union County, Tennessee	$889
78	Hamilton County, Tennessee	$741
79	Hancock County, Tennessee	$583
80	Anderson County, Tennessee	$580
81	Campbell County, Tennessee	$179
82	Williamson County, Tennessee	$92
83	Sullivan County, Tennessee	$36
84	Carter County, Tennessee	$0
85	Sevier County, Tennessee	$0
86	Monroe County, Tennessee	$0
87	Jefferson County, Tennessee	$0
88	Washington County, Tennessee	$0
89	Scott County, Tennessee	$0
90	Blount County, Tennessee	$0
91	Unicoi County, Tennessee	$0
92	Trousdale County, Tennessee	$0
93	Cocke County, Tennessee	$0
94	Johnson County, Tennessee	$0
95	Pickett County, Tennessee	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Tennessee, 2017

Land in Tennessee, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	69,983
Total Acres in Farms:	10,874,238
Cropland Acres:	5,286,321
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	2,633,066
Woodland Acres:	2,473,436

Livestock in Tennessee, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	169,503,820
Layers inventory	1,986,321
Cattle and calves inventory	1,820,101
Hogs and pigs inventory	225,044
Sheep and lambs inventory	60,809

Crops in Tennessee, 2017

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