Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Tennessee

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Tennessee

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Haywood County, Tennessee	$7,076,481
2	Madison County, Tennessee	$6,991,189
3	Weakley County, Tennessee	$6,104,510
4	Carroll County, Tennessee	$6,047,741
5	Fayette County, Tennessee	$5,665,003
6	Obion County, Tennessee	$4,166,662
7	Lauderdale County, Tennessee	$3,977,492
8	Gibson County, Tennessee	$3,759,206
9	Hardeman County, Tennessee	$3,653,956
10	Henry County, Tennessee	$3,351,340
11	Henderson County, Tennessee	$2,540,744
12	McNairy County, Tennessee	$2,106,054
13	Hardin County, Tennessee	$1,872,112
14	Crockett County, Tennessee	$1,869,186
15	Lawrence County, Tennessee	$1,864,271
16	Benton County, Tennessee	$1,527,284
17	Dyer County, Tennessee	$1,454,974
18	Cumberland County, Tennessee	$1,088,594
19	Chester County, Tennessee	$1,043,072
20	Giles County, Tennessee	$896,710
21	Tipton County, Tennessee	$876,340
22	Shelby County, Tennessee	$874,149
23	Wayne County, Tennessee	$786,028
24	Decatur County, Tennessee	$413,676
25	Franklin County, Tennessee	$289,483
26	Lincoln County, Tennessee	$281,978
27	Robertson County, Tennessee	$276,960
28	Montgomery County, Tennessee	$243,589
29	Morgan County, Tennessee	$155,526
30	Dickson County, Tennessee	$154,834
31	Perry County, Tennessee	$148,735
32	Cheatham County, Tennessee	$137,939
33	Hickman County, Tennessee	$134,262
34	Maury County, Tennessee	$132,178
35	Rhea County, Tennessee	$105,187
36	Lake County, Tennessee	$101,093
37	Meigs County, Tennessee	$94,310
38	Van Buren County, Tennessee	$93,050
39	Bradley County, Tennessee	$79,301
40	Overton County, Tennessee	$70,810
41	Bedford County, Tennessee	$57,287
42	Grundy County, Tennessee	$49,639
43	Wilson County, Tennessee	$49,318
44	Humphreys County, Tennessee	$49,207
45	Bledsoe County, Tennessee	$48,029
46	DeKalb County, Tennessee	$35,946
47	Sequatchie County, Tennessee	$35,254
48	Putnam County, Tennessee	$34,080
49	Stewart County, Tennessee	$30,707
50	Coffee County, Tennessee	$28,567
51	Sumner County, Tennessee	$28,438
52	White County, Tennessee	$25,054
53	McMinn County, Tennessee	$24,304
54	Clay County, Tennessee	$23,956
55	Knox County, Tennessee	$22,003
56	Polk County, Tennessee	$21,238
57	Greene County, Tennessee	$18,314
58	Warren County, Tennessee	$17,317
59	Marion County, Tennessee	$14,075
60	Macon County, Tennessee	$10,837
61	Smith County, Tennessee	$9,740
62	Roane County, Tennessee	$7,986
63	Claiborne County, Tennessee	$6,166
64	Loudon County, Tennessee	$5,765
65	Cannon County, Tennessee	$5,434
66	Lewis County, Tennessee	$5,428
67	Hawkins County, Tennessee	$5,285
68	Moore County, Tennessee	$5,195
69	Grainger County, Tennessee	$4,304
70	Fentress County, Tennessee	$3,031
71	Marshall County, Tennessee	$2,794
72	Jackson County, Tennessee	$2,773
73	Houston County, Tennessee	$2,102
74	Davidson County, Tennessee	$2,055
75	Rutherford County, Tennessee	$1,937
76	Hamblen County, Tennessee	$1,560
77	Hamilton County, Tennessee	$1,236
78	Union County, Tennessee	$1,085
79	Anderson County, Tennessee	$869
80	Hancock County, Tennessee	$752
81	Pickett County, Tennessee	$462
82	Campbell County, Tennessee	$179
83	Williamson County, Tennessee	$137
84	Sullivan County, Tennessee	$53
85	Jefferson County, Tennessee	$0
86	Carter County, Tennessee	$0
87	Johnson County, Tennessee	$0
88	Washington County, Tennessee	$0
89	Blount County, Tennessee	$0
90	Unicoi County, Tennessee	$0
91	Trousdale County, Tennessee	$0
92	Monroe County, Tennessee	$0
93	Cocke County, Tennessee	$0
94	Sevier County, Tennessee	$0
95	Scott County, Tennessee	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Tennessee, 2022

Land in Tennessee, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	63,105
Total Acres in Farms:	10,732,951
Cropland Acres:	5,273,992
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	2,319,328
Woodland Acres:	2,550,106

Livestock in Tennessee, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	189,393,169
Layers inventory	2,520,707
Cattle and calves inventory	1,636,047
Hogs and pigs inventory	281,105
Sheep and lambs inventory	54,827

Crops in Tennessee, 2022

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