Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Virginia

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Virginia

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Riparian buffers	17,218	51.3%
2	Tree plantings - softwoods	5,474	16.3%
3	Filter strips	2,211	6.6%
4	Grass plantings - introduced	1,819	5.4%
5	Existing trees	1,449	4.3%
6	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	987	2.9%
7	Upland bird habitat buffers	741	2.2%
8	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	722	2.2%
9	Grass plantings - native	706	2.1%
10	Existing grass	521	1.6%
11	State acres for wildlife enhancement	511	1.5%
12	Longleaf pine	379	1.1%
13	Wildlife habitat	220	0.7%
14	Pollinator habitat	195	0.6%
15	Wetland restoration - floodplain	140	0.4%
16	CRP grasslands - native grasses	79	0.2%
17	Grass waterways	76	0.2%
18	Shallow water for wildlife	52	0.2%
19	Tree plantings - hardwoods	35	0.1%
20	Wildlife food plots	16	< 0.1%
21	Contour grass strips	2	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	33,545

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2020
1	Augusta County, Virginia	$766,616
2	Halifax County, Virginia	$700,839
3	Southampton County, Virginia	$666,702
4	Greensville County, Virginia	$556,485
5	Rockingham County, Virginia	$409,373
6	Amelia County, Virginia	$378,312
7	Prince Edward County, Virginia	$359,291
8	Bedford County, Virginia	$315,921
9	Brunswick County, Virginia	$305,586
10	Dinwiddie County, Virginia	$288,256
11	Culpeper County, Virginia	$250,594
12	Pittsylvania County, Virginia	$239,785
13	Accomack County, Virginia	$221,988
14	Russell County, Virginia	$213,500
15	Fauquier County, Virginia	$212,244
16	King George County, Virginia	$192,669
17	Albemarle County, Virginia	$177,316
18	Highland County, Virginia	$167,199
19	Louisa County, Virginia	$164,541
20	Sussex County, Virginia	$160,390
21	Campbell County, Virginia	$156,127
22	Essex County, Virginia	$149,766
23	Washington County, Virginia	$149,126
24	Rappahannock County, Virginia	$146,044
25	Rockbridge County, Virginia	$143,569
26	Prince George County, Virginia	$141,082
27	Madison County, Virginia	$133,180
28	Shenandoah County, Virginia	$119,022
29	Carroll County, Virginia	$118,544
30	King and Queen County, Virginia	$113,415
31	Orange County, Virginia	$113,026
32	Mecklenburg County, Virginia	$112,296
33	Wythe County, Virginia	$103,477
34	Westmoreland County, Virginia	$96,971
35	Nottoway County, Virginia	$95,225
36	Smyth County, Virginia	$94,245
37	Bath County, Virginia	$93,936
38	Page County, Virginia	$93,822
39	Grayson County, Virginia	$92,295
40	Isle of Wight County, Virginia	$88,993
41	Cumberland County, Virginia	$87,829
42	Greene County, Virginia	$87,601
43	Tazewell County, Virginia	$84,384
44	Lunenburg County, Virginia	$74,205
45	Botetourt County, Virginia	$73,914
46	Goochland County, Virginia	$70,902
47	Buckingham County, Virginia	$69,753
48	Appomattox County, Virginia	$61,523
49	Nelson County, Virginia	$59,342
50	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	$55,582
51	Caroline County, Virginia	$52,680
52	Charlotte County, Virginia	$46,534
53	Richmond County, Virginia	$45,440
54	Patrick County, Virginia	$42,837
55	Amherst County, Virginia	$41,792
56	Fluvanna County, Virginia	$39,403
57	Frederick County, Virginia	$39,211
58	Northampton County, Virginia	$38,121
59	Hanover County, Virginia	$37,930
60	Lancaster County, Virginia	$36,165
61	Clarke County, Virginia	$35,434
62	Franklin County, Virginia	$32,103
63	King William County, Virginia	$31,812
64	Craig County, Virginia	$28,751
65	Scott County, Virginia	$28,563
66	Middlesex County, Virginia	$23,351
67	Northumberland County, Virginia	$21,544
68	Stafford County, Virginia	$21,149
69	Chesapeake City, Virginia	$21,062
70	Suffolk City, Virginia	$20,774
71	Bland County, Virginia	$20,160
72	Alleghany County, Virginia	$17,109
73	Lee County, Virginia	$17,087
74	Prince William County, Virginia	$14,529
75	Surry County, Virginia	$14,378
76	Loudoun County, Virginia	$12,577
77	New Kent County, Virginia	$12,024
78	Montgomery County, Virginia	$10,798
79	Charles City County, Virginia	$10,503
80	Warren County, Virginia	$7,558
81	Floyd County, Virginia	$6,665
82	Henry County, Virginia	$6,002
83	James City County, Virginia	$5,965
84	Pulaski County, Virginia	$4,510
85	Gloucester County, Virginia	$3,872
86	Chesterfield County, Virginia	$3,033
87	Mathews County, Virginia	$2,963
88	Roanoke County, Virginia	$1,904
89	Giles County, Virginia	$938
90	Virginia Beach City, Virginia	$681
91	Dickenson County, Virginia	$417
92	Wise County, Virginia	$0
93	Henrico County, Virginia	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Virginia, 2017

Land in Virginia, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	43,225
Total Acres in Farms:	7,797,979
Cropland Acres:	3,084,067
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	2,063,507
Woodland Acres:	2,212,540

Livestock in Virginia, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	261,649,137
Layers inventory	2,447,718
Cattle and calves inventory	1,482,888
Hogs and pigs inventory	249,231
Sheep and lambs inventory	82,661

Crops in Virginia, 2017

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