Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Virginia

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Virginia

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Augusta County, Virginia	$1,124,591
2	Halifax County, Virginia	$1,026,656
3	Southampton County, Virginia	$934,909
4	Greensville County, Virginia	$810,794
5	Rockingham County, Virginia	$606,243
6	Prince Edward County, Virginia	$492,487
7	Bedford County, Virginia	$466,076
8	Amelia County, Virginia	$464,748
9	Brunswick County, Virginia	$416,065
10	Dinwiddie County, Virginia	$392,619
11	Culpeper County, Virginia	$380,356
12	Pittsylvania County, Virginia	$341,373
13	Accomack County, Virginia	$323,585
14	Russell County, Virginia	$309,869
15	Fauquier County, Virginia	$278,013
16	Albemarle County, Virginia	$265,370
17	King George County, Virginia	$250,315
18	Highland County, Virginia	$248,369
19	Sussex County, Virginia	$245,694
20	Louisa County, Virginia	$239,099
21	Washington County, Virginia	$217,332
22	Rappahannock County, Virginia	$216,426
23	Campbell County, Virginia	$209,995
24	Rockbridge County, Virginia	$208,847
25	Essex County, Virginia	$207,329
26	Prince George County, Virginia	$199,968
27	Madison County, Virginia	$192,893
28	Shenandoah County, Virginia	$177,363
29	Carroll County, Virginia	$176,495
30	Wythe County, Virginia	$161,400
31	Orange County, Virginia	$160,543
32	Mecklenburg County, Virginia	$155,867
33	Goochland County, Virginia	$150,833
34	Westmoreland County, Virginia	$146,209
35	Grayson County, Virginia	$142,591
36	Smyth County, Virginia	$138,268
37	Page County, Virginia	$137,411
38	King and Queen County, Virginia	$137,019
39	Isle of Wight County, Virginia	$134,389
40	Greene County, Virginia	$131,467
41	Nottoway County, Virginia	$127,030
42	Cumberland County, Virginia	$125,308
43	Chesapeake City, Virginia	$125,172
44	Bath County, Virginia	$123,927
45	Suffolk City, Virginia	$122,316
46	Lunenburg County, Virginia	$118,681
47	Tazewell County, Virginia	$114,410
48	Botetourt County, Virginia	$114,221
49	Buckingham County, Virginia	$94,112
50	Nelson County, Virginia	$89,893
51	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	$87,701
52	Appomattox County, Virginia	$85,664
53	Caroline County, Virginia	$74,593
54	Charlotte County, Virginia	$68,088
55	Richmond County, Virginia	$64,066
56	Patrick County, Virginia	$62,775
57	Frederick County, Virginia	$59,039
58	Amherst County, Virginia	$58,798
59	Fluvanna County, Virginia	$57,382
60	Clarke County, Virginia	$55,721
61	Northampton County, Virginia	$55,641
62	Lancaster County, Virginia	$54,191
63	Franklin County, Virginia	$48,120
64	King William County, Virginia	$46,348
65	Hanover County, Virginia	$45,383
66	Scott County, Virginia	$42,407
67	Craig County, Virginia	$40,159
68	Middlesex County, Virginia	$33,649
69	Bland County, Virginia	$29,277
70	Northumberland County, Virginia	$27,941
71	Stafford County, Virginia	$26,528
72	Alleghany County, Virginia	$25,666
73	Lee County, Virginia	$21,719
74	Prince William County, Virginia	$19,928
75	Surry County, Virginia	$19,638
76	New Kent County, Virginia	$17,289
77	Loudoun County, Virginia	$17,110
78	Montgomery County, Virginia	$15,045
79	Charles City County, Virginia	$14,154
80	Henry County, Virginia	$10,963
81	Floyd County, Virginia	$10,829
82	Warren County, Virginia	$9,871
83	Virginia Beach City, Virginia	$7,772
84	Pulaski County, Virginia	$7,158
85	James City County, Virginia	$6,549
86	Roanoke County, Virginia	$6,277
87	Gloucester County, Virginia	$4,941
88	Chesterfield County, Virginia	$4,841
89	Mathews County, Virginia	$4,009
90	Staunton City, Virginia	$3,962
91	Giles County, Virginia	$938
92	Dickenson County, Virginia	$616
93	Henrico County, Virginia	$0
94	Wise County, Virginia	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Virginia, 2022

Land in Virginia, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	38,995
Total Acres in Farms:	7,309,687
Cropland Acres:	2,884,293
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	1,915,266
Woodland Acres:	2,053,786

Livestock in Virginia, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	292,409,636
Layers inventory	2,374,640
Cattle and calves inventory	1,273,665
Hogs and pigs inventory	282,797
Sheep and lambs inventory	82,208

Crops in Virginia, 2022

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