Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Washington

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Washington

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - native	498,643	42.3%
2	Grass plantings - introduced	262,735	22.3%
3	State acres for wildlife enhancement	111,345	9.4%
4	Wildlife habitat	106,058	9.0%
5	Existing grass	94,160	8.0%
6	Contour grass strips	41,580	3.5%
7	Filter strips	31,309	2.7%
8	Riparian buffers	17,749	1.5%
9	CRP grasslands - native grasses	4,850	0.4%
10	Pollinator habitat	3,140	0.3%
11	Tree plantings - softwoods	2,418	0.2%
12	Upland bird habitat buffers	1,553	0.1%
13	Rare and declining habitat	1,163	0.1%
14	Wildlife food plots	708	< 0.1%
15	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	631	< 0.1%
16	Marginal pasture buffers - wetland	540	< 0.1%
17	Existing trees	423	< 0.1%
18	Grass waterways	321	< 0.1%
19	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	276	< 0.1%
20	Shallow water for wildlife	50	< 0.1%
21	Wildlife corridors	48	< 0.1%
22	Wetland restoration - floodplain	42	< 0.1%
23	Wetland restoration	15	< 0.1%
24	Shelterbelts	9	< 0.1%
25	Farmable wetland program - buffer	8	< 0.1%
26	Field windbreaks	5	< 0.1%
27	Wetland restoration - non-floodplain	5	< 0.1%
28	Farmable wetland program - wetland	2	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	1,179,778

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Whitman County, Washington	$58,649,466
2	Douglas County, Washington	$54,843,935
3	Adams County, Washington	$49,807,709
4	Walla Walla County, Washington	$48,264,444
5	Lincoln County, Washington	$44,868,537
6	Franklin County, Washington	$33,146,858
7	Grant County, Washington	$23,220,402
8	Benton County, Washington	$19,147,273
9	Columbia County, Washington	$14,606,587
10	Garfield County, Washington	$12,608,492
11	Klickitat County, Washington	$12,117,065
12	Yakima County, Washington	$10,443,500
13	Spokane County, Washington	$9,455,384
14	Whatcom County, Washington	$9,258,458
15	Asotin County, Washington	$6,903,192
16	Skagit County, Washington	$1,850,977
17	Lewis County, Washington	$1,761,778
18	Okanogan County, Washington	$1,042,026
19	Kittitas County, Washington	$916,080
20	Snohomish County, Washington	$689,119
21	Wahkiakum County, Washington	$355,282
22	Stevens County, Washington	$233,617
23	Pacific County, Washington	$219,374
24	Mason County, Washington	$215,873
25	Jefferson County, Washington	$175,561
26	Grays Harbor County, Washington	$162,796
27	Clallam County, Washington	$136,001
28	Ferry County, Washington	$127,377
29	Chelan County, Washington	$125,488
30	Clark County, Washington	$122,954
31	King County, Washington	$110,526
32	Thurston County, Washington	$78,733
33	Cowlitz County, Washington	$22,586
34	Kitsap County, Washington	$11,776
35	Island County, Washington	$3,070
36	Pierce County, Washington	$351
37	San Juan County, Washington	$0
38	Pend Oreille County, Washington	$0
39	Skamania County, Washington	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Washington, 2022

Land in Washington, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	32,076
Total Acres in Farms:	13,855,414
Cropland Acres:	7,368,459
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	4,305,079
Woodland Acres:	1,656,587

Livestock in Washington, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	25,904,999
Layers inventory	6,024,276
Cattle and calves inventory	1,123,261
Sheep and lambs inventory	44,421
Hogs and pigs inventory	17,707

Crops in Washington, 2022

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