Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in West Virginia

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in West Virginia


CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022


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

RankPracticeAcresPercent
1Riparian buffers4,86862.6%
2CRP grasslands - introduced grasses2,14027.5%
3Filter strips5727.4%
4Grass plantings - introduced1862.4%
5Tree plantings - hardwoods70.1%
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 Total Acres7,772 

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

RankStateCRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1Grant County, West Virginia$695,057
2Hampshire County, West Virginia$653,605
3Mason County, West Virginia$470,309
4Greenbrier County, West Virginia$327,893
5Hardy County, West Virginia$170,974
6Berkeley County, West Virginia$110,451
7Pendleton County, West Virginia$88,845
8Pocahontas County, West Virginia$83,592
9Randolph County, West Virginia$74,627
10Jefferson County, West Virginia$72,822
11Putnam County, West Virginia$62,556
12Monroe County, West Virginia$43,741
13Nicholas County, West Virginia$18,632
14Preston County, West Virginia$16,470
15Morgan County, West Virginia$15,023
16Harrison County, West Virginia$11,880
17Tyler County, West Virginia$11,369
18Fayette County, West Virginia$9,738
19Lincoln County, West Virginia$8,905
20Summers County, West Virginia$7,977
21Gilmer County, West Virginia$7,742
22Wood County, West Virginia$7,469
23Kanawha County, West Virginia$7,376
24Clay County, West Virginia$6,414
25Calhoun County, West Virginia$4,085
26Mercer County, West Virginia$3,778
27Braxton County, West Virginia$3,527
28Tucker County, West Virginia$3,395
29Mineral County, West Virginia$3,037
30Doddridge County, West Virginia$2,640
31Cabell County, West Virginia$2,532
32Upshur County, West Virginia$2,457
33Jackson County, West Virginia$2,111
34Raleigh County, West Virginia$1,793
35Pleasants County, West Virginia$1,746
36Wirt County, West Virginia$1,318
37Monongalia County, West Virginia$1,196
38Webster County, West Virginia$1,188
39McDowell County, West Virginia$488
40Lewis County, West Virginia$436
41Marshall County, West Virginia$179
42Roane County, West Virginia$0
43Wetzel County, West Virginia$0
44Wayne County, West Virginia$0
45Brooke County, West Virginia$0
46Wyoming County, West Virginia$0
47Taylor County, West Virginia$0
48Hancock County, West Virginia$0
49Ritchie County, West Virginia$0
50Marion County, West Virginia$0
51Ohio County, West Virginia$0
52Barbour County, West Virginia$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for West Virginia, 2022

Land in West Virginia, 2022

Land typeAcres
Number of Farms:22,787
Total Acres in Farms:3,549,104
Cropland Acres:877,701
Permanent pasture and rangeland:940,744
Woodland Acres:1,492,323

Livestock in West Virginia, 2022

LivestockNumber of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold70,182,475
Layers inventory 1,394,182
Cattle and calves inventory367,634
Sheep and lambs inventory32,754
Hogs and pigs inventory5,204

Crops in West Virginia, 2022

 

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