Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Wyoming

CRP rental payments by fiscal year in Wyoming

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

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

Rank	Practice	Acres	Percent
1	Grass plantings - introduced	97,083	47.2%
2	Existing grass	70,942	34.5%
3	CRP grasslands - native grasses	20,066	9.8%
4	State acres for wildlife enhancement	9,676	4.7%
5	CRP grasslands - introduced grasses	1,750	0.9%
6	Riparian buffers	1,721	0.8%
7	Grass plantings - native	1,619	0.8%
8	Wildlife habitat	1,320	0.6%
9	Marginal pasture buffers - wildlife	1,107	0.5%
10	Pollinator habitat	230	0.1%
11	Field windbreaks	104	< 0.1%
12	Wildlife food plots	15	< 0.1%
13	Existing trees	12	< 0.1%
14	Shelterbelts	2	< 0.1%
15	Tree plantings - softwoods	2	< 0.1%
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	Total Acres	205,648

CRP rental payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CRP Rental Payments, 2017-2022
1	Goshen County, Wyoming	$10,635,421
2	Platte County, Wyoming	$6,379,632
3	Laramie County, Wyoming	$6,086,537
4	Campbell County, Wyoming	$1,751,497
5	Niobrara County, Wyoming	$1,346,946
6	Converse County, Wyoming	$420,951
7	Lincoln County, Wyoming	$393,940
8	Sheridan County, Wyoming	$266,775
9	Crook County, Wyoming	$207,084
10	Hot Springs County, Wyoming	$170,384
11	Weston County, Wyoming	$144,135
12	Washakie County, Wyoming	$80,634
13	Park County, Wyoming	$46,816
14	Big Horn County, Wyoming	$44,816
15	Johnson County, Wyoming	$42,338
16	Carbon County, Wyoming	$24,493
17	Fremont County, Wyoming	$8,279
18	Albany County, Wyoming	$3,380
19	Natrona County, Wyoming	$3,187
20	Sublette County, Wyoming	$1,576
21	Uinta County, Wyoming	$1,145
22	Sweetwater County, Wyoming	$0
23	Teton County, Wyoming	$0
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Wyoming, 2022

Land in Wyoming, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	10,544
Total Acres in Farms:	28,776,321
Cropland Acres:	2,326,105
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	25,605,821
Woodland Acres:	502,050

Livestock in Wyoming, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Cattle and calves inventory	1,247,971
Sheep and lambs inventory	306,174
Hogs and pigs inventory	106,630
Layers inventory	28,750
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	6,525

Crops in Wyoming, 2022

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