Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Alabama
The state-level CSP data only includes practices that had more than four contracts in a state for a particular year. Because of this, the data contained within the state pages will not sum up to the total payments by practice on the national page.
CSP payments by fiscal year in Alabama
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Alabama
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $13,843,694 |
| 2 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $8,357,320 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $3,526,445 |
| 4 | Short-interval burn | $1,280,607 |
| 5 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $874,807 |
| 6 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $866,288 |
| 7 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $843,792 |
| 8 | Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community | $584,545 |
| 9 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate  | $351,235 |
| 10 | Forest management to enhance understory vegetation  | $313,489 |
| 11 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $311,495 |
| 12 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $299,492 |
| 13 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $238,186 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $195,326 |
| 15 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $190,051 |
| 16 | Sequential patch burning | $180,173 |
| 17 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $173,776 |
| 18 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $156,282 |
| 19 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $150,079 |
| 20 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $143,102 |
| 21 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $128,643 |
| 22 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $121,490 |
| 23 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $120,690 |
| 24 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $101,250 |
| 25 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $86,437 |
| 26 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $80,862 |
| 27 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $72,336 |
| 28 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $68,932 |
| 29 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $66,192 |
| 30 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $54,673 |
| 31 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $47,998 |
| 32 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $47,247 |
| 33 | Farmstead | $43,344 |
| 34 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $37,946 |
| 35 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $35,414 |
| 36 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $31,197 |
| 37 | Forest Stand Improvement | $28,921 |
| 38 | Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | $27,944 |
| 39 | Pest Management Conservation System | $27,473 |
| 40 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $26,707 |
| 41 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $24,729 |
| 42 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk | $23,210 |
| 43 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $19,430 |
| 44 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $18,223 |
| 45 | Prescribed Burning | $17,422 |
| 46 | Brush Management | $16,723 |
| 47 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $15,084 |
| 48 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk and improve habitat | $14,492 |
| 49 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $13,846 |
| 50 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $13,191 |
| 51 | Firebreak | $12,315 |
| 52 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $11,629 |
| 53 | Cover Crop | $11,591 |
| 54 | Prescribed Grazing | $10,970 |
| 55 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $9,966 |
| 56 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $9,327 |
| 57 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $8,557 |
| 58 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $7,648 |
| 59 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $7,460 |
| 60 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $6,643 |
| 61 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $6,006 |
| 62 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities | $5,985 |
| 63 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $5,544 |
| 64 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $5,163 |
| 65 | Nutrient Management | $4,260 |
| 66 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $4,028 |
| 67 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $3,174 |
| 68 | Conservation Cover | $2,798 |
| 69 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $2,764 |
| 70 | Structures for Wildlife | $130 |
| 71 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $45 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 35,607,589 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Alabama
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $351,235 |
| 2 | Forest management to enhance understory vegetation | $313,489 |
| 3 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $195,326 |
| 4 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $156,282 |
| 5 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $121,490 |
| 6 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $120,690 |
| 7 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $68,932 |
| 8 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $47,998 |
| 9 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $47,247 |
| 10 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $35,414 |
| 11 | Forest Stand Improvement | $28,921 |
| 12 | Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | $27,944 |
| 13 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $26,707 |
| 14 | Prescribed Burning | $17,422 |
| 15 | Brush Management | $16,723 |
| 16 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $15,084 |
| 17 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $13,846 |
| 18 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $13,191 |
| 19 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $11,629 |
| 20 | Cover Crop | $11,591 |
| 21 | Prescribed Grazing | $10,970 |
| 22 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $9,966 |
| 23 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $8,557 |
| 24 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $7,460 |
| 25 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $6,643 |
| 26 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $6,006 |
| 27 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $5,163 |
| 28 | Nutrient Management | $4,260 |
| 29 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $4,028 |
| 30 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $3,174 |
| 31 | Conservation Cover | $2,798 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $1,710,186 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $1,099,025 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $611,161 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geneva County, Alabama | $4,570,537 |
| 2 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $4,046,146 |
| 3 | Covington County, Alabama | $3,787,359 |
| 4 | Barbour County, Alabama | $2,921,381 |
| 5 | Coffee County, Alabama | $2,901,490 |
| 6 | Sumter County, Alabama | $2,649,344 |
| 7 | Dallas County, Alabama | $2,497,236 |
| 8 | Houston County, Alabama | $2,218,473 |
| 9 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $1,664,250 |
| 10 | Pike County, Alabama | $1,661,608 |
| 11 | Marengo County, Alabama | $1,602,600 |
| 12 | Henry County, Alabama | $1,485,669 |
| 13 | Bullock County, Alabama | $1,403,783 |
| 14 | Perry County, Alabama | $1,366,742 |
| 15 | Morgan County, Alabama | $1,359,118 |
| 16 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $1,324,525 |
| 17 | Escambia County, Alabama | $1,274,416 |
| 18 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $1,203,735 |
| 19 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $1,136,529 |
| 20 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $1,060,471 |
| 21 | Greene County, Alabama | $1,027,890 |
| 22 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $1,022,376 |
| 23 | Dale County, Alabama | $983,370 |
| 24 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $932,010 |
| 25 | Pickens County, Alabama | $922,118 |
| 26 | Monroe County, Alabama | $911,009 |
| 27 | Macon County, Alabama | $842,927 |
| 28 | Russell County, Alabama | $821,405 |
| 29 | Autauga County, Alabama | $746,946 |
| 30 | Jackson County, Alabama | $744,130 |
| 31 | Franklin County, Alabama | $668,090 |
| 32 | Limestone County, Alabama | $543,146 |
| 33 | Butler County, Alabama | $519,620 |
| 34 | Colbert County, Alabama | $482,162 |
| 35 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $435,315 |
| 36 | Marion County, Alabama | $360,406 |
| 37 | Hale County, Alabama | $353,554 |
| 38 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $314,397 |
| 39 | Fayette County, Alabama | $313,332 |
| 40 | Madison County, Alabama | $289,107 |
| 41 | Lamar County, Alabama | $246,988 |
| 42 | Chambers County, Alabama | $211,048 |
| 43 | Marshall County, Alabama | $194,389 |
| 44 | Cullman County, Alabama | $190,576 |
| 45 | Talladega County, Alabama | $178,624 |
| 46 | Blount County, Alabama | $170,771 |
| 47 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $167,737 |
| 48 | Etowah County, Alabama | $161,695 |
| 49 | Elmore County, Alabama | $160,353 |
| 50 | Saint Clair County, Alabama | $146,300 |
| 51 | Chilton County, Alabama | $125,591 |
| 52 | Mobile County, Alabama | $116,622 |
| 53 | Bibb County, Alabama | $101,727 |
| 54 | Walker County, Alabama | $68,479 |
| 55 | Washington County, Alabama | $58,223 |
| 56 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $57,563 |
| 57 | Lee County, Alabama | $52,739 |
| 58 | Choctaw County, Alabama | $50,489 |
| 59 | Cleburne County, Alabama | $40,532 |
| 60 | Winston County, Alabama | $37,305 |
| 61 | Randolph County, Alabama | $19,163 |
| 62 | Clarke County, Alabama | $11,257 |
| 63 | Coosa County, Alabama | $6,304 |
| 64 | Clay County, Alabama | $3,332 |
| 65 | Calhoun County, Alabama | $2,782 |
| 66 | Shelby County, Alabama | $1,371 |
| 67 | Jefferson County, Alabama | $0 |
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The state-level CSP data only includes practices that had more than four contracts in a state for a particular year. Because of this, the data contained within the state pages will not sum up to the total payments by practice on the national page.
USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Alabama, 2022
Land in Alabama, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 37,362 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 8,629,101 |
| Cropland Acres: | 2,936,550 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 1,936,685 |
| Woodland Acres: | 3,092,049 |
Livestock in Alabama, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 1,183,808,730 |
| Layers inventory | 7,588,334 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 1,214,015 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 33,317 |
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