| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $55,190,707 |
| 2 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $23,285,264 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $1,225,910 |
| 4 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $876,452 |
| 5 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $844,241 |
| 6 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $700,523 |
| 7 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $678,909 |
| 8 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $629,169 |
| 9 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $352,641 |
| 10 | Farmstead | $237,497 |
| 11 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $233,902 |
| 12 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $232,813 |
| 13 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $212,782 |
| 14 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $186,183 |
| 15 | Pest Management Conservation System | $144,681 |
| 16 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $144,663 |
| 17 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $136,982 |
| 18 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $124,215 |
| 19 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $119,825 |
| 20 | Associated Ag Land | $115,967 |
| 21 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $112,890 |
| 22 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $103,428 |
| 23 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $99,610 |
| 24 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing-cover/shelter | $99,192 |
| 25 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $77,547 |
| 26 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $74,477 |
| 27 | Switch fuel source for pump motor(s) | $70,682 |
| 28 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $65,701 |
| 29 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients | $61,447 |
| 30 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $59,321 |
| 31 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $56,703 |
| 32 | Soil health crop rotation | $53,440 |
| 33 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $47,819 |
| 34 | Nutrient Management  | $45,350 |
| 35 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $41,994 |
| 36 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $41,236 |
| 37 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $31,586 |
| 38 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $27,264 |
| 39 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $27,021 |
| 40 | Reduced tillage to reduce wind erosion | $25,687 |
| 41 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $24,354 |
| 42 | Cover Crop | $24,053 |
| 43 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $22,707 |
| 44 | No till to reduce water erosion | $22,070 |
| 45 | Prescribed Grazing | $21,977 |
| 46 | Install variable frequency drive(s) on pump(s) | $19,983 |
| 47 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $19,885 |
| 48 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $17,614 |
| 49 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $17,299 |
| 50 | Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities | $16,499 |
| 51 | Equitable Relief Payment | $13,602 |
| 52 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $13,310 |
| 53 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $12,283 |
| 54 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $12,240 |
| 55 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $12,000 |
| 56 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $11,577 |
| 57 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $11,422 |
| 58 | Stream corridor bank stability improvement | $11,400 |
| 59 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $11,262 |
| 60 | Improved grazing management for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $10,608 |
| 61 | No till system to reduce wind erosion | $10,248 |
| 62 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $9,341 |
| 63 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $9,040 |
| 64 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $9,034 |
| 65 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $8,575 |
| 66 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $7,808 |
| 67 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $7,419 |
| 68 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $7,173 |
| 69 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife | $6,630 |
| 70 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $6,251 |
| 71 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space) | $6,088 |
| 72 | Controlled Traffic Farming | $4,797 |
| 73 | Irrigation Water Management | $4,453 |
| 74 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $4,380 |
| 75 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $4,289 |
| 76 | Improved grazing management for plant structure and composition through monitoring activities | $3,907 |
| 77 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for wildlife. | $3,829 |
| 78 | Improved grazing management that reduces undesirable plant pest pressure through monitoring | $3,817 |
| 79 | Pond | $3,745 |
| 80 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $3,265 |
| 81 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $2,994 |
| 82 | Conservation Cover | $2,902 |
| 83 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $2,892 |
| 84 | Enhanced field borders to reduce wind induced erosion along the windward side(s) of a field | $2,679 |
| 85 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $2,580 |
| 86 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $2,541 |
| 87 | Fence | $2,218 |
| 88 | Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter | $1,906 |
| 89 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients | $1,840 |
| 90 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $1,548 |
| 91 | Brush Management | $1,538 |
| 92 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce wind erosion | $1,530 |
| 93 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $1,500 |
| 94 | Grassed Waterway | $1,405 |
| 95 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm. | $1,365 |
| 96 | Grazing management that improves Monarch butterfly habitat | $1,270 |
| 97 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation | $1,251 |
| 98 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $1,194 |
| 99 | Critical Area Planting | $1,108 |
| 100 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $975 |
| 101 | Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | $933 |
| 102 | Watering Facility | $912 |
| 103 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $851 |
| 104 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $698 |
| 105 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $608 |
| 106 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $579 |
| 107 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $575 |
| 108 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $501 |
| 109 | Deep Tillage | $445 |
| 110 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $429 |
| 111 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $398 |
| 112 | Livestock Shelter Structure | $337 |
| 113 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $271 |
| 114 | Structures for Wildlife | $257 |
| 115 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $241 |
| 116 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $223 |
| 117 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $211 |
| 118 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width for nutrient reduction | $200 |
| 119 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term wind erosion control | $190 |
| 120 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $186 |
| 121 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation | $100 |
| 122 | Range Planting | $81 |
| 123 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $59 |
| 124 | Cover crop to reduce wind erosion | $24 |
| 125 | Tree/Shrub Pruning | $22 |
| 126 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $19 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 87,392,543 |
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