| 1 | Pasture Annual Payment | $5,311,446 |
| 2 | Cropland Annual Payment | $1,700,393 |
| 3 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $1,136,359 |
| 4 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $584,104 |
| 5 | Sequential patch burning | $188,500 |
| 6 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $116,488 |
| 7 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $116,100 |
| 8 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $88,299 |
| 9 | Associated Ag Land | $78,544 |
| 10 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $77,675 |
| 11 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality  | $57,950 |
| 12 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $49,006 |
| 13 | Farmstead | $43,068 |
| 14 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $42,642 |
| 15 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $37,673 |
| 16 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $37,164 |
| 17 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $31,074 |
| 18 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $30,685 |
| 19 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $30,177 |
| 20 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $27,715 |
| 21 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $24,484 |
| 22 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $16,800 |
| 23 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $16,076 |
| 24 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $15,513 |
| 25 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $14,916 |
| 26 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $14,683 |
| 27 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $13,567 |
| 28 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $12,266 |
| 29 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $12,150 |
| 30 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $11,118 |
| 31 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $10,733 |
| 32 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $10,415 |
| 33 | Short-interval prescribed burning to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community | $10,320 |
| 34 | Prescribed Grazing | $10,286 |
| 35 | Short-interval burn | $9,621 |
| 36 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $9,438 |
| 37 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to improve wildlife food sources | $8,805 |
| 38 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $7,812 |
| 39 | Brush Management | $7,633 |
| 40 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $7,618 |
| 41 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $7,205 |
| 42 | Pest Management Conservation System | $7,164 |
| 43 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $6,662 |
| 44 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients | $5,868 |
| 45 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $5,401 |
| 46 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $4,979 |
| 47 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $4,869 |
| 48 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $3,862 |
| 49 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $3,855 |
| 50 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $3,822 |
| 51 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $3,445 |
| 52 | Supplemental Payment | $3,362 |
| 53 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $3,066 |
| 54 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $2,564 |
| 55 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $2,533 |
| 56 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover- shelter or continuity | $2,236 |
| 57 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $2,086 |
| 58 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $2,068 |
| 59 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,058 |
| 60 | Nutrient Management | $1,897 |
| 61 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $1,801 |
| 62 | Firebreak | $1,790 |
| 63 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $1,693 |
| 64 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife | $1,558 |
| 65 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $1,517 |
| 66 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $1,360 |
| 67 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $1,338 |
| 68 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (cover and shelter) | $1,169 |
| 69 | Silvopasture for wildlife habitat (structure and composition) | $1,124 |
| 70 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $896 |
| 71 | Irrigation Water Management | $830 |
| 72 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $789 |
| 73 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $723 |
| 74 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $680 |
| 75 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $461 |
| 76 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients | $374 |
| 77 | Fence | $347 |
| 78 | Forest Stand Improvement | $315 |
| 79 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $303 |
| 80 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space) | $225 |
| 81 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $186 |
| 82 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $174 |
| 83 | Irrigation System- Microirrigation | $140 |
| 84 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $115 |
| 85 | Critical Area Planting | $110 |
| 86 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $96 |
| 87 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm. | $95 |
| 88 | Watering Facility | $82 |
| 89 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $81 |
| 90 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $65 |
| 91 | Prescribed Burning | $56 |
| 92 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $51 |
| 93 | Soil health crop rotation | $43 |
| 94 | Structures for Wildlife | $17 |
| 95 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $2 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 10,128,925 |
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