| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $134,423,336 |
| 2 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $17,721,659 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $7,831,575 |
| 4 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $4,160,804 |
| 5 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $1,955,377 |
| 6 | Sequential patch burning | $1,734,902 |
| 7 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $1,581,693 |
| 8 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $1,362,844 |
| 9 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $1,296,407 |
| 10 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $929,310 |
| 11 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $872,883 |
| 12 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality by limiting compaction | $826,051 |
| 13 | Enhance development of the forest understory to improve site moisture | $761,457 |
| 14 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $715,661 |
| 15 | Cover Crop  | $713,507 |
| 16 | Short-interval burn | $577,882 |
| 17 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $491,255 |
| 18 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $490,115 |
| 19 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $445,542 |
| 20 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $423,594 |
| 21 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $394,757 |
| 22 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $344,004 |
| 23 | Associated Ag Land | $327,050 |
| 24 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $261,003 |
| 25 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $249,246 |
| 26 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $239,793 |
| 27 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $219,079 |
| 28 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $219,001 |
| 29 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $217,416 |
| 30 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $216,242 |
| 31 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $211,465 |
| 32 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $199,872 |
| 33 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients -ground water | $190,254 |
| 34 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $187,942 |
| 35 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $178,744 |
| 36 | Enhance development of the forest understory to provide wildlife cover and shelter | $172,995 |
| 37 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $172,739 |
| 38 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $166,936 |
| 39 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $135,350 |
| 40 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $134,331 |
| 41 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $130,341 |
| 42 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $125,083 |
| 43 | Farmstead | $122,953 |
| 44 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients in surface water | $120,550 |
| 45 | Supplemental Payment | $109,812 |
| 46 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $104,557 |
| 47 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $100,269 |
| 48 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to reduce sediment loading | $97,384 |
| 49 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $90,202 |
| 50 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $87,601 |
| 51 | Enhance development of the forest understory to create conditions resistant to pests | $84,619 |
| 52 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $84,531 |
| 53 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $83,995 |
| 54 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $82,542 |
| 55 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term water erosion control | $80,814 |
| 56 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $79,600 |
| 57 | Intensive cover cropping (orchard/vineyard floor) to increase soil health and SOM content | $77,032 |
| 58 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $72,287 |
| 59 | No till to reduce water erosion | $62,776 |
| 60 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $61,737 |
| 61 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $59,448 |
| 62 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $57,643 |
| 63 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $57,435 |
| 64 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $56,252 |
| 65 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $52,153 |
| 66 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $47,212 |
| 67 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $45,953 |
| 68 | Irrigation Water Management | $45,724 |
| 69 | No till to reduce energy | $43,424 |
| 70 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $42,575 |
| 71 | Stream crossing elimination | $42,047 |
| 72 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $40,704 |
| 73 | Implementing sustainable practices for pine straw raking | $39,443 |
| 74 | Pasture Bundle#3 -- Soil Health | $38,412 |
| 75 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $38,350 |
| 76 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $37,355 |
| 77 | Switch fuel source for pump motor(s) | $35,510 |
| 78 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $35,186 |
| 79 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $34,774 |
| 80 | Forest management to enhance understory vegetation | $33,961 |
| 81 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $32,986 |
| 82 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $32,609 |
| 83 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1- Equipment and soil moisture or water level monitoring | $32,144 |
| 84 | Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community for wildlife food | $31,763 |
| 85 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $31,547 |
| 86 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $31,320 |
| 87 | Conservation Cover | $30,596 |
| 88 | Converting loblolly and slash pine plantations to longleaf pine with FSI and prescribed burning | $27,188 |
| 89 | Soil health crop rotation | $25,965 |
| 90 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $25,077 |
| 91 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $23,814 |
| 92 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $23,759 |
| 93 | Prescribed Grazing | $22,873 |
| 94 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $22,176 |
| 95 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $21,481 |
| 96 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $21,136 |
| 97 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk | $20,567 |
| 98 | Native grass or legumes in forage base to provide wildlife food | $20,412 |
| 99 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $19,710 |
| 100 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm. | $18,984 |
| 101 | Silvopasture for wildlife habitat (structure and composition) | $18,376 |
| 102 | Supplemental Payment Improved | $17,172 |
| 103 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $15,351 |
| 104 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $14,661 |
| 105 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $14,547 |
| 106 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $14,542 |
| 107 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $14,484 |
| 108 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $13,338 |
| 109 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $13,288 |
| 110 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $12,801 |
| 111 | Crop tree management for mast production | $12,180 |
| 112 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to improve wildlife food sources | $11,458 |
| 113 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $11,364 |
| 114 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $11,333 |
| 115 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $11,315 |
| 116 | Enhancement - Soil Management | $10,597 |
| 117 | Tree/Shrub Pruning | $10,503 |
| 118 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $10,501 |
| 119 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $9,205 |
| 120 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $8,637 |
| 121 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $8,492 |
| 122 | Nutrient Management | $8,314 |
| 123 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $8,293 |
| 124 | Firebreak | $6,623 |
| 125 | Critical Area Planting | $6,273 |
| 126 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $6,200 |
| 127 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $6,108 |
| 128 | Forest Stand Improvement | $5,501 |
| 129 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $5,175 |
| 130 | Converting loblolly and slash pine plantations to longleaf pine to retain soil moisture | $5,113 |
| 131 | Increase diversity in pine plantation monocultures | $4,641 |
| 132 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $4,527 |
| 133 | Forest Trails and Landings | $4,460 |
| 134 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $3,841 |
| 135 | Increase riparian forest buffer width for nutrient reduction | $3,698 |
| 136 | Brush Management | $3,686 |
| 137 | Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $3,587 |
| 138 | Stream corridor bank vegetation improvement | $3,559 |
| 139 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $3,527 |
| 140 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities | $2,985 |
| 141 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $2,878 |
| 142 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $2,251 |
| 143 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $1,978 |
| 144 | Enhancement - Nutrient Management | $1,957 |
| 145 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $1,908 |
| 146 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $1,851 |
| 147 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $1,440 |
| 148 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $1,430 |
| 149 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $1,285 |
| 150 | Stewardship Payment | $1,281 |
| 151 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $1,156 |
| 152 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $1,141 |
| 153 | Complete pumping plant eval for all pumps on a farm to determine the VFD potential | $1,087 |
| 154 | Prescribed Burning | $992 |
| 155 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all existing pumps on a farm. | $908 |
| 156 | Enhancement - Grazing Management | $837 |
| 157 | Establish wildlife corridors to enhance access to water | $827 |
| 158 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water | $764 |
| 159 | Eliminate use of chemical treatments to control pests and to increase the presence of dung beetles | $722 |
| 160 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $674 |
| 161 | Increase riparian forest buffer width for sediment and nutrient reduction | $661 |
| 162 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $628 |
| 163 | Controlled Traffic Farming | $583 |
| 164 | Enhancement - Pest Management | $547 |
| 165 | No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | $492 |
| 166 | Field Border | $472 |
| 167 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition) | $375 |
| 168 | Roof Runoff Structure | $348 |
| 169 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $345 |
| 170 | Existing Practice Payment | $321 |
| 171 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $310 |
| 172 | Establish/maintain habitat continuity- naturally occurring vegetation in ditches/ditch bank borders | $303 |
| 173 | Watering Facility | $282 |
| 174 | Filter Strip | $256 |
| 175 | Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water | $218 |
| 176 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $207 |
| 177 | Pumping Plant | $192 |
| 178 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $182 |
| 179 | Enhancement - Energy Management | $100 |
| 180 | Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity | $76 |
| 181 | Enhancement - Habitat Management | $70 |
| 182 | Establish and maintenance of moist soil vegetation on cropland edges to increase cover/shelter | $43 |
| 183 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $43 |
| 184 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food or cover and shelter for wildlife | $9 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 187,407,112 |
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