| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $107,082,782 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $5,147,739 |
| 3 | Associated Ag Land | $2,563,160 |
| 4 | Farmstead | $2,531,521 |
| 5 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $956,356 |
| 6 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $916,112 |
| 7 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $580,628 |
| 8 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $496,751 |
| 9 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $476,974 |
| 10 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $407,125 |
| 11 | Cover Crop  | $341,051 |
| 12 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $224,434 |
| 13 | Pest Management Conservation System | $201,234 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $161,893 |
| 15 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $155,344 |
| 16 | Nutrient Management | $123,573 |
| 17 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $123,427 |
| 18 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $120,859 |
| 19 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $116,935 |
| 20 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $106,950 |
| 21 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $94,778 |
| 22 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $89,504 |
| 23 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $77,232 |
| 24 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $74,164 |
| 25 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $72,453 |
| 26 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $68,346 |
| 27 | No till to reduce water erosion | $61,128 |
| 28 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $56,313 |
| 29 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $54,939 |
| 30 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $52,485 |
| 31 | Crop tree management for mast production | $49,717 |
| 32 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $49,437 |
| 33 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $48,421 |
| 34 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $40,679 |
| 35 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $36,960 |
| 36 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce wind erosion | $36,813 |
| 37 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $35,166 |
| 38 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $34,458 |
| 39 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $33,653 |
| 40 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $31,325 |
| 41 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water | $24,546 |
| 42 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $24,349 |
| 43 | Cover crop to reduce wind erosion | $24,342 |
| 44 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $23,901 |
| 45 | Supplemental Payment | $22,875 |
| 46 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $21,717 |
| 47 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $19,658 |
| 48 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $19,310 |
| 49 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water | $19,123 |
| 50 | Installation of end of pipe or ditch treatment for nitrogen | $18,528 |
| 51 | Increase the size requirement of refuges planted to slow pest resistance to Bt crops | $18,267 |
| 52 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $17,871 |
| 53 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $17,346 |
| 54 | Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag | $16,738 |
| 55 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $16,553 |
| 56 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $16,445 |
| 57 | Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $15,663 |
| 58 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $14,365 |
| 59 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $13,263 |
| 60 | Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture | $11,996 |
| 61 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $11,928 |
| 62 | Stewardship Payment | $11,659 |
| 63 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $11,148 |
| 64 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $10,645 |
| 65 | Improved crop rotation to provide benefits to pollinators | $9,045 |
| 66 | Conservation Cover | $8,922 |
| 67 | Reduced tillage to reduce wind erosion | $8,758 |
| 68 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $8,651 |
| 69 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $8,232 |
| 70 | Pasture Bundle#1 - Organic | $7,854 |
| 71 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $7,123 |
| 72 | Renovate small- shallow pothole and playa sites which may seasonally hold water | $6,773 |
| 73 | Enhancement - Soil Management | $6,377 |
| 74 | Forest Bundle#1 | $6,346 |
| 75 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $5,696 |
| 76 | Roof Runoff Structure | $5,612 |
| 77 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $5,561 |
| 78 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $5,389 |
| 79 | Enhancement - Nutrient Management | $5,379 |
| 80 | Prescribed Grazing | $5,262 |
| 81 | Facilitating oak forest regeneration | $5,133 |
| 82 | Brush Management | $5,123 |
| 83 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $4,970 |
| 84 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $4,657 |
| 85 | Enhancement - Pest Management | $4,634 |
| 86 | Stream corridor bank stability improvement | $4,562 |
| 87 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term water erosion control | $4,467 |
| 88 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $4,388 |
| 89 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $4,372 |
| 90 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term improvement of water quality | $4,240 |
| 91 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition) | $3,976 |
| 92 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $3,973 |
| 93 | Enhance development of the forest understory to provide wildlife cover and shelter | $3,923 |
| 94 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition. | $3,748 |
| 95 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,689 |
| 96 | Soil health crop rotation | $3,659 |
| 97 | Fishpond management for native aquatic and terrestrial species | $3,544 |
| 98 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $3,246 |
| 99 | Forest Stand Improvement | $3,149 |
| 100 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $3,034 |
| 101 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $3,018 |
| 102 | Existing Practice Payment | $2,916 |
| 103 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $2,672 |
| 104 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | $2,664 |
| 105 | Field Border | $2,532 |
| 106 | Enhanced field borders to decrease particulate emissions along the edge(s) of the field | $2,452 |
| 107 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $2,430 |
| 108 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $2,139 |
| 109 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $2,080 |
| 110 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $1,903 |
| 111 | Critical Area Planting | $1,805 |
| 112 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $1,700 |
| 113 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $1,695 |
| 114 | Filter Strip | $1,559 |
| 115 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $1,550 |
| 116 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $1,461 |
| 117 | Enhancement - Air Resource Management | $1,427 |
| 118 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $1,324 |
| 119 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $1,324 |
| 120 | Erroneous Underpayment | $1,253 |
| 121 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $1,123 |
| 122 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $1,082 |
| 123 | Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $1,021 |
| 124 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $949 |
| 125 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals | $899 |
| 126 | Supplemental Payment Improved | $784 |
| 127 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $739 |
| 128 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $664 |
| 129 | Grassed Waterway | $628 |
| 130 | Enhancement - Habitat Management | $599 |
| 131 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $595 |
| 132 | Short-interval burn | $584 |
| 133 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $532 |
| 134 | Enhance development of the forest understory to create conditions resistant to pests | $464 |
| 135 | Eliminate use of chemical treatments to control pests and increase dung beetle populations | $448 |
| 136 | Fence | $325 |
| 137 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation | $320 |
| 138 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $287 |
| 139 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $283 |
| 140 | Watering Facility | $267 |
| 141 | On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility | $260 |
| 142 | Access Control | $172 |
| 143 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $168 |
| 144 | Enhancement - Energy Management | $150 |
| 145 | Prescribed Burning | $141 |
| 146 | Forage Harvest Management | $137 |
| 147 | Establish/maintain habitat continuity- naturally occurring vegetation in ditches/ditch bank borders | $137 |
| 148 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation | $109 |
| 149 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (cover and shelter) | $104 |
| 150 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $102 |
| 151 | Mulching | $82 |
| 152 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $82 |
| 153 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | $74 |
| 154 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce sediment loading | $74 |
| 155 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $73 |
| 156 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $58 |
| 157 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $38 |
| 158 | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | $35 |
| 159 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $34 |
| 160 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $31 |
| 161 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $30 |
| 162 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $24 |
| 163 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $9 |
| 164 | Structures for Wildlife | $7 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 124,603,145 |
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