Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Kansas
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 Kansas
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Kansas
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $169,768,396 |
| 2 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $14,193,599 |
| 3 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $4,806,790 |
| 4 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $4,582,340 |
| 5 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat  | $4,345,037 |
| 6 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $3,862,877 |
| 7 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $2,281,418 |
| 8 | Pasture Annual Payment | $1,684,956 |
| 9 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $1,475,168 |
| 10 | Farmstead | $1,208,248 |
| 11 | Associated Ag Land | $1,076,802 |
| 12 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $815,525 |
| 13 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $503,436 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $491,533 |
| 15 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $469,108 |
| 16 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $436,529 |
| 17 | Conservation Cover | $369,208 |
| 18 | Cover Crop | $264,444 |
| 19 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $226,469 |
| 20 | Supplemental Payment | $199,358 |
| 21 | Crop Bundle #20 - Soil Health Assessment | $130,885 |
| 22 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $118,142 |
| 23 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $104,895 |
| 24 | Nutrient Management | $103,445 |
| 25 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $100,484 |
| 26 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $97,711 |
| 27 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $90,893 |
| 28 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $86,128 |
| 29 | No till to reduce water erosion | $66,598 |
| 30 | Prescribed Grazing | $61,281 |
| 31 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $55,207 |
| 32 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $41,334 |
| 33 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $39,858 |
| 34 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $38,650 |
| 35 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $35,499 |
| 36 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $34,264 |
| 37 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $30,547 |
| 38 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $27,984 |
| 39 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $26,361 |
| 40 | Cover crop to reduce wind erosion | $25,061 |
| 41 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $23,187 |
| 42 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $20,701 |
| 43 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $20,389 |
| 44 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $18,742 |
| 45 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $18,523 |
| 46 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $18,471 |
| 47 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $17,130 |
| 48 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment  | $15,633 |
| 49 | Pest Management Conservation System | $14,899 |
| 50 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $14,353 |
| 51 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $11,765 |
| 52 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $10,884 |
| 53 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $10,808 |
| 54 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $8,238 |
| 55 | Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $7,370 |
| 56 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $5,474 |
| 57 | Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities | $5,080 |
| 58 | Prescribed Burning | $4,931 |
| 59 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $4,710 |
| 60 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $4,542 |
| 61 | Critical Area Planting | $4,120 |
| 62 | Grassed Waterway | $4,011 |
| 63 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $3,872 |
| 64 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $3,061 |
| 65 | Brush Management | $2,586 |
| 66 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,475 |
| 67 | Irrigation Water Management | $2,150 |
| 68 | No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | $1,876 |
| 69 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $864 |
| 70 | Forage Harvest Management | $672 |
| 71 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $289 |
| 72 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $75 |
| 73 | Access Control | $46 |
| 74 | Structures for Wildlife | $38 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 214,658,433 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Kansas
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $4,345,037 |
| 2 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $491,533 |
| 3 | Conservation Cover | $369,208 |
| 4 | Cover Crop | $264,444 |
| 5 | Nutrient Management | $103,445 |
| 6 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $100,484 |
| 7 | Prescribed Grazing | $61,281 |
| 8 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $41,334 |
| 9 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $35,499 |
| 10 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $23,187 |
| 11 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $20,389 |
| 12 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $18,742 |
| 13 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $18,523 |
| 14 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $15,633 |
| 15 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $11,765 |
| 16 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $8,238 |
| 17 | Prescribed Burning | $4,931 |
| 18 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $4,542 |
| 19 | Critical Area Planting | $4,120 |
| 20 | Grassed Waterway | $4,011 |
| 21 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $3,061 |
| 22 | Brush Management | $2,586 |
| 23 | Irrigation Water Management | $2,150 |
| 24 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $864 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $5,955,007 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $5,917,942 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $37,065 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $23,658,576 |
| 2 | Ness County, Kansas | $19,857,235 |
| 3 | Reno County, Kansas | $19,242,229 |
| 4 | Kearny County, Kansas | $16,356,316 |
| 5 | Finney County, Kansas | $14,941,362 |
| 6 | Morton County, Kansas | $14,832,010 |
| 7 | Gray County, Kansas | $14,366,895 |
| 8 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $13,518,345 |
| 9 | Meade County, Kansas | $12,239,276 |
| 10 | Stevens County, Kansas | $11,918,726 |
| 11 | Stanton County, Kansas | $11,855,282 |
| 12 | Graham County, Kansas | $11,174,046 |
| 13 | Lane County, Kansas | $10,744,768 |
| 14 | Seward County, Kansas | $10,070,740 |
| 15 | Russell County, Kansas | $9,738,843 |
| 16 | Kiowa County, Kansas | $9,347,823 |
| 17 | Rush County, Kansas | $8,906,202 |
| 18 | Wallace County, Kansas | $8,783,008 |
| 19 | Stafford County, Kansas | $7,910,215 |
| 20 | Grant County, Kansas | $7,887,997 |
| 21 | Cheyenne County, Kansas | $7,527,263 |
| 22 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $7,458,841 |
| 23 | Clark County, Kansas | $7,437,753 |
| 24 | Sherman County, Kansas | $7,330,304 |
| 25 | Ford County, Kansas | $7,281,441 |
| 26 | Trego County, Kansas | $7,258,618 |
| 27 | Gove County, Kansas | $7,131,769 |
| 28 | Rooks County, Kansas | $6,338,356 |
| 29 | Logan County, Kansas | $6,140,739 |
| 30 | Ellis County, Kansas | $5,719,802 |
| 31 | Pratt County, Kansas | $5,691,010 |
| 32 | Coffey County, Kansas | $5,638,502 |
| 33 | Washington County, Kansas | $5,474,299 |
| 34 | Ellsworth County, Kansas | $5,410,790 |
| 35 | Wichita County, Kansas | $5,054,201 |
| 36 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $4,994,047 |
| 37 | Kingman County, Kansas | $4,923,794 |
| 38 | Nemaha County, Kansas | $4,919,608 |
| 39 | Clay County, Kansas | $4,678,666 |
| 40 | Greeley County, Kansas | $4,596,972 |
| 41 | Jackson County, Kansas | $4,569,925 |
| 42 | Marshall County, Kansas | $4,542,195 |
| 43 | Doniphan County, Kansas | $4,432,411 |
| 44 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $4,430,773 |
| 45 | Comanche County, Kansas | $4,347,302 |
| 46 | Pottawatomie County, Kansas | $4,059,164 |
| 47 | Osborne County, Kansas | $3,997,269 |
| 48 | Edwards County, Kansas | $3,895,722 |
| 49 | Harper County, Kansas | $3,753,138 |
| 50 | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | $3,573,945 |
| 51 | Lyon County, Kansas | $3,570,356 |
| 52 | Thomas County, Kansas | $3,313,196 |
| 53 | Barton County, Kansas | $3,307,963 |
| 54 | Phillips County, Kansas | $3,258,665 |
| 55 | Norton County, Kansas | $3,167,966 |
| 56 | Brown County, Kansas | $3,123,377 |
| 57 | Linn County, Kansas | $3,056,928 |
| 58 | Haskell County, Kansas | $3,018,001 |
| 59 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $2,935,364 |
| 60 | Rice County, Kansas | $2,863,392 |
| 61 | Osage County, Kansas | $2,770,989 |
| 62 | Scott County, Kansas | $2,761,689 |
| 63 | Bourbon County, Kansas | $2,739,851 |
| 64 | Jewell County, Kansas | $2,567,457 |
| 65 | Marion County, Kansas | $2,558,350 |
| 66 | Saline County, Kansas | $2,464,639 |
| 67 | Smith County, Kansas | $2,454,675 |
| 68 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $2,310,155 |
| 69 | Anderson County, Kansas | $2,309,590 |
| 70 | Sheridan County, Kansas | $2,281,128 |
| 71 | Republic County, Kansas | $2,201,854 |
| 72 | Jefferson County, Kansas | $2,067,720 |
| 73 | Cloud County, Kansas | $1,869,356 |
| 74 | McPherson County, Kansas | $1,808,717 |
| 75 | Barber County, Kansas | $1,677,791 |
| 76 | Allen County, Kansas | $1,612,386 |
| 77 | Sumner County, Kansas | $1,568,276 |
| 78 | Crawford County, Kansas | $1,503,065 |
| 79 | Atchison County, Kansas | $1,498,420 |
| 80 | Franklin County, Kansas | $1,464,270 |
| 81 | Shawnee County, Kansas | $1,387,399 |
| 82 | Neosho County, Kansas | $1,293,864 |
| 83 | Woodson County, Kansas | $1,191,110 |
| 84 | Miami County, Kansas | $1,175,290 |
| 85 | Greenwood County, Kansas | $1,171,209 |
| 86 | Douglas County, Kansas | $1,162,074 |
| 87 | Decatur County, Kansas | $1,096,519 |
| 88 | Morris County, Kansas | $1,067,372 |
| 89 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | $998,588 |
| 90 | Riley County, Kansas | $942,013 |
| 91 | Geary County, Kansas | $852,157 |
| 92 | Rawlins County, Kansas | $795,443 |
| 93 | Harvey County, Kansas | $754,082 |
| 94 | Cowley County, Kansas | $729,945 |
| 95 | Labette County, Kansas | $693,976 |
| 96 | Wilson County, Kansas | $678,964 |
| 97 | Elk County, Kansas | $591,921 |
| 98 | Cherokee County, Kansas | $407,644 |
| 99 | Chautauqua County, Kansas | $388,050 |
| 100 | Sedgwick County, Kansas | $337,365 |
| 101 | Chase County, Kansas | $293,846 |
| 102 | Montgomery County, Kansas | $257,867 |
| 103 | Johnson County, Kansas | $143,525 |
| 104 | Butler County, Kansas | $133,191 |
| 105 | Wyandotte County, Kansas | $272 |
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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 Kansas, 2022
Land in Kansas, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 55,734 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 44,794,702 |
| Cropland Acres: | 28,340,827 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 14,664,767 |
| Woodland Acres: | 633,691 |
Livestock in Kansas, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Cattle and calves inventory | 6,126,402 |
| Layers inventory | 2,025,646 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 1,907,011 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 94,511 |
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 33,822 |
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