Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Louisiana
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 Louisiana
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Louisiana
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $101,411,346 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $8,124,880 |
| 3 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $4,696,624 |
| 4 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $3,588,809 |
| 5 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $3,335,886 |
| 6 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $3,160,685 |
| 7 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $2,869,945 |
| 8 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $1,763,033 |
| 9 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $1,637,811 |
| 10 | Close structures to capture/retain rainfall to improve food for waterfowl/wading birds during winter | $1,456,065 |
| 11 | Supplemental Payment | $1,317,890 |
| 12 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $1,231,515 |
| 13 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $1,196,152 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $913,325 |
| 15 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction  | $821,717 |
| 16 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $695,711 |
| 17 | Pest Management Conservation System | $652,922 |
| 18 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $641,143 |
| 19 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $591,761 |
| 20 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $531,786 |
| 21 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $474,940 |
| 22 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $448,147 |
| 23 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $442,818 |
| 24 | Extend retention of rainfall to provide food for late winter habitat | $415,463 |
| 25 | Provide early successional habitat between first rice crop and ratoon crop-food | $414,995 |
| 26 | Modify field operations to reduce particulate matter | $390,426 |
| 27 | Associated Ag Land | $356,399 |
| 28 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $346,679 |
| 29 | Crop tree management for mast production  | $268,534 |
| 30 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $261,408 |
| 31 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $251,712 |
| 32 | Cover Crop | $229,941 |
| 33 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $229,421 |
| 34 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $228,757 |
| 35 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $217,636 |
| 36 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $216,495 |
| 37 | Farmstead | $199,480 |
| 38 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $190,818 |
| 39 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $183,468 |
| 40 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall to improve cover and shelter for birds during winter | $175,477 |
| 41 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition. | $172,013 |
| 42 | Resource conserving crop rotation | $168,474 |
| 43 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $156,947 |
| 44 | Nutrient Management | $138,190 |
| 45 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall for waterfowl and wading bird winter habitat | $131,670 |
| 46 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $89,373 |
| 47 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $84,863 |
| 48 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $83,833 |
| 49 | Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | $83,774 |
| 50 | Sequential patch burning | $77,575 |
| 51 | Irrigation Water Management | $70,180 |
| 52 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $68,537 |
| 53 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $65,211 |
| 54 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $64,334 |
| 55 | Manipulate vegetation on fields where rainfall is to be captured and retained-food | $58,817 |
| 56 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $58,113 |
| 57 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $58,029 |
| 58 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $57,794 |
| 59 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $56,255 |
| 60 | Prescribed Grazing | $55,286 |
| 61 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $51,136 |
| 62 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $50,620 |
| 63 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $45,885 |
| 64 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $44,985 |
| 65 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $43,677 |
| 66 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $41,861 |
| 67 | Forest Stand Improvement | $39,863 |
| 68 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $38,451 |
| 69 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $31,642 |
| 70 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $30,208 |
| 71 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $30,000 |
| 72 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover- shelter or continuity | $29,811 |
| 73 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $21,120 |
| 74 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $21,064 |
| 75 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $20,872 |
| 76 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $20,018 |
| 77 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $18,369 |
| 78 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $16,748 |
| 79 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $15,494 |
| 80 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $15,140 |
| 81 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $14,445 |
| 82 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $14,410 |
| 83 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $13,517 |
| 84 | Forage Harvest Management | $12,218 |
| 85 | Establishing native grass or legumes in forage base to improve the plant community | $11,032 |
| 86 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $10,651 |
| 87 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $9,465 |
| 88 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $8,612 |
| 89 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk and improve habitat | $8,445 |
| 90 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $7,484 |
| 91 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $7,452 |
| 92 | Brush Management | $5,275 |
| 93 | Shallow Water Development and Management | $4,704 |
| 94 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,315 |
| 95 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $3,183 |
| 96 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $2,317 |
| 97 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $1,732 |
| 98 | Grade Stabilization Structure | $1,666 |
| 99 | Enhancement - Habitat Management | $1,512 |
| 100 | Conservation Cover | $1,141 |
| 101 | Enhancement - Nutrient Management | $1,131 |
| 102 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $357 |
| 103 | Enhancement - Grazing Management | $246 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 150,661,813 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Louisiana
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $821,717 |
| 2 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $591,761 |
| 3 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $442,818 |
| 4 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $346,679 |
| 5 | Crop tree management for mast production | $268,534 |
| 6 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $251,712 |
| 7 | Cover Crop | $229,941 |
| 8 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $229,421 |
| 9 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $190,818 |
| 10 | Resource conserving crop rotation | $168,474 |
| 11 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $156,947 |
| 12 | Nutrient Management | $138,190 |
| 13 | Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | $83,774 |
| 14 | Irrigation Water Management | $70,180 |
| 15 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $65,211 |
| 16 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $64,334 |
| 17 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $56,255 |
| 18 | Prescribed Grazing | $55,286 |
| 19 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $45,885 |
| 20 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $44,985 |
| 21 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $41,861 |
| 22 | Forest Stand Improvement | $39,863 |
| 23 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $30,208 |
| 24 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $18,369 |
| 25 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $16,748 |
| 26 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $15,140 |
| 27 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $14,410 |
| 28 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $10,651 |
| 29 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $8,612 |
| 30 | Brush Management | $5,275 |
| 31 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $3,183 |
| 32 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $2,317 |
| 33 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $1,732 |
| 34 | Conservation Cover | $1,141 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $4,532,432 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $3,776,874 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $755,558 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia Parish, Louisiana | $22,367,404 |
| 2 | West Carroll Parish, Louisiana | $16,361,455 |
| 3 | Tensas Parish, Louisiana | $14,233,181 |
| 4 | Franklin Parish, Louisiana | $13,753,504 |
| 5 | Madison Parish, Louisiana | $13,613,908 |
| 6 | Catahoula Parish, Louisiana | $13,494,026 |
| 7 | Richland Parish, Louisiana | $11,111,661 |
| 8 | Caldwell Parish, Louisiana | $8,075,088 |
| 9 | East Carroll Parish, Louisiana | $7,899,730 |
| 10 | Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana | $6,313,593 |
| 11 | Morehouse Parish, Louisiana | $6,054,768 |
| 12 | Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana | $4,139,604 |
| 13 | Rapides Parish, Louisiana | $1,894,009 |
| 14 | Red River Parish, Louisiana | $1,794,456 |
| 15 | Ouachita Parish, Louisiana | $1,750,679 |
| 16 | Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana | $1,433,000 |
| 17 | Evangeline Parish, Louisiana | $815,840 |
| 18 | Beauregard Parish, Louisiana | $722,356 |
| 19 | Grant Parish, Louisiana | $489,870 |
| 20 | East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana | $481,014 |
| 21 | West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana | $354,807 |
| 22 | La Salle Parish, Louisiana | $155,261 |
| 23 | De Soto Parish, Louisiana | $89,621 |
| 24 | Caddo Parish, Louisiana | $82,580 |
| 25 | Jefferson Davis, Louisiana | $80,546 |
| 26 | Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana | $71,437 |
| 27 | Allen Parish, Louisiana | $69,660 |
| 28 | Vernon Parish, Louisiana | $62,904 |
| 29 | Washington Parish, Louisiana | $62,340 |
| 30 | Bossier Parish, Louisiana | $61,419 |
| 31 | Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana | $47,301 |
| 32 | Iberville Parish, Louisiana | $38,559 |
| 33 | Winn Parish, Louisiana | $33,610 |
| 34 | Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana | $17,210 |
| 35 | Sabine Parish, Louisiana | $8,360 |
| 36 | East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana | $7,596 |
| 37 | Bienville Parish, Louisiana | $4,569 |
| 38 | West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana | $1,431 |
| 39 | Acadia Parish, Louisiana | $1,416 |
| 40 | Iberia Parish, Louisiana | $565 |
| 41 | Livingston Parish, Louisiana | $242 |
| 42 | Cameron Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 43 | Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 44 | Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 45 | Union Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 46 | Vermilion Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 47 | Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 48 | Webster Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 49 | Assumption Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 50 | Ascension Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 51 | Claiborne Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 52 | Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 53 | Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 54 | Saint James Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 55 | Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 56 | Jackson Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 57 | Lafayette Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 58 | Lafourche Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 59 | Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 60 | Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
| 61 | Lincoln Parish, Louisiana | $0 |
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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 Louisiana, 2022
Land in Louisiana, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 25,006 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 7,986,381 |
| Cropland Acres: | 4,303,687 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 1,440,261 |
| Woodland Acres: | 1,300,657 |
Livestock in Louisiana, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 135,838,909 |
| Layers inventory | 3,336,175 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 730,491 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 14,200 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 5,124 |
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