Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Minnesota
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 Minnesota
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Minnesota
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $290,834,426 |
| 2 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $11,925,722 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $9,605,317 |
| 4 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $7,509,056 |
| 5 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $7,152,895 |
| 6 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $4,342,251 |
| 7 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $3,729,613 |
| 8 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $3,377,408 |
| 9 | Farmstead | $3,283,610 |
| 10 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $2,781,426 |
| 11 | Pest Management Conservation System | $2,641,070 |
| 12 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat  | $2,000,508 |
| 13 | Associated Ag Land | $1,876,973 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $1,369,647 |
| 15 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $1,331,513 |
| 16 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $1,319,893 |
| 17 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $870,358 |
| 18 | Nutrient Management | $837,409 |
| 19 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $809,261 |
| 20 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $733,840 |
| 21 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $692,139 |
| 22 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $597,653 |
| 23 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $566,090 |
| 24 | Cover Crop | $420,710 |
| 25 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $372,618 |
| 26 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $353,066 |
| 27 | Supplemental Payment | $343,659 |
| 28 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $291,362 |
| 29 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $267,358 |
| 30 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $264,774 |
| 31 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $232,353 |
| 32 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $181,260 |
| 33 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $173,682 |
| 34 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $170,975 |
| 35 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $157,007 |
| 36 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $144,240 |
| 37 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $140,878 |
| 38 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $134,870 |
| 39 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1- Equipment and soil moisture or water level monitoring | $104,592 |
| 40 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $76,593 |
| 41 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $63,512 |
| 42 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $62,614 |
| 43 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $62,271 |
| 44 | Supplemental Payment Improved | $59,580 |
| 45 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $58,874 |
| 46 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $55,390 |
| 47 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $54,335 |
| 48 | Cultural plantings | $53,306 |
| 49 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $51,161 |
| 50 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $49,211 |
| 51 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $42,648 |
| 52 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $40,664 |
| 53 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water | $37,550 |
| 54 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $36,036 |
| 55 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $34,331 |
| 56 | Prescribed Grazing | $32,370 |
| 57 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $31,556 |
| 58 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water | $30,362 |
| 59 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $30,122 |
| 60 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $29,668 |
| 61 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $29,056 |
| 62 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $29,011 |
| 63 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $24,054 |
| 64 | Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function | $23,966 |
| 65 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $23,283 |
| 66 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment  | $22,653 |
| 67 | No till to reduce water erosion | $20,327 |
| 68 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $20,282 |
| 69 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $18,636 |
| 70 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $18,226 |
| 71 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $18,194 |
| 72 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $17,412 |
| 73 | Forest Trails and Landings | $16,149 |
| 74 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $15,482 |
| 75 | Forage Harvest Management | $15,126 |
| 76 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $14,948 |
| 77 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $12,809 |
| 78 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $11,395 |
| 79 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $11,069 |
| 80 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $10,341 |
| 81 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $9,968 |
| 82 | Filter Strip | $9,960 |
| 83 | No till system to reduce wind erosion | $8,535 |
| 84 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $8,397 |
| 85 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $6,958 |
| 86 | Crop tree management for mast production | $6,840 |
| 87 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $5,812 |
| 88 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $5,083 |
| 89 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to reduce sediment loading | $4,403 |
| 90 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $3,808 |
| 91 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $3,642 |
| 92 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $3,453 |
| 93 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $3,071 |
| 94 | Conservation Cover | $2,868 |
| 95 | Irrigation Water Management | $2,862 |
| 96 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to reduce sediment loading | $2,562 |
| 97 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $1,506 |
| 98 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $1,446 |
| 99 | Access Control | $1,370 |
| 100 | Brush Management | $1,137 |
| 101 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $1,100 |
| 102 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $1,051 |
| 103 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $1,027 |
| 104 | Forest Stand Improvement | $758 |
| 105 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $576 |
| 106 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $566 |
| 107 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $503 |
| 108 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $325 |
| 109 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $209 |
| 110 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion | $96 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 365,468,425 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Minnesota
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $2,000,508 |
| 2 | Nutrient Management | $837,409 |
| 3 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $597,653 |
| 4 | Cover Crop | $420,710 |
| 5 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $353,066 |
| 6 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $63,512 |
| 7 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $54,335 |
| 8 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $40,664 |
| 9 | Prescribed Grazing | $32,370 |
| 10 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $31,556 |
| 11 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $29,056 |
| 12 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $29,011 |
| 13 | Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function | $23,966 |
| 14 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $23,283 |
| 15 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $22,653 |
| 16 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $18,636 |
| 17 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $18,194 |
| 18 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $15,482 |
| 19 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $14,948 |
| 20 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $11,069 |
| 21 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $10,341 |
| 22 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $9,968 |
| 23 | Filter Strip | $9,960 |
| 24 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $6,958 |
| 25 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $5,812 |
| 26 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $3,453 |
| 27 | Conservation Cover | $2,868 |
| 28 | Irrigation Water Management | $2,862 |
| 29 | Brush Management | $1,137 |
| 30 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $1,027 |
| 31 | Forest Stand Improvement | $758 |
| 32 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion | $96 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $4,693,321 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $4,665,911 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $27,410 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall County, Minnesota | $41,783,482 |
| 2 | Lincoln County, Minnesota | $30,603,751 |
| 3 | Kittson County, Minnesota | $29,919,268 |
| 4 | East Polk County, Minnesota | $28,365,841 |
| 5 | Kandiyohi County, Minnesota | $27,461,594 |
| 6 | Le Sueur County, Minnesota | $24,705,629 |
| 7 | Fillmore County, Minnesota | $23,504,868 |
| 8 | East Otter Tail County, Minnesota | $22,604,208 |
| 9 | Lyon County, Minnesota | $21,598,222 |
| 10 | Grant County, Minnesota | $20,724,393 |
| 11 | Swift County, Minnesota | $19,491,592 |
| 12 | Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota | $19,153,893 |
| 13 | Redwood County, Minnesota | $18,664,704 |
| 14 | Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota | $18,101,109 |
| 15 | Traverse County, Minnesota | $17,967,582 |
| 16 | Roseau County, Minnesota | $17,309,941 |
| 17 | Meeker County, Minnesota | $16,520,579 |
| 18 | Renville County, Minnesota | $15,633,893 |
| 19 | Freeborn County, Minnesota | $15,558,443 |
| 20 | Sibley County, Minnesota | $15,017,296 |
| 21 | Mower County, Minnesota | $14,627,560 |
| 22 | Murray County, Minnesota | $13,851,368 |
| 23 | Steele County, Minnesota | $13,820,784 |
| 24 | Stearns County, Minnesota | $13,680,920 |
| 25 | Brown County, Minnesota | $13,075,629 |
| 26 | Pope County, Minnesota | $12,732,865 |
| 27 | Olmsted County, Minnesota | $12,232,953 |
| 28 | Rice County, Minnesota | $10,891,105 |
| 29 | Becker County, Minnesota | $10,663,719 |
| 30 | Waseca County, Minnesota | $10,531,869 |
| 31 | Houston County, Minnesota | $10,000,623 |
| 32 | Chippewa County, Minnesota | $9,785,660 |
| 33 | Jackson County, Minnesota | $9,725,059 |
| 34 | Douglas County, Minnesota | $9,638,022 |
| 35 | Cottonwood County, Minnesota | $9,616,266 |
| 36 | Nobles County, Minnesota | $9,415,320 |
| 37 | Clay County, Minnesota | $9,343,167 |
| 38 | McLeod County, Minnesota | $8,952,934 |
| 39 | Stevens County, Minnesota | $8,791,162 |
| 40 | Blue Earth County, Minnesota | $8,723,514 |
| 41 | Wabasha County, Minnesota | $7,201,514 |
| 42 | Pennington County, Minnesota | $7,174,006 |
| 43 | Winona County, Minnesota | $7,068,268 |
| 44 | Wilkin County, Minnesota | $7,060,595 |
| 45 | Watonwan County, Minnesota | $6,982,037 |
| 46 | Martin County, Minnesota | $6,652,512 |
| 47 | Goodhue County, Minnesota | $6,004,657 |
| 48 | Dodge County, Minnesota | $5,825,173 |
| 49 | Norman County, Minnesota | $5,813,846 |
| 50 | Nicollet County, Minnesota | $5,555,565 |
| 51 | Faribault County, Minnesota | $5,316,185 |
| 52 | Pipestone County, Minnesota | $5,274,286 |
| 53 | Big Stone County, Minnesota | $5,235,904 |
| 54 | Carver County, Minnesota | $5,013,509 |
| 55 | Todd County, Minnesota | $4,905,326 |
| 56 | Wright County, Minnesota | $4,902,933 |
| 57 | Red Lake County, Minnesota | $3,813,740 |
| 58 | Rock County, Minnesota | $3,271,948 |
| 59 | Mahnomen County, Minnesota | $2,817,380 |
| 60 | Scott County, Minnesota | $2,713,055 |
| 61 | Dakota County, Minnesota | $2,096,155 |
| 62 | Morrison County, Minnesota | $1,354,696 |
| 63 | Benton County, Minnesota | $1,011,978 |
| 64 | Beltrami County, Minnesota | $599,731 |
| 65 | Clearwater County, Minnesota | $442,815 |
| 66 | Hennepin County, Minnesota | $429,266 |
| 67 | Wadena County, Minnesota | $359,490 |
| 68 | Sherburne County, Minnesota | $288,307 |
| 69 | Isanti County, Minnesota | $270,592 |
| 70 | Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota | $261,563 |
| 71 | Mille Lacs County, Minnesota | $227,331 |
| 72 | Washington County, Minnesota | $157,470 |
| 73 | Chisago County, Minnesota | $157,215 |
| 74 | Cass County, Minnesota | $70,969 |
| 75 | Hubbard County, Minnesota | $53,341 |
| 76 | Itasca County, Minnesota | $40,931 |
| 77 | Aitkin County, Minnesota | $39,241 |
| 78 | Anoka County, Minnesota | $35,316 |
| 79 | Kanabec County, Minnesota | $32,018 |
| 80 | Pine County, Minnesota | $23,871 |
| 81 | Carlton County, Minnesota | $18,912 |
| 82 | Koochiching County, Minnesota | $11,831 |
| 83 | North St. Louis County, Minnesota | $6,668 |
| 84 | Crow Wing County, Minnesota | $2,043 |
| 85 | Cook County, Minnesota | $691 |
| 86 | Lake County, Minnesota | $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 Minnesota, 2022
Land in Minnesota, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 65,531 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 25,442,625 |
| Cropland Acres: | 21,544,060 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 1,031,215 |
| Woodland Acres: | 1,446,600 |
Livestock in Minnesota, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 41,793,592 |
| Layers inventory | 14,553,497 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 8,873,776 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 2,121,625 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 109,592 |
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