| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $139,210,796 |
| 2 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $25,047,824 |
| 3 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $15,308,450 |
| 4 | Pasture Annual Payment | $7,209,128 |
| 5 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $6,072,626 |
| 6 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $5,380,433 |
| 7 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $4,885,407 |
| 8 | Associated Ag Land | $4,149,935 |
| 9 | Farmstead | $3,732,179 |
| 10 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $3,159,632 |
| 11 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $2,726,046 |
| 12 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $2,531,953 |
| 13 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $2,383,968 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $1,054,409 |
| 15 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals | $940,382 |
| 16 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality by limiting compaction | $875,106 |
| 17 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $698,930 |
| 18 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $592,273 |
| 19 | Longleaf Pine Bundle#2 | $586,556 |
| 20 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $557,544 |
| 21 | MRBI Bundle#1 - Irrigated Cropland | $533,194 |
| 22 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $506,579 |
| 23 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $500,217 |
| 24 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $460,842 |
| 25 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $440,702 |
| 26 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $387,194 |
| 27 | Sequential patch burning | $380,489 |
| 28 | Short-interval burn | $342,192 |
| 29 | Intermittent flooding of rice fields | $310,225 |
| 30 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $308,873 |
| 31 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $246,962 |
| 32 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $245,216 |
| 33 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $236,115 |
| 34 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $210,903 |
| 35 | Close structures to capture/retain rainfall to improve food for waterfowl/wading birds during winter | $208,871 |
| 36 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $204,618 |
| 37 | Pest Management Conservation System | $197,950 |
| 38 | MRBI Bundle#2 - Non-Irrigated Cropland #1 | $186,888 |
| 39 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $142,214 |
| 40 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $135,096 |
| 41 | Enhance development of the forest understory to improve site moisture | $131,814 |
| 42 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $131,737 |
| 43 | Crop tree management for mast production | $121,556 |
| 44 | Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community for wildlife food | $118,509 |
| 45 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food  | $92,334 |
| 46 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $91,237 |
| 47 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $87,026 |
| 48 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $85,697 |
| 49 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $82,351 |
| 50 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $81,457 |
| 51 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $77,975 |
| 52 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $76,252 |
| 53 | Prescribed Grazing | $75,520 |
| 54 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients -ground water | $74,708 |
| 55 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $72,339 |
| 56 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $71,660 |
| 57 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $70,829 |
| 58 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $70,121 |
| 59 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $68,546 |
| 60 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition. | $68,496 |
| 61 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $67,566 |
| 62 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $65,139 |
| 63 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $63,822 |
| 64 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $62,957 |
| 65 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $62,462 |
| 66 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $60,683 |
| 67 | MRBI Bundle#6 - Pastureland | $59,441 |
| 68 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $57,810 |
| 69 | Enhance development of the forest understory to provide wildlife cover and shelter | $57,210 |
| 70 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to improve wildlife food sources | $55,917 |
| 71 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $55,804 |
| 72 | Crop Bundle #19 - Soil Health Precision Ag | $54,718 |
| 73 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $53,631 |
| 74 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $47,755 |
| 75 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $46,419 |
| 76 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $44,012 |
| 77 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $42,609 |
| 78 | Extend retention of rainfall to provide food for late winter habitat | $41,005 |
| 79 | Forest Bundle#1 | $40,918 |
| 80 | Increase riparian forest buffer width for nutrient reduction | $40,031 |
| 81 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat cover and shelter or structure and composition | $39,336 |
| 82 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $38,840 |
| 83 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $37,157 |
| 84 | Native grass or legumes in forage base to provide wildlife food | $36,656 |
| 85 | Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $36,159 |
| 86 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients in surface water | $35,709 |
| 87 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $35,683 |
| 88 | Increase diversity in pine plantation monocultures | $33,635 |
| 89 | Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | $32,788 |
| 90 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $32,218 |
| 91 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $32,087 |
| 92 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall to improve cover and shelter for birds during winter | $32,084 |
| 93 | Crop Bundle#2 - Precision Ag- Reduced till | $31,479 |
| 94 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $30,584 |
| 95 | Enhance development of the forest understory to create conditions resistant to pests | $30,582 |
| 96 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall for birds to improve habitat continuity | $30,294 |
| 97 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $30,097 |
| 98 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $28,810 |
| 99 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $28,492 |
| 100 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $26,051 |
| 101 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $24,963 |
| 102 | Forest Stand Improvement | $24,719 |
| 103 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $24,384 |
| 104 | Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water | $24,322 |
| 105 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $23,958 |
| 106 | Forest management to enhance understory vegetation | $22,911 |
| 107 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $22,815 |
| 108 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $22,405 |
| 109 | Cover Crop | $21,626 |
| 110 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $20,689 |
| 111 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk | $20,388 |
| 112 | Crop tree management for mast production | $18,993 |
| 113 | Automated Intermittent flood irrigation of rice fields- Year 2-5 | $18,718 |
| 114 | Soil health crop rotation | $16,971 |
| 115 | Non-Irrigated Precision Ag (MRBI) | $16,495 |
| 116 | Pasture Bundle#2 | $16,355 |
| 117 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $16,185 |
| 118 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $16,160 |
| 119 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $15,697 |
| 120 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $15,451 |
| 121 | Nutrient Management | $15,247 |
| 122 | Stream corridor bank vegetation improvement | $15,235 |
| 123 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $14,871 |
| 124 | MRBI Bundle#3 - Non-Irrigated Cropland #2 | $13,289 |
| 125 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $13,155 |
| 126 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $12,733 |
| 127 | Prescribed Burning | $12,659 |
| 128 | Extend the periods of soil saturation or shallow ponding for wildlife | $12,613 |
| 129 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $12,496 |
| 130 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $12,049 |
| 131 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $11,902 |
| 132 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $11,834 |
| 133 | Resource conserving crop rotation | $11,556 |
| 134 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $11,461 |
| 135 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $11,445 |
| 136 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $11,374 |
| 137 | Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community | $11,211 |
| 138 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $10,680 |
| 139 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $10,294 |
| 140 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall to provide water for birds during winter | $10,053 |
| 141 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $10,046 |
| 142 | Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture | $9,814 |
| 143 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $9,625 |
| 144 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to reduce sediment loading | $9,504 |
| 145 | Grazing Bundle 2 - Range and Pasture | $8,712 |
| 146 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term improvement of water quality | $8,612 |
| 147 | Stream corridor bank stability improvement | $7,454 |
| 148 | Pasture Bundle 5 | $7,042 |
| 149 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk and improve habitat | $7,007 |
| 150 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $7,007 |
| 151 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $6,967 |
| 152 | Firebreak | $6,720 |
| 153 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $6,714 |
| 154 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $6,694 |
| 155 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $6,663 |
| 156 | Increase diversity in pine plantation monocultures | $6,556 |
| 157 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $6,244 |
| 158 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $6,150 |
| 159 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $5,873 |
| 160 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $5,808 |
| 161 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water | $5,519 |
| 162 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $5,477 |
| 163 | No till to reduce water erosion | $4,820 |
| 164 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $4,732 |
| 165 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients | $4,456 |
| 166 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $4,380 |
| 167 | Manage existing shrub thickets to provide adequate shelter for wildlife | $4,340 |
| 168 | Drainage Water Management | $4,197 |
| 169 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $3,996 |
| 170 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $3,787 |
| 171 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $3,632 |
| 172 | Eliminate use of chemical treatments to control pests and to increase the presence of dung beetles | $3,613 |
| 173 | Erroneous Underpayment | $3,519 |
| 174 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $3,152 |
| 175 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $3,111 |
| 176 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space) | $2,939 |
| 177 | Supplemental Payment | $2,848 |
| 178 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $2,713 |
| 179 | Brush Management | $2,690 |
| 180 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $2,556 |
| 181 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $2,467 |
| 182 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $2,167 |
| 183 | Establishing native grass or legumes in forage base to improve the plant community | $2,119 |
| 184 | Pond | $2,033 |
| 185 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $2,013 |
| 186 | Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | $1,999 |
| 187 | Grade Stabilization Structure | $1,993 |
| 188 | Precision Land Forming and Smoothing | $1,980 |
| 189 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover- shelter or continuity | $1,956 |
| 190 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation | $1,815 |
| 191 | Conservation Cover | $1,779 |
| 192 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $1,706 |
| 193 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $1,686 |
| 194 | Grazing-maintained fuel break to reduce the risk of fire | $1,681 |
| 195 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $1,661 |
| 196 | Crop Bundle #20 - Soil Health Assessment | $1,659 |
| 197 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $1,650 |
| 198 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts | $1,624 |
| 199 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $1,601 |
| 200 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $1,547 |
| 201 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $1,516 |
| 202 | Management Intensive Rotational Grazing | $1,448 |
| 203 | Modify field operations to reduce particulate matter | $1,442 |
| 204 | Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $1,405 |
| 205 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $1,387 |
| 206 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $1,339 |
| 207 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $1,204 |
| 208 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture | $1,197 |
| 209 | Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health | $1,181 |
| 210 | Forest songbird habitat maintenance | $1,130 |
| 211 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water | $1,097 |
| 212 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $1,053 |
| 213 | Implementing sustainable practices for pine straw raking | $947 |
| 214 | Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag | $916 |
| 215 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | $911 |
| 216 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $867 |
| 217 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $845 |
| 218 | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | $839 |
| 219 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $837 |
| 220 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $834 |
| 221 | Cultural plantings | $832 |
| 222 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | $804 |
| 223 | Critical Area Planting | $773 |
| 224 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $649 |
| 225 | Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | $566 |
| 226 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $502 |
| 227 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $478 |
| 228 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $456 |
| 229 | Manipulate vegetation on fields where rainfall is to be captured and retained-food | $451 |
| 230 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $444 |
| 231 | Mulching | $439 |
| 232 | Fence | $426 |
| 233 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $402 |
| 234 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities | $376 |
| 235 | Extend retention of captured rainfall to provide enhanced cover and shelter for late winter habitat | $369 |
| 236 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife | $357 |
| 237 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $343 |
| 238 | No till to reduce energy | $339 |
| 239 | Forage Harvest Management | $315 |
| 240 | Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function | $289 |
| 241 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $276 |
| 242 | Apply gypsum products to improve surface WQ quality by reducing dissolved P conc in surface runoff | $265 |
| 243 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $253 |
| 244 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $244 |
| 245 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $222 |
| 246 | Improved grazing management through monitoring activities | $212 |
| 247 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $211 |
| 248 | Grazing Bundle 5 - Range and Pasture | $196 |
| 249 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall for waterfowl and wading bird winter habitat | $174 |
| 250 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas -surface or ground water from nutrients | $160 |
| 251 | Irrigation Water Management | $133 |
| 252 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $123 |
| 253 | Silvopasture to improve wildlife habitat | $122 |
| 254 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $102 |
| 255 | Non-Irrigated Cropland (MRBI) | $70 |
| 256 | Establish/maintain habitat continuity- naturally occurring vegetation in ditches/ditch bank borders | $70 |
| 257 | Improved crop rotation to provide benefits to pollinators | $67 |
| 258 | Access Control | $59 |
| 259 | Grazing management that improves monarch butterfly habitat | $58 |
| 260 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $47 |
| 261 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $44 |
| 262 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for livestock feed and forage | $42 |
| 263 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $27 |
| 264 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $23 |
| 265 | Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | $15 |
| 266 | Field Border | $5 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 237,726,141 |
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