| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $65,119,701 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $21,839,173 |
| 3 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $3,528,020 |
| 4 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $3,225,626 |
| 5 | Associated Ag Land | $3,112,796 |
| 6 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $2,860,118 |
| 7 | Farmstead | $1,865,722 |
| 8 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $1,303,568 |
| 9 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $564,994 |
| 10 | Close structures to capture/retain rainfall to improve food for waterfowl/wading birds during winter | $564,677 |
| 11 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $511,324 |
| 12 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $485,011 |
| 13 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $479,180 |
| 14 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $431,495 |
| 15 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $429,900 |
| 16 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $411,426 |
| 17 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $340,194 |
| 18 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $307,010 |
| 19 | Pasture and Hay Planting  | $169,957 |
| 20 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $119,501 |
| 21 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $114,097 |
| 22 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $109,439 |
| 23 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $100,502 |
| 24 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $96,154 |
| 25 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $91,944 |
| 26 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $75,572 |
| 27 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $72,475 |
| 28 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $69,433 |
| 29 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $57,231 |
| 30 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall to improve cover and shelter for birds during winter | $51,949 |
| 31 | Cultural plantings | $50,426 |
| 32 | Supplemental Payment | $46,275 |
| 33 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $44,452 |
| 34 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $42,099 |
| 35 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $41,422 |
| 36 | Crop tree management for mast production | $35,519 |
| 37 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $32,333 |
| 38 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $31,733 |
| 39 | Cover Crop | $24,524 |
| 40 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $23,836 |
| 41 | Brush Management | $22,342 |
| 42 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $21,787 |
| 43 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $21,143 |
| 44 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $19,794 |
| 45 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $16,654 |
| 46 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $16,614 |
| 47 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $16,167 |
| 48 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $15,654 |
| 49 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $15,447 |
| 50 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $15,255 |
| 51 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $15,115 |
| 52 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition. | $14,538 |
| 53 | Short-interval burn | $14,299 |
| 54 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $13,756 |
| 55 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $13,153 |
| 56 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $11,600 |
| 57 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $11,499 |
| 58 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $11,247 |
| 59 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $10,668 |
| 60 | Extend retention of rainfall to provide food for late winter habitat | $10,499 |
| 61 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $10,361 |
| 62 | Enhancement - Soil Management | $10,305 |
| 63 | Prescribed Grazing | $9,920 |
| 64 | Enhancement - Habitat Management | $9,313 |
| 65 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $8,306 |
| 66 | Enhance development of the forest understory to improve site moisture | $7,734 |
| 67 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $7,277 |
| 68 | Switch fuel source for pump motor(s) | $5,940 |
| 69 | No till to reduce water erosion | $5,919 |
| 70 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $5,674 |
| 71 | Irrigation Water Management | $5,650 |
| 72 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $5,304 |
| 73 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $4,923 |
| 74 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $4,804 |
| 75 | Watering Facility | $4,571 |
| 76 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $4,271 |
| 77 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,984 |
| 78 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall to provide water for birds during winter | $3,686 |
| 79 | Forest Stand Improvement | $3,590 |
| 80 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term improvement of water quality | $3,427 |
| 81 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $3,359 |
| 82 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $3,267 |
| 83 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $3,251 |
| 84 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $3,055 |
| 85 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $2,979 |
| 86 | Conservation Cover | $2,920 |
| 87 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $2,881 |
| 88 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $2,588 |
| 89 | Stewardship Payment | $2,533 |
| 90 | Critical Area Planting | $2,529 |
| 91 | Nutrient Management | $2,505 |
| 92 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients in surface water | $2,466 |
| 93 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $2,446 |
| 94 | Pest Management Conservation System | $2,401 |
| 95 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $2,291 |
| 96 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $2,177 |
| 97 | Enhance development of the forest understory to provide wildlife cover and shelter | $1,789 |
| 98 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $1,753 |
| 99 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $1,728 |
| 100 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $1,698 |
| 101 | Prescribed Burning | $1,636 |
| 102 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $1,405 |
| 103 | Extend retention of captured rainfall to provide enhanced cover and shelter for late winter habitat | $1,402 |
| 104 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $1,333 |
| 105 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $999 |
| 106 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $954 |
| 107 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $895 |
| 108 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $827 |
| 109 | Enhancement - Grazing Management | $750 |
| 110 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $744 |
| 111 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $724 |
| 112 | Existing Practice Payment | $635 |
| 113 | Fence | $625 |
| 114 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $621 |
| 115 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $614 |
| 116 | Stream Crossing | $594 |
| 117 | Field Border | $424 |
| 118 | Soil health crop rotation | $403 |
| 119 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $395 |
| 120 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $364 |
| 121 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $340 |
| 122 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to reduce sediment loading | $297 |
| 123 | Hedgerow Planting | $296 |
| 124 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $296 |
| 125 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $274 |
| 126 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $261 |
| 127 | Access Control | $232 |
| 128 | Forest Trails and Landings | $214 |
| 129 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $213 |
| 130 | Other Payment | $197 |
| 131 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $169 |
| 132 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation | $162 |
| 133 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $155 |
| 134 | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | $104 |
| 135 | Firebreak | $101 |
| 136 | Grade Stabilization Structure | $100 |
| 137 | No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | $99 |
| 138 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $94 |
| 139 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition) | $74 |
| 140 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $66 |
| 141 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $58 |
| 142 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $51 |
| 143 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $48 |
| 144 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality by limiting compaction | $45 |
| 145 | Forage Harvest Management | $12 |
| 146 | Intensive cover cropping (orchard/vineyard floor) to increase soil health and SOM content | $11 |
| 147 | Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity | $8 |
| 148 | Establish wildlife corridors to enhance access to water | $3 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 109,383,938 |
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