Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Missouri
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 Missouri
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Missouri
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $77,469,608 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $27,730,411 |
| 3 | Associated Ag Land | $6,524,525 |
| 4 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $6,248,810 |
| 5 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $4,762,277 |
| 6 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $4,205,128 |
| 7 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $3,926,171 |
| 8 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $3,846,466 |
| 9 | Farmstead | $3,839,799 |
| 10 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat  | $3,062,157 |
| 11 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $1,560,591 |
| 12 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $1,272,168 |
| 13 | Close structures to capture/retain rainfall to improve food for waterfowl/wading birds during winter | $1,118,938 |
| 14 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $1,056,455 |
| 15 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $965,040 |
| 16 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $892,857 |
| 17 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $854,551 |
| 18 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $794,968 |
| 19 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $450,797 |
| 20 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $383,780 |
| 21 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $367,563 |
| 22 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $359,594 |
| 23 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $286,336 |
| 24 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $234,309 |
| 25 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $232,397 |
| 26 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment  | $203,051 |
| 27 | Cover Crop | $196,296 |
| 28 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $161,073 |
| 29 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1- Equipment and soil moisture or water level monitoring | $154,472 |
| 30 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $127,631 |
| 31 | Pest Management Conservation System | $124,617 |
| 32 | Conservation Cover | $122,974 |
| 33 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $122,482 |
| 34 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $120,349 |
| 35 | Brush Management | $112,417 |
| 36 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $111,129 |
| 37 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $99,661 |
| 38 | Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | $95,281 |
| 39 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $86,741 |
| 40 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $81,365 |
| 41 | Cultural plantings | $70,085 |
| 42 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $67,680 |
| 43 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $62,290 |
| 44 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $60,492 |
| 45 | Crop tree management for mast production | $58,933 |
| 46 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $58,668 |
| 47 | Crop tree management for mast production | $56,399 |
| 48 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $51,584 |
| 49 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $47,750 |
| 50 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $42,840 |
| 51 | Prescribed Grazing | $41,624 |
| 52 | Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water | $34,335 |
| 53 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $32,578 |
| 54 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition. | $31,061 |
| 55 | Irrigation Water Management | $30,625 |
| 56 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $30,500 |
| 57 | No till to reduce water erosion | $24,963 |
| 58 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $23,080 |
| 59 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $21,143 |
| 60 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $20,558 |
| 61 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $20,412 |
| 62 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $20,205 |
| 63 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $20,195 |
| 64 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $20,032 |
| 65 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $19,369 |
| 66 | Forest Stand Improvement | $18,986 |
| 67 | Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health | $18,587 |
| 68 | Short-interval burn | $18,422 |
| 69 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $18,295 |
| 70 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $17,070 |
| 71 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $15,255 |
| 72 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $15,103 |
| 73 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $14,423 |
| 74 | Nutrient Management | $13,911 |
| 75 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $13,879 |
| 76 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $13,756 |
| 77 | Extend retention of rainfall to provide food for late winter habitat | $13,614 |
| 78 | Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community | $13,363 |
| 79 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $10,963 |
| 80 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $10,903 |
| 81 | Enhancement - Soil Management | $10,305 |
| 82 | Edge feathering for wildlife cover | $9,851 |
| 83 | Watering Facility | $9,788 |
| 84 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $9,075 |
| 85 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $8,540 |
| 86 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $8,409 |
| 87 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $7,708 |
| 88 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $7,616 |
| 89 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $7,559 |
| 90 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $6,795 |
| 91 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $6,565 |
| 92 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $5,445 |
| 93 | Prescribed Burning | $5,351 |
| 94 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $5,217 |
| 95 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $5,207 |
| 96 | Fence | $4,653 |
| 97 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall to improve cover and shelter for birds during winter | $4,608 |
| 98 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,983 |
| 99 | Critical Area Planting | $3,292 |
| 100 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $3,208 |
| 101 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $2,979 |
| 102 | Close structures to capture and retain rainfall for waterfowl and wading bird winter habitat | $2,961 |
| 103 | Stewardship Payment | $2,533 |
| 104 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $2,474 |
| 105 | Field Border | $1,483 |
| 106 | Shallow Water Development and Management | $1,479 |
| 107 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $1,460 |
| 108 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $1,248 |
| 109 | Livestock Pipeline | $1,114 |
| 110 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | $913 |
| 111 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $910 |
| 112 | Existing Practice Payment | $635 |
| 113 | Forage Harvest Management | $615 |
| 114 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $409 |
| 115 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $384 |
| 116 | Structures for Wildlife | $290 |
| 117 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover- shelter or continuity | $256 |
| 118 | Access Control | $189 |
| 119 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $51 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 155,918,088 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Missouri
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $3,062,157 |
| 2 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $359,594 |
| 3 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $203,051 |
| 4 | Cover Crop | $196,296 |
| 5 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $127,631 |
| 6 | Conservation Cover | $122,974 |
| 7 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $120,349 |
| 8 | Brush Management | $112,417 |
| 9 | Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | $95,281 |
| 10 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $60,492 |
| 11 | Crop tree management for mast production | $56,399 |
| 12 | Prescribed Grazing | $41,624 |
| 13 | Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water | $34,335 |
| 14 | Irrigation Water Management | $30,625 |
| 15 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $30,500 |
| 16 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $20,195 |
| 17 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $20,032 |
| 18 | Forest Stand Improvement | $18,986 |
| 19 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $15,103 |
| 20 | Nutrient Management | $13,911 |
| 21 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $13,879 |
| 22 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $10,963 |
| 23 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $8,540 |
| 24 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $7,616 |
| 25 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $7,559 |
| 26 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $6,795 |
| 27 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $5,445 |
| 28 | Prescribed Burning | $5,351 |
| 29 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $5,207 |
| 30 | Critical Area Planting | $3,292 |
| 31 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $3,208 |
| 32 | Field Border | $1,483 |
| 33 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | $913 |
| 34 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $910 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $4,823,113 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $4,264,386 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $558,727 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrison County, Missouri | $51,289,110 |
| 2 | Carroll County, Missouri | $41,433,155 |
| 3 | Daviess County, Missouri | $29,624,869 |
| 4 | Gentry County, Missouri | $28,157,907 |
| 5 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $23,697,127 |
| 6 | Linn County, Missouri | $23,628,445 |
| 7 | Grundy County, Missouri | $20,799,355 |
| 8 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $19,175,577 |
| 9 | Livingston County, Missouri | $18,631,680 |
| 10 | Macon County, Missouri | $18,315,570 |
| 11 | Worth County, Missouri | $18,107,036 |
| 12 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $17,246,234 |
| 13 | Monroe County, Missouri | $15,439,585 |
| 14 | Knox County, Missouri | $15,382,807 |
| 15 | Scotland County, Missouri | $14,522,147 |
| 16 | Mercer County, Missouri | $14,300,735 |
| 17 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $14,228,812 |
| 18 | Chariton County, Missouri | $12,959,078 |
| 19 | Randolph County, Missouri | $11,155,007 |
| 20 | Ray County, Missouri | $10,645,427 |
| 21 | Shelby County, Missouri | $10,296,877 |
| 22 | Putnam County, Missouri | $10,120,917 |
| 23 | Clark County, Missouri | $9,823,834 |
| 24 | Adair County, Missouri | $8,517,592 |
| 25 | Ralls County, Missouri | $8,434,588 |
| 26 | Lewis County, Missouri | $7,802,620 |
| 27 | Scott County, Missouri | $6,851,566 |
| 28 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $6,535,482 |
| 29 | Marion County, Missouri | $6,412,110 |
| 30 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $6,394,965 |
| 31 | Andrew County, Missouri | $6,034,586 |
| 32 | Howard County, Missouri | $5,858,157 |
| 33 | Saline County, Missouri | $5,418,047 |
| 34 | Callaway County, Missouri | $5,058,660 |
| 35 | Atchison County, Missouri | $4,752,922 |
| 36 | Vernon County, Missouri | $4,748,159 |
| 37 | Holt County, Missouri | $4,659,921 |
| 38 | Pike County, Missouri | $4,597,807 |
| 39 | Cooper County, Missouri | $4,349,117 |
| 40 | Audrain County, Missouri | $3,944,556 |
| 41 | Cass County, Missouri | $3,842,019 |
| 42 | Clinton County, Missouri | $3,813,342 |
| 43 | Pettis County, Missouri | $3,745,837 |
| 44 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $3,726,438 |
| 45 | Barton County, Missouri | $3,410,172 |
| 46 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $3,038,903 |
| 47 | Bates County, Missouri | $2,901,331 |
| 48 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $2,565,748 |
| 49 | Johnson County, Missouri | $2,430,573 |
| 50 | Henry County, Missouri | $2,326,363 |
| 51 | Perry County, Missouri | $2,054,017 |
| 52 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $1,922,978 |
| 53 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $1,809,892 |
| 54 | Boone County, Missouri | $1,750,709 |
| 55 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $1,746,643 |
| 56 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $1,660,816 |
| 57 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $1,649,420 |
| 58 | Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri | $1,594,374 |
| 59 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $1,086,326 |
| 60 | Jasper County, Missouri | $1,011,100 |
| 61 | Franklin County, Missouri | $846,275 |
| 62 | Platte County, Missouri | $771,000 |
| 63 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $729,632 |
| 64 | Clay County, Missouri | $721,504 |
| 65 | Dade County, Missouri | $598,103 |
| 66 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $547,380 |
| 67 | Warren County, Missouri | $534,497 |
| 68 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $525,008 |
| 69 | Butler County, Missouri | $497,055 |
| 70 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $471,834 |
| 71 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $467,081 |
| 72 | Ripley County, Missouri | $454,324 |
| 73 | Osage County, Missouri | $444,793 |
| 74 | Cole County, Missouri | $444,420 |
| 75 | Morgan County, Missouri | $377,405 |
| 76 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $331,998 |
| 77 | Cedar County, Missouri | $289,197 |
| 78 | Benton County, Missouri | $286,917 |
| 79 | Maries County, Missouri | $200,188 |
| 80 | Wayne County, Missouri | $186,805 |
| 81 | Polk County, Missouri | $185,756 |
| 82 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $180,684 |
| 83 | Texas County, Missouri | $133,693 |
| 84 | Douglas County, Missouri | $123,991 |
| 85 | Hickory County, Missouri | $117,898 |
| 86 | Crawford County, Missouri | $112,589 |
| 87 | Newton County, Missouri | $98,460 |
| 88 | Jackson County, Missouri | $64,486 |
| 89 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $57,183 |
| 90 | Phelps County, Missouri | $50,514 |
| 91 | Taney County, Missouri | $42,322 |
| 92 | Howell County, Missouri | $38,335 |
| 93 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $33,683 |
| 94 | Dallas County, Missouri | $29,845 |
| 95 | Oregon County, Missouri | $26,958 |
| 96 | Stone County, Missouri | $26,340 |
| 97 | Dent County, Missouri | $23,988 |
| 98 | Miller County, Missouri | $16,595 |
| 99 | McDonald County, Missouri | $16,510 |
| 100 | Carter County, Missouri | $15,619 |
| 101 | Laclede County, Missouri | $15,214 |
| 102 | Madison County, Missouri | $14,869 |
| 103 | Barry County, Missouri | $13,148 |
| 104 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $8,129 |
| 105 | Shannon County, Missouri | $7,923 |
| 106 | Camden County, Missouri | $5,280 |
| 107 | Webster County, Missouri | $4,871 |
| 108 | Wright County, Missouri | $4,113 |
| 109 | Christian County, Missouri | $3,889 |
| 110 | Iron County, Missouri | $3,349 |
| 111 | Greene County, Missouri | $2,585 |
| 112 | Ozark County, Missouri | $1,728 |
| 113 | Washington County, Missouri | $538 |
| 114 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $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 Missouri, 2022
Land in Missouri, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 87,887 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 27,026,243 |
| Cropland Acres: | 14,764,750 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 6,610,302 |
| Woodland Acres: | 4,190,748 |
Livestock in Missouri, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 316,092,128 |
| Layers inventory | 11,474,121 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 4,004,872 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 3,290,751 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 120,895 |
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