| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $127,506,202 |
| 2 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $62,058,712 |
| 3 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $3,326,804 |
| 4 | Pasture Annual Payment | $3,143,544 |
| 5 | Farmstead | $3,040,159 |
| 6 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $2,643,344 |
| 7 | Associated Ag Land | $1,907,014 |
| 8 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $1,310,031 |
| 9 | Improved grazing management for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $1,081,450 |
| 10 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $870,837 |
| 11 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $727,252 |
| 12 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $661,763 |
| 13 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $610,429 |
| 14 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $609,333 |
| 15 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $543,629 |
| 16 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $533,890 |
| 17 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $396,225 |
| 18 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $380,336 |
| 19 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $332,175 |
| 20 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $309,934 |
| 21 | Enhancement - Soil Management | $289,922 |
| 22 | Supplemental Payment | $288,251 |
| 23 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $268,439 |
| 24 | Prescribed Grazing  | $261,362 |
| 25 | Eliminate use of chemical treatments to control pests and increase dung beetle populations | $253,095 |
| 26 | Improved grazing management for plant structure and composition through monitoring activities | $245,828 |
| 27 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $234,181 |
| 28 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $210,716 |
| 29 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $203,110 |
| 30 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $194,809 |
| 31 | Cover Crop | $186,350 |
| 32 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing-cover/shelter | $183,830 |
| 33 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $175,198 |
| 34 | Pest Management Conservation System | $167,441 |
| 35 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $157,626 |
| 36 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $156,730 |
| 37 | Stewardship Payment | $154,548 |
| 38 | Stream habitat improvement through placement of woody biomass | $149,213 |
| 39 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $146,825 |
| 40 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $136,049 |
| 41 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $124,202 |
| 42 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $117,347 |
| 43 | MRBI Bundle#1 - Irrigated Cropland | $105,616 |
| 44 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $104,530 |
| 45 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $100,328 |
| 46 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $91,227 |
| 47 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $80,523 |
| 48 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $77,528 |
| 49 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on rangeland through monitoring activities | $72,592 |
| 50 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $71,079 |
| 51 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $69,314 |
| 52 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $67,261 |
| 53 | Crop Bundle#5 - Soil Health Assessment- No till | $61,276 |
| 54 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $59,127 |
| 55 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $56,566 |
| 56 | Ogallala Bundle#2 | $56,068 |
| 57 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $51,716 |
| 58 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $46,876 |
| 59 | Enhancement - Water Management | $46,231 |
| 60 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for wildlife food | $43,787 |
| 61 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $43,668 |
| 62 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $41,259 |
| 63 | Enhancement - Pest Management | $40,106 |
| 64 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $39,478 |
| 65 | Existing Practice Payment | $38,677 |
| 66 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $38,572 |
| 67 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $38,201 |
| 68 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $37,714 |
| 69 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1- Equipment and soil moisture or water level monitoring | $37,386 |
| 70 | Reduced tillage to reduce wind erosion | $36,268 |
| 71 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $32,234 |
| 72 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $31,103 |
| 73 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $30,885 |
| 74 | No till system to reduce wind erosion | $30,286 |
| 75 | Install variable frequency drive(s) on pump(s) | $30,253 |
| 76 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $29,619 |
| 77 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $28,138 |
| 78 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $27,935 |
| 79 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $27,543 |
| 80 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $27,472 |
| 81 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $24,477 |
| 82 | No till to reduce water erosion | $24,226 |
| 83 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $23,573 |
| 84 | Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water | $23,155 |
| 85 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $22,216 |
| 86 | Enhancement - Habitat Management | $21,665 |
| 87 | Fishpond management for native aquatic and terrestrial species | $21,409 |
| 88 | Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities | $19,985 |
| 89 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $19,177 |
| 90 | Nutrient Management | $19,072 |
| 91 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $18,782 |
| 92 | Enhancement - Nutrient Management | $18,607 |
| 93 | Brush Management | $17,292 |
| 94 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $17,164 |
| 95 | Management Intensive Rotational Grazing | $16,522 |
| 96 | Improved grazing management for wind erosion through monitoring activities | $16,124 |
| 97 | Switch fuel source for pump motor(s) | $15,400 |
| 98 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $14,513 |
| 99 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $14,271 |
| 100 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all existing pumps on a farm. | $13,999 |
| 101 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm. | $13,479 |
| 102 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $13,332 |
| 103 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $13,224 |
| 104 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $12,808 |
| 105 | Cover crop to reduce wind erosion | $12,369 |
| 106 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $11,839 |
| 107 | Soil health crop rotation | $11,281 |
| 108 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $10,511 |
| 109 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $10,292 |
| 110 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $9,858 |
| 111 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for livestock feed and forage | $9,664 |
| 112 | Strategic patch burning for grazing distribution/wildlife habitat (undesirable plant pressure) | $9,437 |
| 113 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $9,236 |
| 114 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $8,609 |
| 115 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space) | $8,422 |
| 116 | Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | $7,658 |
| 117 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities | $7,430 |
| 118 | Irrigation Water Management | $7,224 |
| 119 | Enhancement - Energy Management | $7,154 |
| 120 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $7,036 |
| 121 | Intermediate IWM - Year 1- Equipment with Soil or Water Level monitoring | $6,973 |
| 122 | Watering Facility | $6,955 |
| 123 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $6,607 |
| 124 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $6,444 |
| 125 | Enhancement - Air Resource Management | $5,978 |
| 126 | Enhancement - Grazing Management | $5,940 |
| 127 | Installing electrical fence offsets and wire for cross-fencing to improve grazing management | $5,931 |
| 128 | Cultural plantings | $5,916 |
| 129 | Fence | $5,851 |
| 130 | Judicial or NAD Payment | $5,725 |
| 131 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | $5,503 |
| 132 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $5,336 |
| 133 | Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter | $5,195 |
| 134 | Conservation Cover | $5,150 |
| 135 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients | $4,825 |
| 136 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $4,724 |
| 137 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce wind erosion | $4,656 |
| 138 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $4,344 |
| 139 | Supplemental Payment Improved | $3,892 |
| 140 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $3,857 |
| 141 | Other Payment | $3,773 |
| 142 | Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $3,692 |
| 143 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $3,682 |
| 144 | Range Planting | $3,557 |
| 145 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce wind erosion | $3,378 |
| 146 | Mulching to improve soil health | $3,211 |
| 147 | Structures for Wildlife | $3,126 |
| 148 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $3,109 |
| 149 | Crop tree management for mast production | $3,053 |
| 150 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $3,010 |
| 151 | Grazing Bundle 5 - Range and Pasture | $2,996 |
| 152 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term water erosion control | $2,876 |
| 153 | Enhanced field borders to reduce wind induced erosion along the windward side(s) of a field | $2,664 |
| 154 | Pumping Plant | $2,575 |
| 155 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to reduce sediment loading | $2,525 |
| 156 | Complete pumping plant eval for all pumps on a farm to determine the VFD potential | $2,418 |
| 157 | Structure for Water Control | $2,379 |
| 158 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $2,367 |
| 159 | Range planting for improving forage- browse- or cover for wildlife | $2,359 |
| 160 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (cover and shelter) | $2,302 |
| 161 | Roof Runoff Structure | $2,101 |
| 162 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $1,975 |
| 163 | Crop Bundle#4 - Soil health rotation- Reduced till | $1,950 |
| 164 | Forest Stand Improvement | $1,945 |
| 165 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $1,910 |
| 166 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation | $1,847 |
| 167 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients | $1,725 |
| 168 | Reducing routine neonicotinoid seed treatments on corn and soybean crops. | $1,693 |
| 169 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $1,629 |
| 170 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water | $1,622 |
| 171 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife | $1,578 |
| 172 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term improvement of water quality | $1,514 |
| 173 | Edge feathering for wildlife cover | $1,512 |
| 174 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | $1,458 |
| 175 | Critical Area Planting | $1,375 |
| 176 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $1,358 |
| 177 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water | $1,204 |
| 178 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $1,074 |
| 179 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $1,039 |
| 180 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation | $1,017 |
| 181 | Apply gypsum products to improve surface WQ quality by reducing dissolved P conc in surface runoff | $946 |
| 182 | No till to reduce energy | $930 |
| 183 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals | $923 |
| 184 | Grassed Waterway | $898 |
| 185 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term wind erosion control | $833 |
| 186 | Livestock Pipeline | $814 |
| 187 | Forage Harvest Management | $801 |
| 188 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $721 |
| 189 | Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $666 |
| 190 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $646 |
| 191 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $602 |
| 192 | Prescribed Burning | $547 |
| 193 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $521 |
| 194 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce sediment loading | $438 |
| 195 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $351 |
| 196 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $335 |
| 197 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $277 |
| 198 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $260 |
| 199 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $247 |
| 200 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $246 |
| 201 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $243 |
| 202 | Stream corridor bank stability improvement | $223 |
| 203 | Tree/Shrub Pruning | $216 |
| 204 | Access Control | $212 |
| 205 | Filter Strip | $177 |
| 206 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $159 |
| 207 | Fuel Break | $156 |
| 208 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $142 |
| 209 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $139 |
| 210 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition) | $135 |
| 211 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $122 |
| 212 | Field Border | $80 |
| 213 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $64 |
| 214 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $62 |
| 215 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $53 |
| 216 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $44 |
| 217 | Grazing management that improves Monarch butterfly habitat | $44 |
| 218 | Establish and maintenance of moist soil vegetation on cropland edges to increase wildlife food | $35 |
| 219 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $32 |
| 220 | Firebreak | $23 |
| 221 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $7 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 219,043,821 |
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