Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in New Hampshire

CSP payments by fiscal year in New Hampshire


CSP payments by county, 2017-2020


Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2020, New Hampshire

RankPracticePayments,
2017-2020
1Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment$493,295
2Cropland Annual Payment$246,036
3Farmstead$67,433
4Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat$57,443
5Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter$51,722
6Pasture Annual Payment$47,209
7Sugarbush management$39,912
8Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands$35,894
9Forest songbird habitat maintenance$32,348
10Maintaining and improving forest soil quality$26,753
11Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern$20,400
12Associated Ag Land$16,777
13Minimum Payment Adjustment$15,288
14Existing Activity Payment-Land Use$8,424
15Establish Monarch butterfly habitat$5,903
16Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability$4,119
17Crop tree management for mast production$3,197
18Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content $2,392
19Native grasses or legumes in forage base$2,090
20Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources$2,054
21Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food$1,618
22Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape$1,536
23Brush Management$1,326
24Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover$1,040
25Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species$956
26Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community$875
27Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to improve wildlife food sources$867
28Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management$734
29Pasture and Hay Planting $567
30Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects$501
31Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health$421
32Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field$353
33Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field$353
34Pastured Cropland Annual Payment$304
35Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt$294
36Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health$291
37No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content$258
38Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles$230
39Tree/Shrub Establishment $203
40Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities$200
41Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space)$130
42Forest Stand Improvement$88
43Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content$84
44Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects$80
45Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health$73
46Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter$26
47Structures for Wildlife$23
48Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats$21
49Herbaceous Weed Treatment$8
50Brush management to improve wildlife habitat$7
51Cover Crop $2
52Forage Harvest Management$2
53Irrigation Water Management $0
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 Total Payments, 2017-20201,192,160
NRCS climate smart practice: The list of NRCS climate smart CSP enhancements were not funded until 2020, so their total spending between 2017 and 2020 is small. However, CSP practices that have EQIP codes, like code 340 for cover crops, were funded before 2020. Payments for NRCS climate smart CSP enhancements are likely to be larger after 2020.

NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2020, New Hampshire

RankPracticePayments,
2017-2020
1Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content $2,392
2Pasture and Hay Planting $567
3Tree/Shrub Establishment $203
4Cover Crop $2
5Irrigation Water Management $0
 Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2020$3,164
NRCS climate smart practice.

CSP payments by county, 2017-2021

RankStateCSP Payments, 2017-2020
1Belknap County, New Hampshire$1,008
2Grafton County, New Hampshire$585
3Carroll County, New Hampshire$40
4Cheshire County, New Hampshire$0
5Coos County, New Hampshire$0
6Hillsborough County, New Hampshire$0
7Merrimack County, New Hampshire$0
8Rockingham County, New Hampshire$0
9Strafford County, New Hampshire$0
10Sullivan County, New Hampshire$0

 

USDA Census of Agriculture Data for New Hampshire, 2017

Land in New Hampshire, 2017

Land typeAcres
Number of Farms:4,123
Total Acres in Farms:425,393
Cropland Acres:107,996
Permanent pasture and rangeland:28,605
Woodland Acres:249,540

Livestock in New Hampshire, 2017

LivestockNumber of Animals
Layers inventory 246,099
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold128,782
Cattle and calves inventory35,323
Sheep and lambs inventory8,213
Hogs and pigs inventory3,366

Crops in New Hampshire, 2017

 

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