| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $18,491,073 |
| 2 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $662,923 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $613,355 |
| 4 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $216,827 |
| 5 | Associated Ag Land | $180,857 |
| 6 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $171,433 |
| 7 | Farmstead | $143,149 |
| 8 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $103,063 |
| 9 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $73,197 |
| 10 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $70,274 |
| 11 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $64,062 |
| 12 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $61,290 |
| 13 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $60,640 |
| 14 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $51,000 |
| 15 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $46,695 |
| 16 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $42,284 |
| 17 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $38,486 |
| 18 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $36,892 |
| 19 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $29,358 |
| 20 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $28,057 |
| 21 | Increase riparian forest buffer width for nutrient reduction | $22,162 |
| 22 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $20,619 |
| 23 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $19,077 |
| 24 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $16,488 |
| 25 | Crop tree management for mast production | $15,609 |
| 26 | Cover Crop  | $15,204 |
| 27 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $14,477 |
| 28 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $13,130 |
| 29 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $12,920 |
| 30 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $12,267 |
| 31 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $11,671 |
| 32 | Supplemental Payment | $11,613 |
| 33 | Cultural plantings | $11,333 |
| 34 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $11,072 |
| 35 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $9,852 |
| 36 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $9,005 |
| 37 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water | $7,676 |
| 38 | No till to reduce water erosion | $7,007 |
| 39 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $6,593 |
| 40 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $6,182 |
| 41 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $5,879 |
| 42 | Pest Management Conservation System | $5,067 |
| 43 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $4,917 |
| 44 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $4,587 |
| 45 | Using cover crops for biological strip till | $4,123 |
| 46 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $4,030 |
| 47 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $3,753 |
| 48 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $3,636 |
| 49 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $3,180 |
| 50 | Mulching | $2,874 |
| 51 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $2,641 |
| 52 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $2,610 |
| 53 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $2,427 |
| 54 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $2,359 |
| 55 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $2,322 |
| 56 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $2,321 |
| 57 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,269 |
| 58 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $2,178 |
| 59 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,094 |
| 60 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $1,888 |
| 61 | Sugarbush management | $1,844 |
| 62 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $1,752 |
| 63 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $1,724 |
| 64 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $1,691 |
| 65 | Roof Runoff Structure | $1,608 |
| 66 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $1,554 |
| 67 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $1,505 |
| 68 | Prescribed Grazing | $1,294 |
| 69 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to improve wildlife food sources | $1,168 |
| 70 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $1,161 |
| 71 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to reduce sediment loading | $1,112 |
| 72 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $921 |
| 73 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $892 |
| 74 | Forest Stand Improvement | $805 |
| 75 | Fence | $791 |
| 76 | Conservation Cover | $740 |
| 77 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $514 |
| 78 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $447 |
| 79 | Critical Area Planting | $425 |
| 80 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $417 |
| 81 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $354 |
| 82 | Deep Tillage | $344 |
| 83 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $266 |
| 84 | Install variable frequency drive(s) on pump(s) | $244 |
| 85 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients in surface water | $238 |
| 86 | Brush Management | $216 |
| 87 | Underground Outlet | $189 |
| 88 | Renovate small- shallow pothole and playa sites which may seasonally hold water | $187 |
| 89 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $176 |
| 90 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $162 |
| 91 | Access Control | $153 |
| 92 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $153 |
| 93 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $131 |
| 94 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $122 |
| 95 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $109 |
| 96 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $108 |
| 97 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $107 |
| 98 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $98 |
| 99 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $78 |
| 100 | Structures for Wildlife | $50 |
| 101 | Forest Trails and Landings | $50 |
| 102 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $47 |
| 103 | On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility | $42 |
| 104 | Field Border | $16 |
| 105 | Reduced tillage to reduce wind erosion | $16 |
| 106 | Watering Facility | $15 |
| 107 | Tree/Shrub Pruning | $9 |
| 108 | Nutrient Management | $3 |
| 109 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $3 |
| 110 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $2 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 21,530,074 |
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