Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in North Carolina
CSP payments by fiscal year in North Carolina
CSP payments by county, 2017-2020
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2020, North Carolina
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $6,848,029 |
| 2 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $977,333 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $526,936 |
| 4 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $209,046 |
| 5 | Sequential patch burning | $195,729 |
| 6 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $163,765 |
| 7 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $157,711 |
| 8 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $147,736 |
| 9 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $126,429 |
| 10 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $98,112 |
| 11 | Associated Ag Land | $86,826 |
| 12 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $76,294 |
| 13 | Short-interval burn | $70,315 |
| 14 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $61,237 |
| 15 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $54,677 |
| 16 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $54,205 |
| 17 | Farmstead | $53,274 |
| 18 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality by limiting compaction | $35,965 |
| 19 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $32,598 |
| 20 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $28,868 |
| 21 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $24,114 |
| 22 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $14,513 |
| 23 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $11,447 |
| 24 | No till to reduce water erosion | $10,511 |
| 25 | Short-interval burns to promote a healthy herbaceous plant community for wildlife food | $9,044 |
| 26 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $8,772 |
| 27 | Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $8,487 |
| 28 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $8,438 |
| 29 | Forest management to enhance understory vegetation | $8,128 |
| 30 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $6,812 |
| 31 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $6,509 |
| 32 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $6,000 |
| 33 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $5,070 |
| 34 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $4,369 |
| 35 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $4,241 |
| 36 | Crop tree management for mast production | $3,956 |
| 37 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,827 |
| 38 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $3,797 |
| 39 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $3,274 |
| 40 | Cultural plantings | $2,767 |
| 41 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $2,525 |
| 42 | Prescribed Burning | $2,440 |
| 43 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,336 |
| 44 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,155 |
| 45 | Cover Crop  | $2,144 |
| 46 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $2,096 |
| 47 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $1,989 |
| 48 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $1,974 |
| 49 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $1,595 |
| 50 | Implementing sustainable practices for pine straw raking | $1,308 |
| 51 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $1,187 |
| 52 | Conservation Cover | $1,108 |
| 53 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $899 |
| 54 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $841 |
| 55 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $736 |
| 56 | Supplemental Payment | $672 |
| 57 | Firebreak | $632 |
| 58 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $494 |
| 59 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $491 |
| 60 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $453 |
| 61 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $238 |
| 62 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $218 |
| 63 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $209 |
| 64 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $188 |
| 65 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $186 |
| 66 | Prescribed Grazing | $177 |
| 67 | Soil health crop rotation | $158 |
| 68 | Nutrient Management | $126 |
| 69 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $92 |
| 70 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $84 |
| 71 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $24 |
| 72 | Field Border | $18 |
| 73 | Critical Area Planting | $15 |
| 74 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $8 |
| 75 | Brush Management | $5 |
| 76 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $3 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 10,188,987 | |
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, North Carolina
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover Crop | $2,144 |
| 2 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $1,974 |
| 3 | Conservation Cover | $1,108 |
| 4 | Prescribed Grazing | $177 |
| 5 | Nutrient Management | $126 |
| 6 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $92 |
| 7 | Field Border | $18 |
| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2020 | $5,639 |
NRCS climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2021
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halifax County, North Carolina | $1,516,949 |
| 2 | Hyde County, North Carolina | $1,032,178 |
| 3 | Anson County, North Carolina | $923,535 |
| 4 | Martin County, North Carolina | $891,481 |
| 5 | Edgecombe County, North Carolina | $847,397 |
| 6 | Beaufort County, North Carolina | $668,299 |
| 7 | Dare County, North Carolina | $602,952 |
| 8 | Robeson County, North Carolina | $541,488 |
| 9 | Johnston County, North Carolina | $516,840 |
| 10 | Stanly County, North Carolina | $484,668 |
| 11 | Craven County, North Carolina | $474,733 |
| 12 | Northampton County, North Carolina | $470,860 |
| 13 | Columbus County, North Carolina | $450,255 |
| 14 | Washington County, North Carolina | $430,932 |
| 15 | Lenoir County, North Carolina | $414,621 |
| 16 | Hertford County, North Carolina | $407,626 |
| 17 | Franklin County, North Carolina | $384,760 |
| 18 | Gates County, North Carolina | $380,536 |
| 19 | Hoke County, North Carolina | $344,611 |
| 20 | Granville County, North Carolina | $324,781 |
| 21 | Sampson County, North Carolina | $299,221 |
| 22 | Bladen County, North Carolina | $292,901 |
| 23 | Harnett County, North Carolina | $292,497 |
| 24 | Bertie County, North Carolina | $289,133 |
| 25 | Cleveland County, North Carolina | $284,248 |
| 26 | Duplin County, North Carolina | $212,412 |
| 27 | Greene County, North Carolina | $208,445 |
| 28 | Nash County, North Carolina | $198,697 |
| 29 | Cumberland County, North Carolina | $194,847 |
| 30 | Wilson County, North Carolina | $186,097 |
| 31 | Tyrrell County, North Carolina | $180,590 |
| 32 | Pitt County, North Carolina | $179,102 |
| 33 | Scotland County, North Carolina | $178,831 |
| 34 | Vance County, North Carolina | $142,882 |
| 35 | Union County, North Carolina | $141,134 |
| 36 | Wayne County, North Carolina | $136,687 |
| 37 | Rutherford County, North Carolina | $109,786 |
| 38 | Chowan County, North Carolina | $109,645 |
| 39 | Warren County, North Carolina | $109,524 |
| 40 | Caswell County, North Carolina | $108,831 |
| 41 | Lincoln County, North Carolina | $107,465 |
| 42 | Pamlico County, North Carolina | $103,838 |
| 43 | Iredell County, North Carolina | $103,404 |
| 44 | Pender County, North Carolina | $98,816 |
| 45 | Jones County, North Carolina | $95,715 |
| 46 | Moore County, North Carolina | $85,490 |
| 47 | Richmond County, North Carolina | $85,041 |
| 48 | Chatham County, North Carolina | $77,568 |
| 49 | Yadkin County, North Carolina | $73,088 |
| 50 | Davidson County, North Carolina | $68,228 |
| 51 | Randolph County, North Carolina | $67,863 |
| 52 | Rowan County, North Carolina | $65,079 |
| 53 | Surry County, North Carolina | $59,868 |
| 54 | Wake County, North Carolina | $57,551 |
| 55 | Onslow County, North Carolina | $54,909 |
| 56 | Rockingham County, North Carolina | $47,467 |
| 57 | Catawba County, North Carolina | $42,059 |
| 58 | Cabarrus County, North Carolina | $41,530 |
| 59 | Perquimans County, North Carolina | $37,213 |
| 60 | Orange County, North Carolina | $29,647 |
| 61 | Gaston County, North Carolina | $28,490 |
| 62 | Davie County, North Carolina | $25,017 |
| 63 | Polk County, North Carolina | $24,149 |
| 64 | Cartaret County, North Carolina | $22,068 |
| 65 | Montgomery County, North Carolina | $17,882 |
| 66 | Wilkes County, North Carolina | $17,412 |
| 67 | Burke County, North Carolina | $16,549 |
| 68 | Henderson County, North Carolina | $16,176 |
| 69 | Guilford County, North Carolina | $14,590 |
| 70 | Person County, North Carolina | $13,522 |
| 71 | Lee County, North Carolina | $13,152 |
| 72 | Durham County, North Carolina | $12,494 |
| 73 | Buncombe County, North Carolina | $12,419 |
| 74 | Brunswick County, North Carolina | $10,792 |
| 75 | Forsyth County, North Carolina | $10,449 |
| 76 | Alexander County, North Carolina | $10,021 |
| 77 | Pasquotank County, North Carolina | $9,045 |
| 78 | Transylvania County, North Carolina | $7,733 |
| 79 | Cherokee County, North Carolina | $6,431 |
| 80 | Madison County, North Carolina | $4,870 |
| 81 | Alamance County, North Carolina | $4,777 |
| 82 | Macon County, North Carolina | $4,408 |
| 83 | Camden County, North Carolina | $3,878 |
| 84 | Stokes County, North Carolina | $3,689 |
| 85 | McDowell County, North Carolina | $2,920 |
| 86 | Currituck County, North Carolina | $1,832 |
| 87 | Haywood County, North Carolina | $1,824 |
| 88 | Clay County, North Carolina | $1,368 |
| 89 | Caldwell County, North Carolina | $936 |
| 90 | Watauga County, North Carolina | $242 |
| 91 | Alleghany County, North Carolina | $72 |
| 92 | Jackson County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 93 | Swain County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 94 | Graham County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 95 | Avery County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 96 | Ashe County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 97 | Mecklenburg County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 98 | Mitchell County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 99 | Yancey County, North Carolina | $0 |
| 100 | New Hanover County, North Carolina | $0 |
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for North Carolina, 2017
Land in North Carolina, 2017
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 46,418 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 8,430,522 |
| Cropland Acres: | 5,000,685 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 947,028 |
| Woodland Acres: | 2,014,540 |
Livestock in North Carolina, 2017
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 832,869,502 |
| Layers inventory | 14,160,452 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 8,899,459 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 776,271 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 32,729 |
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