Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Ohio
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 Ohio
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Ohio
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $25,075,554 |
| 2 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $1,882,800 |
| 3 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $1,660,240 |
| 4 | Pasture Annual Payment | $1,465,610 |
| 5 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $1,107,544 |
| 6 | Associated Ag Land | $919,002 |
| 7 | Farmstead | $592,461 |
| 8 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $282,805 |
| 9 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $242,612 |
| 10 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $227,720 |
| 11 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $196,350 |
| 12 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $178,542 |
| 13 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $159,524 |
| 14 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat  | $140,392 |
| 15 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $125,746 |
| 16 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $90,141 |
| 17 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $84,163 |
| 18 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $83,334 |
| 19 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $59,115 |
| 20 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $47,777 |
| 21 | Cover Crop | $46,308 |
| 22 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $43,193 |
| 23 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $39,818 |
| 24 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands  | $33,176 |
| 25 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $27,659 |
| 26 | Supplemental Payment | $23,244 |
| 27 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $23,144 |
| 28 | Crop tree management for mast production | $20,175 |
| 29 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $19,008 |
| 30 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $18,719 |
| 31 | Crop tree management for mast production | $18,246 |
| 32 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $17,707 |
| 33 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $15,218 |
| 34 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $14,438 |
| 35 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $13,344 |
| 36 | Enhancement - Nutrient Management | $11,473 |
| 37 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $11,362 |
| 38 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $11,083 |
| 39 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $10,841 |
| 40 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $9,923 |
| 41 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $8,457 |
| 42 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $7,984 |
| 43 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $7,002 |
| 44 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $4,777 |
| 45 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $4,190 |
| 46 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $3,835 |
| 47 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $3,633 |
| 48 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $3,541 |
| 49 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $3,241 |
| 50 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $3,103 |
| 51 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,094 |
| 52 | Conservation Cover | $2,454 |
| 53 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $1,642 |
| 54 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $1,530 |
| 55 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $1,522 |
| 56 | Brush Management | $1,394 |
| 57 | Roof Runoff Structure | $1,357 |
| 58 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $1,196 |
| 59 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $1,136 |
| 60 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $1,059 |
| 61 | Critical Area Planting | $1,031 |
| 62 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $792 |
| 63 | Grassed Waterway | $791 |
| 64 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $602 |
| 65 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $582 |
| 66 | Nutrient Management | $519 |
| 67 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $281 |
| 68 | Field Border | $235 |
| 69 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | $226 |
| 70 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $202 |
| 71 | Access Control | $13 |
| 72 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $8 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 35,123,986 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Ohio
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $140,392 |
| 2 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $83,334 |
| 3 | Cover Crop | $46,308 |
| 4 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $39,818 |
| 5 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $33,176 |
| 6 | Crop tree management for mast production | $20,175 |
| 7 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $19,008 |
| 8 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $17,707 |
| 9 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $15,218 |
| 10 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $11,362 |
| 11 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $10,841 |
| 12 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $7,002 |
| 13 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $4,777 |
| 14 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $4,190 |
| 15 | Conservation Cover | $2,454 |
| 16 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $1,530 |
| 17 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $1,522 |
| 18 | Brush Management | $1,394 |
| 19 | Critical Area Planting | $1,031 |
| 20 | Grassed Waterway | $791 |
| 21 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $582 |
| 22 | Nutrient Management | $519 |
| 23 | Field Border | $235 |
| 24 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | $226 |
| 25 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $202 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $463,794 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $403,690 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $60,104 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross County, Ohio | $30,352,198 |
| 2 | Pickaway County, Ohio | $14,947,762 |
| 3 | Marion County, Ohio | $13,579,454 |
| 4 | Highland County, Ohio | $10,607,188 |
| 5 | Defiance County, Ohio | $10,539,612 |
| 6 | Wyandot County, Ohio | $9,892,312 |
| 7 | Fayette County, Ohio | $9,231,956 |
| 8 | Union County, Ohio | $8,985,734 |
| 9 | Wood County, Ohio | $8,627,944 |
| 10 | Madison County, Ohio | $7,873,768 |
| 11 | Williams County, Ohio | $7,582,302 |
| 12 | Hardin County, Ohio | $7,429,983 |
| 13 | Auglaize County, Ohio | $6,347,460 |
| 14 | Seneca County, Ohio | $6,213,034 |
| 15 | Mercer County, Ohio | $6,128,886 |
| 16 | Allen County, Ohio | $5,321,626 |
| 17 | Paulding County, Ohio | $5,301,385 |
| 18 | Fulton County, Ohio | $4,740,676 |
| 19 | Putnam County, Ohio | $4,478,821 |
| 20 | Darke County, Ohio | $4,280,148 |
| 21 | Ottawa County, Ohio | $4,247,926 |
| 22 | Henry County, Ohio | $4,105,037 |
| 23 | Shelby County, Ohio | $4,100,806 |
| 24 | Crawford County, Ohio | $4,092,563 |
| 25 | Hancock County, Ohio | $4,092,160 |
| 26 | Logan County, Ohio | $3,620,691 |
| 27 | Sandusky County, Ohio | $3,593,960 |
| 28 | Champaign County, Ohio | $3,497,840 |
| 29 | Pike County, Ohio | $3,101,351 |
| 30 | Fairfield County, Ohio | $2,858,126 |
| 31 | Preble County, Ohio | $2,598,470 |
| 32 | Van Wert County, Ohio | $2,546,473 |
| 33 | Scioto County, Ohio | $2,498,799 |
| 34 | Huron County, Ohio | $2,218,239 |
| 35 | Morrow County, Ohio | $1,765,403 |
| 36 | Miami County, Ohio | $1,535,901 |
| 37 | Richland County, Ohio | $1,533,815 |
| 38 | Coshocton County, Ohio | $1,457,971 |
| 39 | Adams County, Ohio | $1,450,124 |
| 40 | Knox County, Ohio | $1,257,434 |
| 41 | Clark County, Ohio | $1,123,662 |
| 42 | Greene County, Ohio | $1,066,658 |
| 43 | Clinton County, Ohio | $1,029,501 |
| 44 | Delaware County, Ohio | $1,014,761 |
| 45 | Lucas County, Ohio | $966,612 |
| 46 | Ashland County, Ohio | $809,470 |
| 47 | Erie County, Ohio | $799,798 |
| 48 | Brown County, Ohio | $784,781 |
| 49 | Montgomery County, Ohio | $660,746 |
| 50 | Lorain County, Ohio | $636,329 |
| 51 | Jackson County, Ohio | $516,199 |
| 52 | Vinton County, Ohio | $461,224 |
| 53 | Athens County, Ohio | $441,014 |
| 54 | Holmes County, Ohio | $418,986 |
| 55 | Perry County, Ohio | $396,899 |
| 56 | Licking County, Ohio | $393,743 |
| 57 | Butler County, Ohio | $364,214 |
| 58 | Hocking County, Ohio | $357,251 |
| 59 | Franklin County, Ohio | $291,201 |
| 60 | Lawrence County, Ohio | $264,969 |
| 61 | Gallia County, Ohio | $233,481 |
| 62 | Wayne County, Ohio | $210,095 |
| 63 | Washington County, Ohio | $177,164 |
| 64 | Tuscarawas County, Ohio | $162,117 |
| 65 | Muskingum County, Ohio | $161,693 |
| 66 | Warren County, Ohio | $161,283 |
| 67 | Medina County, Ohio | $114,824 |
| 68 | Meigs County, Ohio | $99,448 |
| 69 | Carroll County, Ohio | $85,847 |
| 70 | Clermont County, Ohio | $84,707 |
| 71 | Morgan County, Ohio | $80,423 |
| 72 | Jefferson County, Ohio | $73,969 |
| 73 | Harrison County, Ohio | $71,834 |
| 74 | Ashtabula County, Ohio | $70,625 |
| 75 | Stark County, Ohio | $61,369 |
| 76 | Columbiana County, Ohio | $57,804 |
| 77 | Trumbull County, Ohio | $42,973 |
| 78 | Hamilton County, Ohio | $37,522 |
| 79 | Portage County, Ohio | $35,769 |
| 80 | Guernsey County, Ohio | $18,378 |
| 81 | Mahoning County, Ohio | $17,946 |
| 82 | Geauga County, Ohio | $4,415 |
| 83 | Summit County, Ohio | $3,833 |
| 84 | Lake County, Ohio | $0 |
| 85 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio | $0 |
| 86 | Belmont County, Ohio | $0 |
| 87 | Monroe County, Ohio | $0 |
| 88 | Noble County, Ohio | $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 Ohio, 2022
Land in Ohio, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 76,009 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 13,652,346 |
| Cropland Acres: | 10,521,756 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 913,858 |
| Woodland Acres: | 1,553,468 |
Livestock in Ohio, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 123,982,907 |
| Layers inventory | 38,570,322 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 2,752,063 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 1,212,468 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 145,381 |
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