Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Oklahoma
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $97,040,945 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $57,581,845 |
| 3 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $33,076,278 |
| 4 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $25,379,331 |
| 5 | Farmstead | $2,927,770 |
| 6 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $1,756,423 |
| 7 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $1,751,551 |
| 8 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $1,731,777 |
| 9 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $1,079,236 |
| 10 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $973,826 |
| 11 | Pest Management Conservation System | $590,614 |
| 12 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $566,083 |
| 13 | Associated Ag Land | $560,501 |
| 14 | Grazing management that improves Monarch butterfly habitat | $547,987 |
| 15 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $472,887 |
| 16 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $450,751 |
| 17 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $443,683 |
| 18 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $262,251 |
| 19 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment  | $257,025 |
| 20 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $239,391 |
| 21 | Prescribed Grazing  | $229,211 |
| 22 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $165,463 |
| 23 | Cover Crop | $149,873 |
| 24 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $136,477 |
| 25 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $123,011 |
| 26 | No till to reduce water erosion | $99,484 |
| 27 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $95,200 |
| 28 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $76,599 |
| 29 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $73,827 |
| 30 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $73,293 |
| 31 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $70,660 |
| 32 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $70,127 |
| 33 | Nutrient Management | $59,200 |
| 34 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $55,623 |
| 35 | Brush Management | $48,999 |
| 36 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $48,734 |
| 37 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $46,888 |
| 38 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $36,028 |
| 39 | Supplemental Payment | $35,496 |
| 40 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $31,928 |
| 41 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $27,085 |
| 42 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $19,220 |
| 43 | Improved grazing management for plant structure and composition through monitoring activities | $17,350 |
| 44 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $17,154 |
| 45 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $16,358 |
| 46 | Conservation Cover | $15,808 |
| 47 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $14,740 |
| 48 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $14,447 |
| 49 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for livestock feed and forage | $12,392 |
| 50 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $9,890 |
| 51 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing-cover/shelter | $9,334 |
| 52 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $8,937 |
| 53 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $8,396 |
| 54 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $7,501 |
| 55 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $6,997 |
| 56 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $6,698 |
| 57 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $6,619 |
| 58 | Critical Area Planting | $6,160 |
| 59 | Range planting for improving forage- browse- or cover for wildlife | $6,060 |
| 60 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $5,661 |
| 61 | Prescribed Burning | $5,126 |
| 62 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: irrigation water | $3,744 |
| 63 | Strategically planned- patch burning for grazing distribution and wildlife habitat (fuel loading) | $3,320 |
| 64 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $3,126 |
| 65 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,896 |
| 66 | Fuel Break | $2,811 |
| 67 | Firebreak | $2,706 |
| 68 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $2,499 |
| 69 | Forage Harvest Management | $1,990 |
| 70 | Field Border | $1,962 |
| 71 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $1,789 |
| 72 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $1,188 |
| 73 | Strategic patch burning for grazing distribution/wildlife habitat (undesirable plant pressure) | $1,160 |
| 74 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $1,120 |
| 75 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $1,085 |
| 76 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $953 |
| 77 | Watering Facility | $930 |
| 78 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $749 |
| 79 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $149 |
| 80 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $60 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 229,692,446 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Oklahoma
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $257,025 |
| 2 | Prescribed Grazing | $229,211 |
| 3 | Cover Crop | $149,873 |
| 4 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $73,293 |
| 5 | Nutrient Management | $59,200 |
| 6 | Brush Management | $48,999 |
| 7 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $48,734 |
| 8 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $46,888 |
| 9 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $27,085 |
| 10 | Conservation Cover | $15,808 |
| 11 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $14,740 |
| 12 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $14,447 |
| 13 | Critical Area Planting | $6,160 |
| 14 | Prescribed Burning | $5,126 |
| 15 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,896 |
| 16 | Fuel Break | $2,811 |
| 17 | Field Border | $1,962 |
| 18 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $149 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $1,004,407 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $690,446 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $313,961 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas County, Oklahoma | $31,338,481 |
| 2 | Beaver County, Oklahoma | $22,053,447 |
| 3 | Cimarron County, Oklahoma | $18,704,403 |
| 4 | Harper County, Oklahoma | $9,800,510 |
| 5 | Ellis County, Oklahoma | $8,792,682 |
| 6 | Grant County, Oklahoma | $4,158,634 |
| 7 | Woods County, Oklahoma | $4,143,290 |
| 8 | Harmon County, Oklahoma | $3,491,746 |
| 9 | Beckham County, Oklahoma | $3,247,760 |
| 10 | Dewey County, Oklahoma | $3,220,390 |
| 11 | Woodward County, Oklahoma | $2,342,627 |
| 12 | Greer County, Oklahoma | $2,005,880 |
| 13 | Major County, Oklahoma | $1,768,456 |
| 14 | Roger Mills County, Oklahoma | $1,552,012 |
| 15 | Kiowa County, Oklahoma | $1,121,002 |
| 16 | Jackson County, Oklahoma | $1,061,831 |
| 17 | Kay County, Oklahoma | $1,017,788 |
| 18 | Alfalfa County, Oklahoma | $951,014 |
| 19 | Washita County, Oklahoma | $647,442 |
| 20 | Garfield County, Oklahoma | $611,496 |
| 21 | Blaine County, Oklahoma | $587,965 |
| 22 | Tillman County, Oklahoma | $542,962 |
| 23 | Custer County, Oklahoma | $520,798 |
| 24 | Caddo County, Oklahoma | $488,639 |
| 25 | Bryan County, Oklahoma | $427,926 |
| 26 | Kingfisher County, Oklahoma | $393,429 |
| 27 | Grady County, Oklahoma | $262,122 |
| 28 | McCurtain County, Oklahoma | $249,171 |
| 29 | Logan County, Oklahoma | $246,082 |
| 30 | Cotton County, Oklahoma | $186,956 |
| 31 | Noble County, Oklahoma | $158,173 |
| 32 | Canadian County, Oklahoma | $113,986 |
| 33 | Craig County, Oklahoma | $112,641 |
| 34 | Adair County, Oklahoma | $109,590 |
| 35 | Ottawa County, Oklahoma | $108,729 |
| 36 | Comanche County, Oklahoma | $94,106 |
| 37 | Nowata County, Oklahoma | $78,315 |
| 38 | Jefferson County, Oklahoma | $77,688 |
| 39 | Lincoln County, Oklahoma | $76,633 |
| 40 | Cherokee County, Oklahoma | $66,734 |
| 41 | Payne County, Oklahoma | $58,799 |
| 42 | Delaware County, Oklahoma | $58,166 |
| 43 | Stephens County, Oklahoma | $29,902 |
| 44 | Marshall County, Oklahoma | $29,237 |
| 45 | Muskogee County, Oklahoma | $28,073 |
| 46 | Osage County, Oklahoma | $20,395 |
| 47 | Wagoner County, Oklahoma | $16,572 |
| 48 | Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma | $7,132 |
| 49 | Seminole County, Oklahoma | $5,152 |
| 50 | Hughes County, Oklahoma | $1,684 |
| 51 | Choctaw County, Oklahoma | $1,580 |
| 52 | Okmulgee County, Oklahoma | $332 |
| 53 | Garvin County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 54 | Tulsa County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 55 | Sequoyah County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 56 | Washington County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 57 | Rogers County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 58 | Atoka County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 59 | Coal County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 60 | Johnston County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 61 | Pushmataha County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 62 | Creek County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 63 | Pontotoc County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 64 | Pittsburg County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 65 | Pawnee County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 66 | Oklahoma County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 67 | Okfuskee County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 68 | Cleveland County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 69 | Murray County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 70 | Mayes County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 71 | McIntosh County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 72 | Haskell County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 73 | McClain County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 74 | Love County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 75 | Le Flore County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 76 | Latimer County, Oklahoma | $0 |
| 77 | Carter County, Oklahoma | $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 Oklahoma, 2022
Land in Oklahoma, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 70,378 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 32,897,563 |
| Cropland Acres: | 10,892,263 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 18,736,254 |
| Woodland Acres: | 2,537,960 |
Livestock in Oklahoma, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 220,548,594 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 4,512,794 |
| Layers inventory | 3,407,879 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 2,157,879 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 76,524 |
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