| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $41,383,944 |
| 2 | Rangeland Annual Payment | $19,425,180 |
| 3 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $4,931,547 |
| 4 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $4,870,805 |
| 5 | Pasture Annual Payment | $3,084,669 |
| 6 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $2,846,004 |
| 7 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $954,265 |
| 8 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $873,282 |
| 9 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $813,576 |
| 10 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $659,046 |
| 11 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $341,450 |
| 12 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $322,029 |
| 13 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $314,793 |
| 14 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $274,581 |
| 15 | Associated Ag Land | $270,685 |
| 16 | Farmstead | $261,547 |
| 17 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $223,644 |
| 18 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $188,027 |
| 19 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for prescribed grazing-cover/shelter | $169,011 |
| 20 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $163,712 |
| 21 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $159,023 |
| 22 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $124,966 |
| 23 | Crop Bundle#4 - Soil health rotation- Reduced till | $121,650 |
| 24 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for wildlife food | $120,375 |
| 25 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $113,898 |
| 26 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $109,758 |
| 27 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $101,541 |
| 28 | Advanced IWM--Soil moisture is monitored- recorded- and used in decision making | $90,116 |
| 29 | Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction | $87,091 |
| 30 | Improved grazing management for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $84,454 |
| 31 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $80,694 |
| 32 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $76,626 |
| 33 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity  | $75,111 |
| 34 | Improved grazing management for plant structure and composition through monitoring activities | $74,186 |
| 35 | Range planting for improving forage- browse- or cover for wildlife | $72,508 |
| 36 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $62,698 |
| 37 | Prescribed Grazing | $54,306 |
| 38 | Biochar production from woody residue | $54,235 |
| 39 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $53,696 |
| 40 | Install variable frequency drive(s) on pump(s) | $52,935 |
| 41 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $50,596 |
| 42 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $43,518 |
| 43 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $41,201 |
| 44 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $40,442 |
| 45 | Management Intensive Rotational Grazing | $38,500 |
| 46 | Pest Management Conservation System | $37,463 |
| 47 | Strategic patch burning for grazing distribution/wildlife habitat (undesirable plant pressure) | $37,167 |
| 48 | No till to reduce water erosion | $36,737 |
| 49 | Advanced IWM--Weather is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $35,162 |
| 50 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $35,094 |
| 51 | Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities | $32,659 |
| 52 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $32,514 |
| 53 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $31,921 |
| 54 | Mulching | $30,491 |
| 55 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $29,245 |
| 56 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $28,682 |
| 57 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $28,559 |
| 58 | Forest Bundle#1 | $28,504 |
| 59 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $28,251 |
| 60 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter) | $27,251 |
| 61 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $26,802 |
| 62 | Incorporating wildlife refuge areas in contingency plans for livestock feed and forage | $26,520 |
| 63 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on rangeland through monitoring activities | $26,267 |
| 64 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $26,001 |
| 65 | Supplemental Payment | $24,786 |
| 66 | Forest Stand Improvement | $24,572 |
| 67 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 1 - Equipment and soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in dec | $24,387 |
| 68 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $23,849 |
| 69 | Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter | $22,899 |
| 70 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $21,574 |
| 71 | Crop Bundle#5 - Soil Health Assessment- No till | $21,517 |
| 72 | No till to reduce energy | $20,584 |
| 73 | Switch fuel source for pump motor(s) | $19,991 |
| 74 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $18,926 |
| 75 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | $18,799 |
| 76 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $18,534 |
| 77 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $18,056 |
| 78 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $17,699 |
| 79 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $16,891 |
| 80 | Cropland conversion to trees or shrubs for long term water erosion control | $16,257 |
| 81 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $16,180 |
| 82 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $16,121 |
| 83 | Modify field operations to reduce particulate matter | $14,902 |
| 84 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $14,038 |
| 85 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $13,882 |
| 86 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $12,828 |
| 87 | Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water | $12,653 |
| 88 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $12,478 |
| 89 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $12,298 |
| 90 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $11,922 |
| 91 | Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $11,870 |
| 92 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals | $11,806 |
| 93 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $11,698 |
| 94 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $11,506 |
| 95 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $11,333 |
| 96 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $11,224 |
| 97 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $11,023 |
| 98 | Improved grazing management through monitoring activities | $10,277 |
| 99 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $10,030 |
| 100 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $9,792 |
| 101 | Advanced Automated IWM - Year 2-5- Soil moisture is monitored- recorded and used in decision making | $9,722 |
| 102 | Increase riparian forest buffer width for nutrient reduction | $9,120 |
| 103 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $8,923 |
| 104 | Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | $7,990 |
| 105 | Woody Residue Treatment | $7,946 |
| 106 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients | $7,653 |
| 107 | Stream crossing elimination | $7,505 |
| 108 | Grazing management that improves Monarch butterfly habitat | $6,980 |
| 109 | Soil health crop rotation | $6,764 |
| 110 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $6,466 |
| 111 | Supplemental Payment Improved | $6,449 |
| 112 | Enhanced wildlife habitat on expired grass/legume covered CRP acres | $5,721 |
| 113 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | $5,553 |
| 114 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $5,453 |
| 115 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover- shelter or continuity | $5,440 |
| 116 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to limit wildfire risk | $4,707 |
| 117 | Enhanced field borders to reduce wind induced erosion along the windward side(s) of a field | $4,652 |
| 118 | Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | $4,551 |
| 119 | Stream corridor bank stability improvement | $4,233 |
| 120 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $4,150 |
| 121 | Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | $4,114 |
| 122 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $3,966 |
| 123 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $3,830 |
| 124 | Complete pumping plant eval for all pumps on a farm to determine the VFD potential | $3,718 |
| 125 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,437 |
| 126 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $3,050 |
| 127 | Cover Crop | $2,861 |
| 128 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $2,842 |
| 129 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $2,748 |
| 130 | Range planting for improving forage- browse- or cover for wildlife | $2,671 |
| 131 | Mulching to improve soil health | $2,620 |
| 132 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $2,587 |
| 133 | Nutrient Management | $2,472 |
| 134 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $2,291 |
| 135 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $2,279 |
| 136 | Irrigation Water Management | $2,142 |
| 137 | Fence | $2,088 |
| 138 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $2,086 |
| 139 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients | $1,894 |
| 140 | Forage Harvest Management | $1,757 |
| 141 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $1,698 |
| 142 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $1,555 |
| 143 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $1,372 |
| 144 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $1,282 |
| 145 | Roof Runoff Structure | $1,245 |
| 146 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all pumps on a farm. | $1,178 |
| 147 | Deep Tillage | $1,155 |
| 148 | Brush Management | $1,114 |
| 149 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter | $1,065 |
| 150 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $940 |
| 151 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $928 |
| 152 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $868 |
| 153 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $798 |
| 154 | Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | $745 |
| 155 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $718 |
| 156 | Watering Facility | $709 |
| 157 | Forest Trails and Landings | $664 |
| 158 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $644 |
| 159 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $626 |
| 160 | Other Payment | $623 |
| 161 | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | $596 |
| 162 | Shallow Water Development and Management | $576 |
| 163 | Hedgerow Planting | $491 |
| 164 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food for wildlife | $430 |
| 165 | Field Border | $383 |
| 166 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce wind erosion | $354 |
| 167 | Structures for Wildlife | $295 |
| 168 | Complete pumping plant evaluation for all existing pumps on a farm. | $294 |
| 169 | Range Planting | $292 |
| 170 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (structure and composition) | $288 |
| 171 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $269 |
| 172 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $263 |
| 173 | Access Control | $257 |
| 174 | Stream corridor bank vegetation improvement | $249 |
| 175 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $226 |
| 176 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation | $219 |
| 177 | Residue and Tillage Management- No Till | $215 |
| 178 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $213 |
| 179 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $198 |
| 180 | Filter Strip | $185 |
| 181 | Firebreak | $183 |
| 182 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $182 |
| 183 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to reduce sediment loading | $164 |
| 184 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $145 |
| 185 | Critical Area Planting | $139 |
| 186 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $130 |
| 187 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $129 |
| 188 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food or cover and shelter for wildlife | $87 |
| 189 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $87 |
| 190 | Tree/Shrub Pruning | $60 |
| 191 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $60 |
| 192 | Strategically planned- patch burning for grazing distribution and wildlife habitat (fuel loading) | $59 |
| 193 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space) | $26 |
| 194 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $23 |
| 195 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $7 |
| 196 | Conservation Cover | $5 |
| 197 | Mulching to improve soil health | $2 |
| 198 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $1 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 85,731,528 |
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