Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Pennsylvania
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $23,287,129 |
| 2 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $1,994,852 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $1,682,783 |
| 4 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $1,497,522 |
| 5 | Farmstead | $1,224,088 |
| 6 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $1,060,806 |
| 7 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $706,584 |
| 8 | Associated Ag Land | $482,474 |
| 9 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses  | $354,187 |
| 10 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $307,548 |
| 11 | Supplemental Payment | $254,305 |
| 12 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $224,988 |
| 13 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $165,882 |
| 14 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $161,359 |
| 15 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $116,090 |
| 16 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $109,478 |
| 17 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $90,626 |
| 18 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $80,906 |
| 19 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $75,304 |
| 20 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $72,027 |
| 21 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $69,874 |
| 22 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $68,641 |
| 23 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $56,021 |
| 24 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $51,296 |
| 25 | Crop tree management for mast production | $46,476 |
| 26 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $44,287 |
| 27 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $42,553 |
| 28 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $42,117 |
| 29 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $41,932 |
| 30 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $39,982 |
| 31 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $38,083 |
| 32 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $31,410 |
| 33 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $29,430 |
| 34 | Cover Crop | $28,935 |
| 35 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $28,934 |
| 36 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $23,530 |
| 37 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $22,832 |
| 38 | Brush Management  | $20,961 |
| 39 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $20,674 |
| 40 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $16,952 |
| 41 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $16,643 |
| 42 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $14,529 |
| 43 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $13,419 |
| 44 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $12,426 |
| 45 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $12,310 |
| 46 | Conservation Cover | $11,393 |
| 47 | Nutrient Management | $11,024 |
| 48 | Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health | $10,330 |
| 49 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $8,821 |
| 50 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $7,317 |
| 51 | Edge feathering for wildlife cover | $6,849 |
| 52 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $6,357 |
| 53 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $6,350 |
| 54 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $6,303 |
| 55 | Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | $6,045 |
| 56 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $5,378 |
| 57 | Pest Management Conservation System | $4,696 |
| 58 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $4,507 |
| 59 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $4,376 |
| 60 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $4,088 |
| 61 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,761 |
| 62 | Forest Stand Improvement | $3,582 |
| 63 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $3,482 |
| 64 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $3,123 |
| 65 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $2,337 |
| 66 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $2,266 |
| 67 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $1,875 |
| 68 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $1,724 |
| 69 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $1,719 |
| 70 | Forage Harvest Management | $1,494 |
| 71 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $1,167 |
| 72 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $1,110 |
| 73 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $1,091 |
| 74 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat cover- shelter or continuity | $927 |
| 75 | Grassed Waterway | $879 |
| 76 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $868 |
| 77 | Field Border | $717 |
| 78 | Prescribed Grazing | $606 |
| 79 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $486 |
| 80 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect and/or monarch habitat | $455 |
| 81 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $377 |
| 82 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $308 |
| 83 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $266 |
| 84 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $5 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 34,967,422 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Pennsylvania
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $354,187 |
| 2 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $165,882 |
| 3 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $116,090 |
| 4 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $42,553 |
| 5 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $42,117 |
| 6 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $38,083 |
| 7 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $31,410 |
| 8 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $29,430 |
| 9 | Cover Crop | $28,935 |
| 10 | Brush Management | $20,961 |
| 11 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $16,952 |
| 12 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $16,643 |
| 13 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $13,419 |
| 14 | Conservation Cover | $11,393 |
| 15 | Nutrient Management | $11,024 |
| 16 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $8,821 |
| 17 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $6,357 |
| 18 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $6,350 |
| 19 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $6,303 |
| 20 | Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | $6,045 |
| 21 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $4,376 |
| 22 | Forest Stand Improvement | $3,582 |
| 23 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $3,482 |
| 24 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $2,337 |
| 25 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $2,266 |
| 26 | No till to reduce soil erosion | $1,091 |
| 27 | Grassed Waterway | $879 |
| 28 | Field Border | $717 |
| 29 | Prescribed Grazing | $606 |
| 30 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect and/or monarch habitat | $455 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $992,746 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $946,675 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $46,071 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford County, Pennsylvania | $8,902,168 |
| 2 | Lycoming County, Pennsylvania | $7,017,805 |
| 3 | Tioga County, Pennsylvania | $5,626,853 |
| 4 | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | $5,548,302 |
| 5 | Northumberland County, Pennsylvania | $4,306,417 |
| 6 | Columbia County, Pennsylvania | $4,020,279 |
| 7 | Potter County, Pennsylvania | $3,452,089 |
| 8 | Berks County, Pennsylvania | $3,337,005 |
| 9 | Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | $3,073,284 |
| 10 | Franklin County, Pennsylvania | $2,861,079 |
| 11 | York County, Pennsylvania | $2,766,240 |
| 12 | Bedford County, Pennsylvania | $2,346,028 |
| 13 | Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania | $2,218,606 |
| 14 | Erie County, Pennsylvania | $2,039,831 |
| 15 | Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania | $1,958,926 |
| 16 | Cumberland County, Pennsylvania | $1,958,839 |
| 17 | Centre County, Pennsylvania | $1,902,643 |
| 18 | Somerset County, Pennsylvania | $1,848,932 |
| 19 | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | $1,730,113 |
| 20 | Indiana County, Pennsylvania | $1,710,104 |
| 21 | Blair County, Pennsylvania | $1,703,592 |
| 22 | Cambria County, Pennsylvania | $1,673,975 |
| 23 | Montour County, Pennsylvania | $1,492,985 |
| 24 | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | $1,486,419 |
| 25 | Juniata County, Pennsylvania | $1,454,283 |
| 26 | Washington County, Pennsylvania | $1,363,669 |
| 27 | Mifflin County, Pennsylvania | $1,327,791 |
| 28 | Fayette County, Pennsylvania | $1,200,549 |
| 29 | Perry County, Pennsylvania | $1,199,941 |
| 30 | Fulton County, Pennsylvania | $1,173,846 |
| 31 | Clarion County, Pennsylvania | $1,134,802 |
| 32 | Chester County, Pennsylvania | $1,045,094 |
| 33 | Snyder County, Pennsylvania | $1,033,962 |
| 34 | Adams County, Pennsylvania | $1,003,343 |
| 35 | Lebanon County, Pennsylvania | $989,822 |
| 36 | Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | $950,748 |
| 37 | Crawford County, Pennsylvania | $946,054 |
| 38 | Dauphin County, Pennsylvania | $849,455 |
| 39 | Union County, Pennsylvania | $845,942 |
| 40 | Butler County, Pennsylvania | $810,459 |
| 41 | Wyoming County, Pennsylvania | $809,153 |
| 42 | McKean County, Pennsylvania | $787,086 |
| 43 | Venango County, Pennsylvania | $695,664 |
| 44 | Mercer County, Pennsylvania | $639,124 |
| 45 | Clearfield County, Pennsylvania | $564,086 |
| 46 | Clinton County, Pennsylvania | $489,561 |
| 47 | Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | $481,083 |
| 48 | Warren County, Pennsylvania | $452,648 |
| 49 | Wayne County, Pennsylvania | $443,966 |
| 50 | Sullivan County, Pennsylvania | $434,060 |
| 51 | Lawrence County, Pennsylvania | $423,627 |
| 52 | Beaver County, Pennsylvania | $348,453 |
| 53 | Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | $277,591 |
| 54 | Carbon County, Pennsylvania | $275,662 |
| 55 | Greene County, Pennsylvania | $191,378 |
| 56 | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | $41,233 |
| 57 | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | $37,803 |
| 58 | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | $34,858 |
| 59 | Forest County, Pennsylvania | $12,205 |
| 60 | Northampton County, Pennsylvania | $10,838 |
| 61 | Cameron County, Pennsylvania | $6,611 |
| 62 | Elk County, Pennsylvania | $5,490 |
| 63 | Bucks County, Pennsylvania | $4,056 |
| 64 | Monroe County, Pennsylvania | $147 |
| 65 | Pike County, Pennsylvania | $0 |
| 66 | Delaware County, Pennsylvania | $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 Pennsylvania, 2022
Land in Pennsylvania, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 49,053 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 7,058,325 |
| Cropland Acres: | 4,431,311 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 634,771 |
| Woodland Acres: | 1,522,016 |
Livestock in Pennsylvania, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 229,556,622 |
| Layers inventory | 26,859,709 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 1,342,066 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 1,335,451 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 102,055 |
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