| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $20,812,233 |
| 2 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $1,365,593 |
| 3 | Pasture Annual Payment | $1,252,306 |
| 4 | Farmstead | $700,306 |
| 5 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $461,043 |
| 6 | Associated Ag Land | $282,062 |
| 7 | Supplemental Payment | $254,305 |
| 8 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $250,754 |
| 9 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies | $153,027 |
| 10 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $128,400 |
| 11 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $105,666 |
| 12 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | $104,509 |
| 13 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $73,481 |
| 14 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $69,874 |
| 15 | Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $60,435 |
| 16 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | $59,134 |
| 17 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $57,577 |
| 18 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $56,523 |
| 19 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $39,014 |
| 20 | Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $36,772 |
| 21 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $34,287 |
| 22 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $33,634 |
| 23 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $29,576 |
| 24 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $26,971 |
| 25 | Cover crop to reduce water erosion | $25,327 |
| 26 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $23,530 |
| 27 | Crop tree management for mast production | $22,649 |
| 28 | Facilitating oak forest regeneration | $19,808 |
| 29 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $18,224 |
| 30 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $17,527 |
| 31 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $17,381 |
| 32 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $16,688 |
| 33 | Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM | $14,438 |
| 34 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality  | $14,295 |
| 35 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $13,886 |
| 36 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $13,467 |
| 37 | Resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $13,324 |
| 38 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $11,859 |
| 39 | Incorporating wildlife friendly fencing for connectivity of wildlife food resources | $11,438 |
| 40 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | $10,872 |
| 41 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $10,133 |
| 42 | Cover Crop | $9,672 |
| 43 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $9,634 |
| 44 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $8,742 |
| 45 | Brush Management | $8,730 |
| 46 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques | $8,199 |
| 47 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $8,064 |
| 48 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $7,943 |
| 49 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $7,614 |
| 50 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $7,047 |
| 51 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $7,021 |
| 52 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $6,438 |
| 53 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $6,162 |
| 54 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $4,347 |
| 55 | Nutrient Management | $4,252 |
| 56 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $3,921 |
| 57 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $3,876 |
| 58 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $3,783 |
| 59 | Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $3,771 |
| 60 | Pest Management Conservation System | $3,403 |
| 61 | Enhanced field borders to decrease particulate emissions along the edge(s) of the field | $3,232 |
| 62 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $3,208 |
| 63 | Cultural plantings | $3,156 |
| 64 | Enhance development of the forest understory to capture nutrients in surface water | $3,090 |
| 65 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $2,710 |
| 66 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $2,661 |
| 67 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to improve soil compaction | $2,578 |
| 68 | Enhance development of the forest understory to improve site moisture | $2,462 |
| 69 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $2,345 |
| 70 | Sugarbush management | $2,329 |
| 71 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $2,123 |
| 72 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $1,928 |
| 73 | Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | $1,880 |
| 74 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | $1,759 |
| 75 | Reducing routine neonicotinoid seed treatments on corn and soybean crops. | $1,719 |
| 76 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $1,711 |
| 77 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $1,486 |
| 78 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $1,448 |
| 79 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $1,440 |
| 80 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $1,339 |
| 81 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $1,331 |
| 82 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $1,288 |
| 83 | Grassed Waterway | $1,214 |
| 84 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $1,204 |
| 85 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $1,180 |
| 86 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $1,151 |
| 87 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $1,123 |
| 88 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $1,097 |
| 89 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $1,056 |
| 90 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $1,020 |
| 91 | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | $976 |
| 92 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $886 |
| 93 | Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques | $862 |
| 94 | Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | $851 |
| 95 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $826 |
| 96 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $782 |
| 97 | No till to reduce water erosion | $760 |
| 98 | Enhancement - Soil Management | $701 |
| 99 | Prescribed Grazing | $666 |
| 100 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $631 |
| 101 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife food sources and availability | $515 |
| 102 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $514 |
| 103 | Increase diversity in pine plantation monocultures | $496 |
| 104 | Eliminate use of chemical treatments to control pests and increase dung beetle populations | $449 |
| 105 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $429 |
| 106 | Enhancement - Habitat Management | $413 |
| 107 | Fence | $397 |
| 108 | Enhancement - Nutrient Management | $385 |
| 109 | Reduce forest density and manage understory along roads to improve wildlife food sources | $366 |
| 110 | Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | $356 |
| 111 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space) | $355 |
| 112 | Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health | $348 |
| 113 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $311 |
| 114 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $300 |
| 115 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $286 |
| 116 | Watering Facility | $283 |
| 117 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | $274 |
| 118 | Roof Runoff Structure | $233 |
| 119 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $220 |
| 120 | Conservation Cover | $199 |
| 121 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients | $191 |
| 122 | Critical Area Planting | $181 |
| 123 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $175 |
| 124 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width for nutrient reduction | $171 |
| 125 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $135 |
| 126 | Stewardship Payment | $133 |
| 127 | Riparian Forest Buffer | $121 |
| 128 | Native grass or legumes in forage base to provide wildlife food | $118 |
| 129 | Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity | $115 |
| 130 | Enhancement - Pest Management | $100 |
| 131 | Forage Harvest Management | $80 |
| 132 | Field Border | $73 |
| 133 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect and/or monarch habitat | $63 |
| 134 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $60 |
| 135 | Enhancement - Grazing Management | $53 |
| 136 | Improved resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $47 |
| 137 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $45 |
| 138 | Establish Monarch butterfly habitat in pastures | $42 |
| 139 | Forest Trails and Landings | $41 |
| 140 | Forage plantings that enhance bird habitat (cover and shelter) | $38 |
| 141 | Existing Practice Payment | $34 |
| 142 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce sediment loading | $28 |
| 143 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $25 |
| 144 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $15 |
| 145 | Reduction of attractants to human-subsidized predators in sensitive wildlife species habitat | $9 |
| 146 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $6 |
| 147 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | $5 |
| 148 | Filter Strip | $4 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 26,918,389 |
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