Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in South Dakota

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 South Dakota

CSP payments by county, 2017-2022

Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, South Dakota

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2022
1	Cropland Annual Payment	$238,984,094
2	Rangeland Annual Payment	$90,853,405
3	Pasture Annual Payment	$12,246,830
4	Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques	$9,007,729
5	Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques	$6,923,223
6	Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity	$4,928,052
7	Existing Activity Payment-Land Use	$4,624,432
8	Pest Management Conservation System	$4,606,232
9	Farmstead	$4,504,794
10	Supplemental Payment	$4,232,107
11	Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water	$3,973,319
12	Reduce risks of nutrient losses to surface water by utilizing precision ag technologies	$3,269,264
13	Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern	$2,458,181
14	Cover Crop	$1,992,324
15	Associated Ag Land	$1,880,555
16	Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs	$1,583,808
17	Prescribed Grazing	$1,523,874
18	Crop Bundle#6 - Soil Health Assessment- Reduced till	$1,518,483
19	Nutrient Management	$1,517,154
20	Improved grazing management for soil compaction on rangeland through monitoring activities	$1,021,826
21	Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter	$933,722
22	Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$893,123
23	Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter	$803,987
24	Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses	$712,082
25	Pastured Cropland Annual Payment	$641,812
26	Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity	$604,322
27	Reduce risk of pesticides in surface water by utilizing precision pesticide application techniques	$537,223
28	Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till	$524,933
29	Improved grazing management for plant productivity/health through monitoring	$441,217
30	Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources	$431,663
31	Crop Bundle#5 - Soil Health Assessment- No till	$398,030
32	Reduce risk of pesticides in water and air by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques	$370,082
33	Crop Bundle #20 - Soil Health Assessment	$369,266
34	Improved grazing management for water erosion through monitoring activities	$328,386
35	Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater	$310,569
36	Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies	$305,334
37	Residue and Tillage Management- No Till	$282,427
38	Conservation Crop Rotation	$269,823
39	Reduce ozone precursor emissions related to pesticides by utilizing IPM PAMS techniques	$267,046
40	Improved grazing management through monitoring activities	$265,529
41	Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats	$235,600
42	Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$223,381
43	Crop Bundle #19 - Soil Health Precision Ag	$206,922
44	Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion	$204,402
45	Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management	$193,111
46	Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water	$190,309
47	Crop Bundle#2 - Precision Ag- Reduced till	$190,220
48	Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover	$169,071
49	Cover crop to minimize soil compaction	$163,348
50	Resource conserving crop rotation	$163,113
51	Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife cover and shelter	$161,765
52	Non-Irrigated Precision Ag (MRBI)	$146,361
53	Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement	$141,856
54	Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water	$140,358
55	Use of body condition scoring for livestock on a monthly basis to keep track of herd health	$138,499
56	Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion	$138,470
57	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$133,646
58	No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$129,096
59	Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field	$128,827
60	Establish Monarch butterfly habitat	$120,772
61	Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape	$116,082
62	Establish Monarch butterfly habitat	$110,190
63	Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats	$107,327
64	No till to reduce water erosion	$105,237
65	Improved grazing management for wind erosion through monitoring activities	$96,425
66	Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water	$92,377
67	Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$89,199
68	Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food	$84,358
69	Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site	$77,878
70	Cover crop to reduce water erosion	$73,897
71	Pasture and Hay Planting	$70,988
72	Eliminate use of chemical treatments to control pests and to increase the presence of dung beetles	$70,307
73	Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess nutrients in surface water	$69,451
74	Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-surface water from nutrients	$65,884
75	Management Intensive Rotational Grazing	$65,085
76	Grazing management that protects sensitive areas-ground water from nutrients	$64,701
77	Fence	$58,450
78	Non-Irrigated Cropland (MRBI)	$57,520
79	Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects	$56,767
80	Conservation Cover	$55,492
81	Controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction	$55,095
82	Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p	$49,290
83	Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter	$45,768
84	Forage harvest management that helps maintain or improve wildlife habitat (cover and shelter)	$44,719
85	Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings	$40,687
86	Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field	$40,133
87	Use of SHA to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health and increase SOM	$39,696
88	Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$39,144
89	No till system to reduce wind erosion	$36,471
90	Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment	$35,300
91	Salinity and Sodic Soil Management	$34,186
92	Soil health crop rotation	$33,523
93	Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects	$33,314
94	Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts	$27,330
95	Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion	$26,905
96	Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter	$25,198
97	Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water	$23,227
98	No till to reduce soil erosion	$22,697
99	Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health	$22,486
100	Tree/Shrub Establishment	$21,144
101	Minimum Payment Adjustment	$21,005
102	Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects	$20,837
103	Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field	$19,761
104	Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter	$19,197
105	Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food	$17,996
106	Cover crop to reduce soil erosion	$17,722
107	Filter Strip	$17,362
108	Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement	$17,113
109	Livestock Shelter Structure	$16,886
110	Field Border	$15,365
111	Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife	$14,599
112	Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients	$13,460
113	Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water	$13,243
114	Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production	$12,238
115	Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water	$11,653
116	Brush Management	$11,034
117	Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils	$10,816
118	Livestock Pipeline	$10,679
119	Irrigation Water Management	$10,657
120	Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion	$10,125
121	Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field	$9,374
122	Forage Harvest Management	$9,231
123	Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape	$9,085
124	Conservation crop rotation to reduce the concentration of salts	$8,216
125	Critical Area Planting	$6,813
126	Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles	$6,283
127	Planting for high carbon sequestration rate	$5,441
128	Range Planting	$5,276
129	Cover crop to reduce wind erosion	$4,952
130	Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture	$4,747
131	Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion	$4,105
132	Watering Facility	$4,078
133	Controlled Traffic Farming	$4,060
134	Mulching	$4,007
135	Supplemental Payment Improved	$3,906
136	Structures for Wildlife	$2,430
137	Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects	$2,347
138	Access Control	$2,172
139	Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion	$1,545
140	Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat continuity (space)	$1,170
141	Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings	$973
142	Roof Runoff Structure	$949
143	Cropland conversion to grass for soil organic matter improvement	$817
144	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation	$639
145	Tree/Shrub Site Preparation	$87
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	Total Payments, 2017-2022	417,367,602

NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.

NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, South Dakota

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2022
1	Cover Crop	$1,992,324
2	Prescribed Grazing	$1,523,874
3	Nutrient Management	$1,517,154
4	Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses	$712,082
5	Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity	$604,322
6	Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till	$524,933
7	Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies	$305,334
8	Residue and Tillage Management- No Till	$282,427
9	Conservation Crop Rotation	$269,823
10	Improved grazing management through monitoring activities	$265,529
11	Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water	$190,309
12	Resource conserving crop rotation	$163,113
13	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$133,646
14	Establish Monarch butterfly habitat	$120,772
15	Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$89,199
16	Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site	$77,878
17	Pasture and Hay Planting	$70,988
18	Management Intensive Rotational Grazing	$65,085
19	Conservation Cover	$55,492
20	Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter	$45,768
21	Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content	$39,144
22	Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts	$27,330
23	Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion	$26,905
24	No till to reduce soil erosion	$22,697
25	Tree/Shrub Establishment	$21,144
26	Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects	$20,837
27	Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field	$19,761
28	Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter	$19,197
29	Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food	$17,996
30	Cover crop to reduce soil erosion	$17,722
31	Filter Strip	$17,362
32	Field Border	$15,365
33	Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients	$13,460
34	Brush Management	$11,034
35	Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils	$10,816
36	Irrigation Water Management	$10,657
37	Critical Area Planting	$6,813
38	Range Planting	$5,276
39	Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture	$4,747
40	Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion	$4,105
41	Mulching	$4,007
42	Cropland conversion to grass for soil organic matter improvement	$817
43	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation	$639
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	Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022	$9,347,883
	Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022	$9,114,668
	Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022	$233,215

NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.

CSP payments by county, 2017-2022

Rank	State	CSP Payments, 2017-2022
1	Brown County, South Dakota	$45,253,587
2	Day County, South Dakota	$31,290,563
3	Roberts County, South Dakota	$30,348,932
4	Marshall County, South Dakota	$27,661,411
5	Lyman County, South Dakota	$19,042,684
6	Beadle County, South Dakota	$19,018,047
7	Brookings County, South Dakota	$18,276,610
8	Spink County, South Dakota	$17,760,655
9	Clark County, South Dakota	$17,599,936
10	Miner County, South Dakota	$17,423,992
11	Hutchinson County, South Dakota	$15,893,300
12	Deuel County, South Dakota	$14,015,566
13	Hanson County, South Dakota	$12,875,906
14	Yankton County, South Dakota	$12,465,742
15	Sanborn County, South Dakota	$12,364,604
16	McCook County, South Dakota	$12,356,660
17	Codington County, South Dakota	$12,128,043
18	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	$11,073,641
19	Lincoln County, South Dakota	$10,933,186
20	Edmunds County, South Dakota	$10,596,367
21	Walworth County, South Dakota	$10,500,050
22	Moody County, South Dakota	$10,390,519
23	Union County, South Dakota	$9,571,603
24	Perkins County, South Dakota	$9,381,361
25	Campbell County, South Dakota	$9,195,445
26	Hamlin County, South Dakota	$9,184,785
27	Hand County, South Dakota	$8,862,190
28	Aurora County, South Dakota	$8,607,393
29	Bon Homme County, South Dakota	$8,588,355
30	Sully County, South Dakota	$8,542,867
31	Haakon County, South Dakota	$8,271,806
32	Clay County, South Dakota	$7,637,931
33	Turner County, South Dakota	$7,619,304
34	Davison County, South Dakota	$6,849,786
35	Potter County, South Dakota	$6,365,255
36	Grant County, South Dakota	$6,155,725
37	Lake County, South Dakota	$5,878,946
38	Stanley County, South Dakota	$5,862,153
39	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	$5,843,516
40	Hughes County, South Dakota	$5,832,047
41	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	$5,604,704
42	Tripp County, South Dakota	$5,102,829
43	McPherson County, South Dakota	$4,625,759
44	Meade County, South Dakota	$4,491,331
45	Jerauld County, South Dakota	$4,134,138
46	Douglas County, South Dakota	$3,922,401
47	Brule County, South Dakota	$3,394,079
48	Faulk County, South Dakota	$3,304,466
49	Butte County, South Dakota	$2,395,127
50	Gregory County, South Dakota	$2,064,058
51	Hyde County, South Dakota	$1,981,029
52	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$1,536,971
53	Jones County, South Dakota	$1,416,403
54	Corson County, South Dakota	$1,357,848
55	Jackson County, South Dakota	$1,104,986
56	Pennington County, South Dakota	$772,820
57	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$708,699
58	Dewey County, South Dakota	$701,120
59	Bennett County, South Dakota	$701,007
60	Harding County, South Dakota	$635,827
61	Mellette County, South Dakota	$164,343
62	Todd County, South Dakota	$116,607
63	Fall River County, South Dakota	$86,916
64	Shannon County, South Dakota	$54,852
65	Lawrence County, South Dakota	$18,283
66	Custer County, South Dakota	$14,214
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for South Dakota, 2022

Land in South Dakota, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	28,299
Total Acres in Farms:	42,304,601
Cropland Acres:	18,488,619
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	22,254,830
Woodland Acres:	335,032

Livestock in South Dakota, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Cattle and calves inventory	3,478,908
Hogs and pigs inventory	2,039,066
Layers inventory	1,026,877
Sheep and lambs inventory	231,246
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	77,046

Crops in South Dakota, 2022

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