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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 South Dakota, 2022
Land in South Dakota, 2022
Land type | Acres |
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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 |
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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 |