| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $17,335,535 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $3,667,422 |
| 3 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $2,780,969 |
| 4 | Associated Ag Land | $299,322 |
| 5 | Farmstead | $266,315 |
| 6 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $251,680 |
| 7 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $241,200 |
| 8 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality by limiting compaction | $227,089 |
| 9 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $164,273 |
| 10 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $158,232 |
| 11 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $143,087 |
| 12 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $134,306 |
| 13 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $118,781 |
| 14 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $117,307 |
| 15 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | $110,062 |
| 16 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $92,595 |
| 17 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $79,325 |
| 18 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $62,073 |
| 19 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $61,866 |
| 20 | Sequential patch burning | $57,672 |
| 21 | Pasture and Hay Planting  | $54,215 |
| 22 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $53,927 |
| 23 | Supplemental Payment | $53,916 |
| 24 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $48,761 |
| 25 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals | $45,734 |
| 26 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risks to air quality - emissions of GHGs | $43,462 |
| 27 | No till to reduce water erosion | $43,303 |
| 28 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $42,991 |
| 29 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $39,639 |
| 30 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $34,178 |
| 31 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | $32,751 |
| 32 | Stream crossing elimination | $32,401 |
| 33 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $32,241 |
| 34 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $30,417 |
| 35 | Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | $29,894 |
| 36 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $29,248 |
| 37 | Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | $28,498 |
| 38 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce nutrients in surface water | $27,213 |
| 39 | Increase riparian forest buffer width for nutrient reduction | $26,938 |
| 40 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $25,943 |
| 41 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $25,718 |
| 42 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to groundwater | $24,506 |
| 43 | Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water | $18,970 |
| 44 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $15,914 |
| 45 | Resource conserving crop rotation to relieve plant pest pressure | $14,738 |
| 46 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $14,340 |
| 47 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $13,367 |
| 48 | Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | $12,366 |
| 49 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $11,755 |
| 50 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $11,753 |
| 51 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $9,610 |
| 52 | Crop tree management for mast production | $9,373 |
| 53 | Stream corridor bank vegetation improvement | $8,165 |
| 54 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $8,153 |
| 55 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $8,120 |
| 56 | Converting loblolly and slash pine plantations to longleaf pine with FSI and prescribed burning | $7,563 |
| 57 | Prescribed Grazing | $6,792 |
| 58 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $5,928 |
| 59 | Resource conserving crop rotation for soil organic matter improvement | $5,798 |
| 60 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife food sources | $5,650 |
| 61 | Forest Stand Improvement | $5,414 |
| 62 | Enhanced field borders to reduce water induced erosion along the edge(s) of a field | $5,265 |
| 63 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $4,929 |
| 64 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | $4,795 |
| 65 | Pasture Bundle#2 | $4,488 |
| 66 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant community structure and composition | $4,277 |
| 67 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $3,831 |
| 68 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $3,680 |
| 69 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $3,236 |
| 70 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $3,178 |
| 71 | Increase diversity in pine plantation monocultures | $3,164 |
| 72 | Buffer Bundle#1 | $2,970 |
| 73 | Leave standing grain crops unharvested to benefit wildlife | $2,845 |
| 74 | Stream Crossing | $2,700 |
| 75 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base to improve plant productivity and health | $2,439 |
| 76 | Fence | $2,422 |
| 77 | Roof Runoff Structure | $1,893 |
| 78 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $1,796 |
| 79 | Manage livestock access to streams/ditches/other waterbodies to reduce pathogens in surface water | $1,790 |
| 80 | Residue and Tillage Management- Reduced Till | $1,550 |
| 81 | Brush Management | $1,465 |
| 82 | Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | $1,454 |
| 83 | Forage harvest management that helps maintain wildlife habitat continuity (space) | $1,395 |
| 84 | Nutrient Management | $1,316 |
| 85 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $1,261 |
| 86 | Harvest of crops (hay or small grains) using measures that allow desired species to flush or escape | $1,204 |
| 87 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $1,145 |
| 88 | No till to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $973 |
| 89 | Cover Crop | $947 |
| 90 | Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production | $735 |
| 91 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | $708 |
| 92 | Conservation cover to provide habitat continuity for pollinators and beneficial insects | $623 |
| 93 | Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | $622 |
| 94 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife habitat continuity along the edge(s) of a field | $435 |
| 95 | Enhanced field border to provide wildlife cover or shelter along the edge(s) of a field | $361 |
| 96 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $360 |
| 97 | Herbaceous weed control (inadequate structure and comp) for desired plant communities/habitats | $323 |
| 98 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture for soil organic matter improvement | $321 |
| 99 | Underground Outlet | $318 |
| 100 | Firebreak | $306 |
| 101 | Create patch openings to enhance wildlife cover and shelter | $287 |
| 102 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $270 |
| 103 | Extend existing filter strip to reduce excess sediment in surface water | $244 |
| 104 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | $234 |
| 105 | Critical Area Planting | $219 |
| 106 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | $201 |
| 107 | Tree/Shrub Establishment | $198 |
| 108 | Prescribed Burning | $165 |
| 109 | Watering Facility | $148 |
| 110 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | $140 |
| 111 | Increase on-site carbon storage | $136 |
| 112 | Mulching | $101 |
| 113 | Grassed Waterway | $90 |
| 114 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $76 |
| 115 | Access Control | $42 |
| 116 | Livestock Pipeline | $28 |
| 117 | Structures for Wildlife | $24 |
| 118 | Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce water erosion | $23 |
| 119 | Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect food habitat | $12 |
| 120 | Irrigation Water Management | $9 |
| 121 | Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | $3 |
| 122 | Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture: moisture management | $0 |
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| | Total Payments, 2017-2020 | 27,448,941 |
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