Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in Virginia
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 Virginia
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices and enhancements on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Virginia
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cropland Annual Payment | $19,594,333 |
| 2 | Pasture Annual Payment | $4,758,333 |
| 3 | Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Annual Payment | $3,295,988 |
| 4 | Existing Activity Payment-Resource Concern | $1,249,599 |
| 5 | Existing Activity Payment-Land Use | $812,065 |
| 6 | Associated Ag Land | $577,415 |
| 7 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses to surface water | $532,067 |
| 8 | Farmstead | $475,714 |
| 9 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality  | $403,598 |
| 10 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality by limiting compaction | $313,447 |
| 11 | Reduced tillage to reduce water erosion | $256,776 |
| 12 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses  | $219,044 |
| 13 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $192,676 |
| 14 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $179,745 |
| 15 | Reduce forest stand density to improve a degraded plant community | $177,292 |
| 16 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $162,807 |
| 17 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $160,070 |
| 18 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $125,720 |
| 19 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $102,991 |
| 20 | Minimum Payment Adjustment | $102,312 |
| 21 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-min sediment in surface water | $99,488 |
| 22 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $97,127 |
| 23 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve plant productivity and health | $96,377 |
| 24 | Resource conserving crop rotation | $91,186 |
| 25 | Reduce risks of nutrient losses to ground water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies to p | $88,020 |
| 26 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $84,048 |
| 27 | Management Intensive Rotational Grazing | $81,376 |
| 28 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function-pathogens/chemicals | $78,553 |
| 29 | Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | $78,229 |
| 30 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $74,299 |
| 31 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | $71,751 |
| 32 | Herbaceous weed control (plant pest pressures) for desired plant communities/habitats | $70,454 |
| 33 | No till to reduce water erosion | $69,891 |
| 34 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $58,384 |
| 35 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $54,866 |
| 36 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $54,242 |
| 37 | Sequential patch burning | $50,047 |
| 38 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction on pasture through monitoring activities | $49,694 |
| 39 | Pastured Cropland Annual Payment | $49,543 |
| 40 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-surface water | $49,273 |
| 41 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $34,961 |
| 42 | Forage plantings that can help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $30,370 |
| 43 | Supplemental Payment | $26,718 |
| 44 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $22,396 |
| 45 | Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | $22,118 |
| 46 | Manage livestock access to waterbodies to reduce nutrients or pathogens to surface water | $20,710 |
| 47 | Improved grazing management for soil compaction through monitoring activities | $20,393 |
| 48 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $19,259 |
| 49 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | $18,468 |
| 50 | Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients-ground water | $18,369 |
| 51 | Native grasses or legumes in forage base | $16,755 |
| 52 | Forage and biomass planting for water erosion to improve soil health | $15,654 |
| 53 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $15,214 |
| 54 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $14,423 |
| 55 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $13,646 |
| 56 | Snags- den trees- and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | $13,476 |
| 57 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $13,286 |
| 58 | Conservation cover to provide cover and shelter habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $12,478 |
| 59 | Improved grazing mgmt for plant productivity/health through monitoring | $11,690 |
| 60 | Forest Stand Improvement | $10,476 |
| 61 | Cover Crop | $10,355 |
| 62 | Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function | $10,267 |
| 63 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $8,288 |
| 64 | Nutrient Management | $7,740 |
| 65 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $7,464 |
| 66 | Prescribed Grazing | $6,823 |
| 67 | Prescribed grazing that maintains/improves riparian/watershed function impairment from nutrients | $6,759 |
| 68 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $6,337 |
| 69 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $5,247 |
| 70 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $2,347 |
| 71 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,210 |
| 72 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $2,195 |
| 73 | Fence | $2,078 |
| 74 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,000 |
| 75 | Brush Management | $1,829 |
| 76 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $1,668 |
| 77 | Conservation Cover | $1,507 |
| 78 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $1,432 |
| 79 | Brush management for improved structure and composition | $904 |
| 80 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $747 |
| 81 | Roof Runoff Structure | $411 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 35,598,308 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on CSP acres, 2017-2022, Virginia
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | $403,598 |
| 2 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | $219,044 |
| 3 | Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | $179,745 |
| 4 | Herbaceous weed treatment to create plant communities consistent with the ecological site | $160,070 |
| 5 | Pasture and Hay Planting | $125,720 |
| 6 | Resource conserving crop rotation | $91,186 |
| 7 | Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | $84,048 |
| 8 | Management Intensive Rotational Grazing | $81,376 |
| 9 | Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | $58,384 |
| 10 | Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | $54,866 |
| 11 | Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $54,242 |
| 12 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | $19,259 |
| 13 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $15,214 |
| 14 | Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | $14,423 |
| 15 | Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | $13,286 |
| 16 | Forest Stand Improvement | $10,476 |
| 17 | Cover Crop | $10,355 |
| 18 | Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function | $10,267 |
| 19 | Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | $8,288 |
| 20 | Nutrient Management | $7,740 |
| 21 | No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $7,464 |
| 22 | Prescribed Grazing | $6,823 |
| 23 | Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | $6,337 |
| 24 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | $5,247 |
| 25 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $2,347 |
| 26 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | $2,000 |
| 27 | Brush Management | $1,829 |
| 28 | Conservation Cover | $1,507 |
| 29 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | $1,432 |
| 30 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | $747 |
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| Total Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $1,657,320 | |
| Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $1,046,874 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart CSP payments, 2017-2022 | $610,446 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
CSP payments by county, 2017-2022
| Rank | State | CSP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augusta County, Virginia | $1,124,591 |
| 2 | Halifax County, Virginia | $1,026,656 |
| 3 | Southampton County, Virginia | $934,909 |
| 4 | Greensville County, Virginia | $810,794 |
| 5 | Rockingham County, Virginia | $606,243 |
| 6 | Prince Edward County, Virginia | $492,487 |
| 7 | Bedford County, Virginia | $466,076 |
| 8 | Amelia County, Virginia | $464,748 |
| 9 | Brunswick County, Virginia | $416,065 |
| 10 | Dinwiddie County, Virginia | $392,619 |
| 11 | Culpeper County, Virginia | $380,356 |
| 12 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia | $341,373 |
| 13 | Accomack County, Virginia | $323,585 |
| 14 | Russell County, Virginia | $309,869 |
| 15 | Fauquier County, Virginia | $278,013 |
| 16 | Albemarle County, Virginia | $265,370 |
| 17 | King George County, Virginia | $250,315 |
| 18 | Highland County, Virginia | $248,369 |
| 19 | Sussex County, Virginia | $245,694 |
| 20 | Louisa County, Virginia | $239,099 |
| 21 | Washington County, Virginia | $217,332 |
| 22 | Rappahannock County, Virginia | $216,426 |
| 23 | Campbell County, Virginia | $209,995 |
| 24 | Rockbridge County, Virginia | $208,847 |
| 25 | Essex County, Virginia | $207,329 |
| 26 | Prince George County, Virginia | $199,968 |
| 27 | Madison County, Virginia | $192,893 |
| 28 | Shenandoah County, Virginia | $177,363 |
| 29 | Carroll County, Virginia | $176,495 |
| 30 | Wythe County, Virginia | $161,400 |
| 31 | Orange County, Virginia | $160,543 |
| 32 | Mecklenburg County, Virginia | $155,867 |
| 33 | Goochland County, Virginia | $150,833 |
| 34 | Westmoreland County, Virginia | $146,209 |
| 35 | Grayson County, Virginia | $142,591 |
| 36 | Smyth County, Virginia | $138,268 |
| 37 | Page County, Virginia | $137,411 |
| 38 | King and Queen County, Virginia | $137,019 |
| 39 | Isle of Wight County, Virginia | $134,389 |
| 40 | Greene County, Virginia | $131,467 |
| 41 | Nottoway County, Virginia | $127,030 |
| 42 | Cumberland County, Virginia | $125,308 |
| 43 | Chesapeake City, Virginia | $125,172 |
| 44 | Bath County, Virginia | $123,927 |
| 45 | Suffolk City, Virginia | $122,316 |
| 46 | Lunenburg County, Virginia | $118,681 |
| 47 | Tazewell County, Virginia | $114,410 |
| 48 | Botetourt County, Virginia | $114,221 |
| 49 | Buckingham County, Virginia | $94,112 |
| 50 | Nelson County, Virginia | $89,893 |
| 51 | Spotsylvania County, Virginia | $87,701 |
| 52 | Appomattox County, Virginia | $85,664 |
| 53 | Caroline County, Virginia | $74,593 |
| 54 | Charlotte County, Virginia | $68,088 |
| 55 | Richmond County, Virginia | $64,066 |
| 56 | Patrick County, Virginia | $62,775 |
| 57 | Frederick County, Virginia | $59,039 |
| 58 | Amherst County, Virginia | $58,798 |
| 59 | Fluvanna County, Virginia | $57,382 |
| 60 | Clarke County, Virginia | $55,721 |
| 61 | Northampton County, Virginia | $55,641 |
| 62 | Lancaster County, Virginia | $54,191 |
| 63 | Franklin County, Virginia | $48,120 |
| 64 | King William County, Virginia | $46,348 |
| 65 | Hanover County, Virginia | $45,383 |
| 66 | Scott County, Virginia | $42,407 |
| 67 | Craig County, Virginia | $40,159 |
| 68 | Middlesex County, Virginia | $33,649 |
| 69 | Bland County, Virginia | $29,277 |
| 70 | Northumberland County, Virginia | $27,941 |
| 71 | Stafford County, Virginia | $26,528 |
| 72 | Alleghany County, Virginia | $25,666 |
| 73 | Lee County, Virginia | $21,719 |
| 74 | Prince William County, Virginia | $19,928 |
| 75 | Surry County, Virginia | $19,638 |
| 76 | New Kent County, Virginia | $17,289 |
| 77 | Loudoun County, Virginia | $17,110 |
| 78 | Montgomery County, Virginia | $15,045 |
| 79 | Charles City County, Virginia | $14,154 |
| 80 | Henry County, Virginia | $10,963 |
| 81 | Floyd County, Virginia | $10,829 |
| 82 | Warren County, Virginia | $9,871 |
| 83 | Virginia Beach City, Virginia | $7,772 |
| 84 | Pulaski County, Virginia | $7,158 |
| 85 | James City County, Virginia | $6,549 |
| 86 | Roanoke County, Virginia | $6,277 |
| 87 | Gloucester County, Virginia | $4,941 |
| 88 | Chesterfield County, Virginia | $4,841 |
| 89 | Mathews County, Virginia | $4,009 |
| 90 | Staunton City, Virginia | $3,962 |
| 91 | Giles County, Virginia | $938 |
| 92 | Dickenson County, Virginia | $616 |
| 93 | Henrico County, Virginia | $0 |
| 94 | Wise County, Virginia | $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 Virginia, 2022
Land in Virginia, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 38,995 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 7,309,687 |
| Cropland Acres: | 2,884,293 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 1,915,266 |
| Woodland Acres: | 2,053,786 |
Livestock in Virginia, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 292,409,636 |
| Layers inventory | 2,374,640 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 1,273,665 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 282,797 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 82,208 |
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