EQIP in Arkansas
Arkansas
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Arkansas
The state-level EQIP 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.
EQIP payments by fiscal year in Arkansas
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Arkansas
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Pipeline  | $23,471,962 |
| 2 | Irrigation Land Leveling | $17,757,835 |
| 3 | Roofs and Covers | $13,952,039 |
| 4 | Pumping Plant | $11,311,997 |
| 5 | Fence | $10,190,574 |
| 6 | Irrigation Reservoir | $9,467,546 |
| 7 | Cover Crop  | $8,661,842 |
| 8 | Animal Mortality Facility | $8,349,049 |
| 9 | Firebreak | $8,343,457 |
| 10 | Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $7,398,085 |
| 11 | Structure for Water Control | $6,887,430 |
| 12 | Forage and Biomass Planting | $6,391,168 |
| 13 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $4,573,293 |
| 14 | Nutrient Management | $4,281,140 |
| 15 | Livestock Pipeline | $4,167,865 |
| 16 | Irrigation Water Management | $4,044,335 |
| 17 | Prescribed Burning | $3,958,595 |
| 18 | Waste Storage Facility | $3,700,741 |
| 19 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $3,464,990 |
| 20 | Pond | $3,071,381 |
| 21 | Forest Stand Improvement | $3,039,773 |
| 22 | Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till | $3,019,141 |
| 23 | Watering Facility | $2,663,304 |
| 24 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $2,584,006 |
| 25 | Irrigation and Drainage Tailwater Recovery | $2,519,824 |
| 26 | Prescribed Grazing | $2,455,330 |
| 27 | Tree & Shrub Establishment | $2,406,050 |
| 28 | High Tunnel System | $2,158,914 |
| 29 | Amendments for Treatment of Agricultural Waste | $2,049,883 |
| 30 | Mulching | $1,583,251 |
| 31 | Irrigation System- Microirrigation | $1,443,964 |
| 32 | Conservation Cover | $1,290,641 |
| 33 | Silvopasture | $1,026,907 |
| 34 | Grade Stabilization Structure | $1,010,778 |
| 35 | Stream Crossing | $933,848 |
| 36 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $895,494 |
| 37 | Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written | $848,340 |
| 38 | Water Well | $831,892 |
| 39 | Feral Swine Management Conservation Activity - Interim | $814,894 |
| 40 | Edge-of-Field Water Quality Monitoring-Data Collection and Evaluation | $774,093 |
| 41 | Streambank and Shoreline Protection | $620,398 |
| 42 | Brush Management | $574,696 |
| 43 | Pest Management Conservation System | $523,813 |
| 44 | Irrigation System- Surface and Subsurface | $411,854 |
| 45 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $345,971 |
| 46 | Shallow Water Development and Management | $318,152 |
| 47 | IPM Herbicide Resistance Weed Conservation Plan - Written | $315,477 |
| 48 | Energy Efficient Lighting System | $272,135 |
| 49 | Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.) | $222,012 |
| 50 | Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management | $205,646 |
| 51 | Waste Transfer | $186,198 |
| 52 | Critical Area Planting | $180,685 |
| 53 | Forest Management Plan | $163,340 |
| 54 | Deep Tillage | $143,121 |
| 55 | Obstruction Removal | $133,898 |
| 56 | Spring Development | $105,032 |
| 57 | Surface Drain- Field Ditch | $86,235 |
| 58 | Seasonal High Tunnel for Crops | $79,519 |
| 59 | Access Road | $72,242 |
| 60 | Waste Facility Closure | $67,174 |
| 61 | Surface Drain- Main or Lateral | $24,845 |
| 62 | Conservation Plan Supporting Organic Transition | $22,478 |
| 63 | Residue Management- Seasonal | $22,154 |
| 64 | Diversion | $12,860 |
| 65 | Amending Soil Properties with Gypsum Products | $5,747 |
| 66 | Filter Strip | $2,951 |
| 67 | Structures for Wildlife | $1,145 |
| 68 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $1,124 |
| 69 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $1,007 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 203,069,190 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Arkansas
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Pipeline | $23,471,962 |
| 2 | Roofs and Covers | $13,952,039 |
| 3 | Pumping Plant | $11,311,997 |
| 4 | Cover Crop | $8,661,842 |
| 5 | Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $7,398,085 |
| 6 | Forage and Biomass Planting | $6,391,168 |
| 7 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $4,573,293 |
| 8 | Nutrient Management | $4,281,140 |
| 9 | Irrigation Water Management | $4,044,335 |
| 10 | Prescribed Burning | $3,958,595 |
| 11 | Waste Storage Facility | $3,700,741 |
| 12 | Forest Stand Improvement | $3,039,773 |
| 13 | Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till | $3,019,141 |
| 14 | Prescribed Grazing | $2,455,330 |
| 15 | Tree & Shrub Establishment | $2,406,050 |
| 16 | Mulching | $1,583,251 |
| 17 | Irrigation System- Microirrigation | $1,443,964 |
| 18 | Conservation Cover | $1,290,641 |
| 19 | Silvopasture | $1,026,907 |
| 20 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $895,494 |
| 21 | Brush Management | $574,696 |
| 22 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $345,971 |
| 23 | Energy Efficient Lighting System | $272,135 |
| 24 | Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.) | $222,012 |
| 25 | Critical Area Planting | $180,685 |
| 26 | Filter Strip | $2,951 |
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| Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $110,504,198 | |
| Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $31,867,089 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $78,637,109 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021
| Rank | State | EQIP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas County, Arkansas | $7,814,497 |
| 2 | Lonoke County, Arkansas | $6,676,426 |
| 3 | Desha County, Arkansas | $5,848,698 |
| 4 | Greene County, Arkansas | $5,469,971 |
| 5 | Jackson County, Arkansas | $5,131,948 |
| 6 | Craighead County, Arkansas | $5,019,905 |
| 7 | Cross County, Arkansas | $4,323,854 |
| 8 | Fulton County, Arkansas | $4,073,011 |
| 9 | Jefferson County, Arkansas | $4,014,770 |
| 10 | Saint Francis County, Arkansas | $3,917,696 |
| 11 | Sharp County, Arkansas | $3,618,499 |
| 12 | Izard County, Arkansas | $3,513,894 |
| 13 | Washington County, Arkansas | $3,316,737 |
| 14 | Yell County, Arkansas | $3,237,608 |
| 15 | Faulkner County, Arkansas | $3,036,020 |
| 16 | Stone County, Arkansas | $2,848,830 |
| 17 | Benton County, Arkansas | $2,792,090 |
| 18 | Prairie County, Arkansas | $2,766,951 |
| 19 | Logan County, Arkansas | $2,719,586 |
| 20 | Mississippi County, Arkansas | $2,706,647 |
| 21 | Franklin County, Arkansas | $2,546,846 |
| 22 | Searcy County, Arkansas | $2,524,374 |
| 23 | Carroll County, Arkansas | $2,447,581 |
| 24 | Poinsett County, Arkansas | $2,446,121 |
| 25 | Conway County, Arkansas | $2,385,413 |
| 26 | Pope County, Arkansas | $2,291,042 |
| 27 | Johnson County, Arkansas | $2,286,588 |
| 28 | Lincoln County, Arkansas | $2,151,667 |
| 29 | Lee County, Arkansas | $2,041,176 |
| 30 | Howard County, Arkansas | $2,020,907 |
| 31 | Crittenden County, Arkansas | $1,964,370 |
| 32 | Phillips County, Arkansas | $1,933,947 |
| 33 | Polk County, Arkansas | $1,857,790 |
| 34 | Sevier County, Arkansas | $1,691,496 |
| 35 | Independence County, Arkansas | $1,620,402 |
| 36 | Perry County, Arkansas | $1,537,149 |
| 37 | Clay County, Arkansas | $1,349,752 |
| 38 | Pike County, Arkansas | $1,314,579 |
| 39 | Cleburne County, Arkansas | $1,241,762 |
| 40 | Madison County, Arkansas | $1,112,145 |
| 41 | Van Buren County, Arkansas | $1,079,843 |
| 42 | Lawrence County, Arkansas | $1,071,965 |
| 43 | Randolph County, Arkansas | $1,030,292 |
| 44 | White County, Arkansas | $1,024,229 |
| 45 | Chicot County, Arkansas | $896,436 |
| 46 | Cleveland County, Arkansas | $817,772 |
| 47 | Hempstead County, Arkansas | $806,419 |
| 48 | Little River County, Arkansas | $788,143 |
| 49 | Baxter County, Arkansas | $693,470 |
| 50 | Boone County, Arkansas | $685,114 |
| 51 | Drew County, Arkansas | $683,963 |
| 52 | Scott County, Arkansas | $665,206 |
| 53 | Lafayette County, Arkansas | $652,136 |
| 54 | Woodruff County, Arkansas | $626,855 |
| 55 | Union County, Arkansas | $530,062 |
| 56 | Newton County, Arkansas | $464,186 |
| 57 | Marion County, Arkansas | $446,399 |
| 58 | Columbia County, Arkansas | $439,329 |
| 59 | Ouachita County, Arkansas | $389,821 |
| 60 | Hot Spring County, Arkansas | $376,508 |
| 61 | Montgomery County, Arkansas | $374,682 |
| 62 | Monroe County, Arkansas | $351,672 |
| 63 | Clark County, Arkansas | $234,354 |
| 64 | Dallas County, Arkansas | $224,196 |
| 65 | Ashley County, Arkansas | $183,196 |
| 66 | Calhoun County, Arkansas | $162,790 |
| 67 | Garland County, Arkansas | $142,008 |
| 68 | Nevada County, Arkansas | $128,394 |
| 69 | Miller County, Arkansas | $125,949 |
| 70 | Crawford County, Arkansas | $81,318 |
| 71 | Grant County, Arkansas | $78,448 |
| 72 | Pulaski County, Arkansas | $71,858 |
| 73 | Sebastian County, Arkansas | $44,051 |
| 74 | Saline County, Arkansas | $22,175 |
| 75 | Bradley County, Arkansas | $19,646 |
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The state-level EQIP 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 Arkansas, 2022
Land in Arkansas, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 37,756 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 13,722,525 |
| Cropland Acres: | 7,940,501 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 2,867,979 |
| Woodland Acres: | 2,383,238 |
Livestock in Arkansas, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 1,045,855,386 |
| Layers inventory | 14,421,929 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 1,588,074 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 145,376 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 32,485 |
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