EQIP in Indiana

Indiana

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Indiana

EQIP payments by fiscal year in Indiana

EQIP payments by county, 2017-2020

Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2020, Indiana

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2020
1	Cover Crop	$29,396,306
2	Brush Management	$6,583,284
3	Waste Storage Facility	$5,002,036
4	Nutrient Management	$4,789,513
5	Roofs and Covers	$3,204,319
6	Water and Sediment Control Basin	$3,060,990
7	Forest Stand Improvement	$3,037,999
8	Forage and Biomass Planting	$2,515,444
9	Heavy Use Area Protection	$2,246,231
10	Underground Outlet	$2,123,971
11	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$1,741,022
12	Conservation Cover	$1,670,464
13	High Tunnel System	$1,380,906
14	Animal Mortality Facility	$1,153,370
15	Pest Management Conservation System	$1,026,900
16	Fence	$936,158
17	Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan	$873,928
18	Mulching	$833,641
19	Amending Soil Properties with Gypsum Products	$788,086
20	Waste Transfer	$740,817
21	Livestock Pipeline	$694,812
22	Watering Facility	$645,199
23	Waste Facility Closure	$620,322
24	Forest Management Plan	$565,796
25	Subsurface Drain	$496,574
26	Grassed Waterway	$457,234
27	Nutrient Management Plan - Written	$415,796
28	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$411,447
29	Grade Stabilization Structure	$403,975
30	Amending Soil Properties with Gypsiferous Products	$316,941
31	Roof Runoff Structure	$274,196
32	Lined Waterway or Outlet	$270,330
33	Integrated Pest Management Plan - Written	$266,317
34	Access Road	$238,126
35	Prescribed Grazing	$228,552
36	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$164,813
37	Seasonal High Tunnel for Crops	$120,667
38	Water Well	$117,284
39	Edge-of-Field Water Quality Monitoring-Data Collection and Evaluation	$103,791
40	Pumping Plant	$102,513
41	Stream Crossing	$100,618
42	Irrigation Water Management	$60,438
43	Structure for Water Control	$59,686
44	Spring Development	$56,543
45	Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation	$52,508
46	Conservation Crop Rotation	$49,209
47	Critical Area Planting	$44,971
48	Conservation Plan Supporting Organic Transition	$44,121
49	Diversion	$41,701
50	Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	$41,195
51	Hedgerow Planting	$41,190
52	Composting Facility	$40,155
53	Wetland Restoration	$37,924
54	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$37,191
55	Forest Trails and Landings	$34,740
56	Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written	$34,652
57	Pond	$32,663
58	Access Control	$29,650
59	Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility	$28,155
60	Open Channel	$27,696
61	Trails and Walkways	$26,858
62	Sediment Basin	$23,925
63	Field Border	$23,488
64	Waste Recycling	$23,294
65	Energy Efficient Building Envelope	$22,000
66	Terrace	$21,368
67	Sprinkler System	$20,980
68	Drainage Water Management Plan - Written	$20,683
69	Pond Sealing or Lining- Compacted Soil Treatment	$18,666
70	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$18,179
71	Wetland Creation	$15,558
72	Structures for Wildlife	$12,901
73	Drainage Water Management	$12,327
74	Wetland Enhancement	$11,260
75	Firebreak	$11,024
76	Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities	$8,297
77	Energy Efficient Lighting System	$8,061
78	Equitable Relief Payment	$7,284
79	Silvopasture	$6,576
80	Streambank and Shoreline Protection	$5,038
81	Prescribed Burning	$4,476
82	Irrigation Water Management Plan - Written	$2,453
83	Riparian Forest Buffer	$2,010
84	Monitoring and Evaluation	$1,766
85	Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt	$1,546
86	Tree/Shrub Pruning	$1,216
87	Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management	$865
88	Well Decommissioning	$775
89	Erroneous Underpayment	$627
90	Filter Strip	$609
91	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation	$291
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	Total Payments, 2017-2020	81,249,481

NRCS climate smart practice.

NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2020, Indiana

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2020
1	Cover Crop	$29,396,306
2	Nutrient Management	$4,789,513
3	Forage and Biomass Planting	$2,515,444
4	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$1,741,022
5	Conservation Cover	$1,670,464
6	Mulching	$833,641
7	Grassed Waterway	$457,234
8	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$411,447
9	Prescribed Grazing	$228,552
10	Irrigation Water Management	$60,438
11	Conservation Crop Rotation	$49,209
12	Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	$41,195
13	Hedgerow Planting	$41,190
14	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$37,191
15	Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility	$28,155
16	Field Border	$23,488
17	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$18,179
18	Silvopasture	$6,576
19	Riparian Forest Buffer	$2,010
20	Filter Strip	$609
21	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation	$291
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	Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2020	$42,352,152

NRCS climate smart practice.

EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	EQIP Payments, 2017-2020
1	Adams County, Indiana	$2,589,771
2	Washington County, Indiana	$2,104,460
3	Whitley County, Indiana	$1,981,176
4	Posey County, Indiana	$1,471,384
5	Lawrence County, Indiana	$1,468,270
6	Noble County, Indiana	$1,189,034
7	Greene County, Indiana	$1,170,331
8	Allen County, Indiana	$1,147,326
9	Knox County, Indiana	$1,142,187
10	De Kalb County, Indiana	$1,139,771
11	Decatur County, Indiana	$1,135,311
12	Harrison County, Indiana	$1,121,342
13	Warrick County, Indiana	$1,072,389
14	Lagrange County, Indiana	$1,046,244
15	Dubois County, Indiana	$842,912
16	Bartholomew County, Indiana	$777,770
17	Pulaski County, Indiana	$716,261
18	Vigo County, Indiana	$645,806
19	Sullivan County, Indiana	$643,267
20	Wells County, Indiana	$608,432
21	Benton County, Indiana	$600,744
22	Jennings County, Indiana	$567,512
23	Kosciusko County, Indiana	$518,451
24	Putnam County, Indiana	$510,596
25	Wayne County, Indiana	$413,536
26	Henry County, Indiana	$400,811
27	Wabash County, Indiana	$380,639
28	Parke County, Indiana	$377,983
29	Elkhart County, Indiana	$367,009
30	Porter County, Indiana	$364,994
31	Ripley County, Indiana	$353,290
32	Randolph County, Indiana	$342,572
33	Monroe County, Indiana	$340,019
34	Steuben County, Indiana	$337,475
35	Cass County, Indiana	$327,182
36	Jefferson County, Indiana	$315,937
37	Switzerland County, Indiana	$312,920
38	Tippecanoe County, Indiana	$310,108
39	Delaware County, Indiana	$297,014
40	La Porte County, Indiana	$293,270
41	Carroll County, Indiana	$283,741
42	Miami County, Indiana	$281,989
43	Daviess County, Indiana	$272,789
44	Jackson County, Indiana	$272,315
45	Saint Joseph County, Indiana	$271,702
46	Montgomery County, Indiana	$260,794
47	Brown County, Indiana	$258,132
48	Owen County, Indiana	$250,600
49	Dearborn County, Indiana	$239,540
50	Orange County, Indiana	$223,966
51	Fayette County, Indiana	$214,034
52	Clay County, Indiana	$211,263
53	Crawford County, Indiana	$203,882
54	Hendricks County, Indiana	$192,562
55	Perry County, Indiana	$192,382
56	Jay County, Indiana	$189,330
57	Franklin County, Indiana	$188,580
58	Rush County, Indiana	$182,569
59	Pike County, Indiana	$178,607
60	Lake County, Indiana	$175,439
61	Warren County, Indiana	$170,163
62	Tipton County, Indiana	$156,508
63	Vanderburgh County, Indiana	$155,067
64	Hancock County, Indiana	$150,143
65	White County, Indiana	$136,601
66	Huntington County, Indiana	$132,858
67	Ohio County, Indiana	$129,588
68	Shelby County, Indiana	$129,166
69	Martin County, Indiana	$126,425
70	Howard County, Indiana	$113,394
71	Boone County, Indiana	$112,163
72	Johnson County, Indiana	$100,745
73	Fountain County, Indiana	$94,029
74	Clinton County, Indiana	$86,532
75	Gibson County, Indiana	$86,327
76	Spencer County, Indiana	$79,182
77	Clark County, Indiana	$63,515
78	Starke County, Indiana	$62,771
79	Morgan County, Indiana	$60,089
80	Floyd County, Indiana	$57,083
81	Union County, Indiana	$50,987
82	Vermillion County, Indiana	$36,984
83	Marshall County, Indiana	$36,750
84	Jasper County, Indiana	$6,904
85	Hamilton County, Indiana	$243
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Indiana, 2017

Land in Indiana, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	56,649
Total Acres in Farms:	14,969,996
Cropland Acres:	12,909,673
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	508,735
Woodland Acres:	1,034,784

Livestock in Indiana, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	44,862,510
Layers inventory	26,354,377
Hogs and pigs inventory	4,004,388
Cattle and calves inventory	844,187
Sheep and lambs inventory	62,085

Crops in Indiana, 2017

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