EQIP in Stearns County, Minnesota
Stearns County, Minnesota
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Stearns County, Minnesota
The county-level EQIP data only includes practices that had more than four contracts in a county for a particular year. Because of this, the data contained within the county pages will not sum up to the total payments by practice on the state or national pages.
EQIP payments by fiscal year in Stearns County, Minnesota
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Stearns County, Minnesota
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Storage Facility  | $5,017,406 |
| 2 | Roofs and Covers | $1,931,750 |
| 3 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $326,105 |
| 4 | Waste Transfer | $217,070 |
| 5 | Subsurface Drain | $196,091 |
| 6 | Fence | $149,858 |
| 7 | Nutrient Management  | $135,543 |
| 8 | Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility | $127,144 |
| 9 | Energy Efficient Lighting System | $98,758 |
| 10 | Cover Crop | $87,919 |
| 11 | Underground Outlet | $67,154 |
| 12 | Pumping Plant | $40,426 |
| 13 | Pest Management Conservation System | $39,719 |
| 14 | Pond Sealing or Lining- Compacted Clay Treatment | $31,616 |
| 15 | Diversion | $31,310 |
| 16 | Waste Facility Closure | $28,416 |
| 17 | Mulching | $26,031 |
| 18 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $22,549 |
| 19 | Water and Sediment Control Basin | $18,455 |
| 20 | Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $16,453 |
| 21 | Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.) | $13,950 |
| 22 | Prescribed Grazing | $13,473 |
| 23 | Obstruction Removal | $11,347 |
| 24 | Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written | $10,940 |
| 25 | Roof Runoff Structure | $6,594 |
| 26 | Irrigation Water Management | $6,294 |
| 27 | Livestock Pipeline | $4,160 |
| 28 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | $3,821 |
| 29 | Critical Area Planting | $3,102 |
| 30 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $118 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 8,683,572 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Stearns County, Minnesota
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Storage Facility | $5,017,406 |
| 2 | Roofs and Covers | $1,931,750 |
| 3 | Nutrient Management | $135,543 |
| 4 | Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility | $127,144 |
| 5 | Energy Efficient Lighting System | $98,758 |
| 6 | Cover Crop | $87,919 |
| 7 | Pumping Plant | $40,426 |
| 8 | Mulching | $26,031 |
| 9 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $22,549 |
| 10 | Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $16,453 |
| 11 | Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.) | $13,950 |
| 12 | Prescribed Grazing | $13,473 |
| 13 | Irrigation Water Management | $6,294 |
| 14 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | $3,821 |
| 15 | Critical Area Planting | $3,102 |
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| Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $7,544,619 | |
| Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $283,839 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $7,260,781 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021
| Rank | State | EQIP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stearns County, Minnesota | $8,683,572 |
| 2 | East Polk County, Minnesota | $6,538,207 |
| 3 | Mahnomen County, Minnesota | $5,564,189 |
| 4 | Benton County, Minnesota | $4,057,562 |
| 5 | Morrison County, Minnesota | $3,216,375 |
| 6 | Big Stone County, Minnesota | $2,932,378 |
| 7 | East Otter Tail County, Minnesota | $2,117,278 |
| 8 | Becker County, Minnesota | $1,998,293 |
| 9 | Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota | $1,870,985 |
| 10 | Norman County, Minnesota | $1,761,081 |
| 11 | Dakota County, Minnesota | $1,728,330 |
| 12 | Marshall County, Minnesota | $1,704,495 |
| 13 | Todd County, Minnesota | $1,492,715 |
| 14 | North St. Louis County, Minnesota | $1,478,831 |
| 15 | Stevens County, Minnesota | $1,475,462 |
| 16 | Murray County, Minnesota | $1,352,423 |
| 17 | Rice County, Minnesota | $1,207,848 |
| 18 | Jackson County, Minnesota | $1,188,909 |
| 19 | Lincoln County, Minnesota | $1,174,468 |
| 20 | Cottonwood County, Minnesota | $1,070,489 |
| 21 | Douglas County, Minnesota | $1,035,920 |
| 22 | Rock County, Minnesota | $1,001,914 |
| 23 | Mower County, Minnesota | $986,553 |
| 24 | Nobles County, Minnesota | $961,419 |
| 25 | Aitkin County, Minnesota | $936,715 |
| 26 | Lyon County, Minnesota | $817,836 |
| 27 | Wilkin County, Minnesota | $751,418 |
| 28 | Renville County, Minnesota | $728,398 |
| 29 | Nicollet County, Minnesota | $705,598 |
| 30 | Houston County, Minnesota | $704,211 |
| 31 | Olmsted County, Minnesota | $702,263 |
| 32 | Winona County, Minnesota | $595,708 |
| 33 | Pope County, Minnesota | $587,480 |
| 34 | Lake County, Minnesota | $578,477 |
| 35 | Goodhue County, Minnesota | $543,879 |
| 36 | Redwood County, Minnesota | $529,059 |
| 37 | Fillmore County, Minnesota | $503,772 |
| 38 | Wadena County, Minnesota | $484,783 |
| 39 | Pipestone County, Minnesota | $474,540 |
| 40 | Wright County, Minnesota | $460,562 |
| 41 | Freeborn County, Minnesota | $454,054 |
| 42 | Cass County, Minnesota | $429,158 |
| 43 | Carlton County, Minnesota | $341,177 |
| 44 | Roseau County, Minnesota | $329,470 |
| 45 | Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota | $301,184 |
| 46 | Chisago County, Minnesota | $300,565 |
| 47 | Blue Earth County, Minnesota | $298,681 |
| 48 | Le Sueur County, Minnesota | $293,953 |
| 49 | Beltrami County, Minnesota | $229,965 |
| 50 | Clay County, Minnesota | $213,839 |
| 51 | Pine County, Minnesota | $209,305 |
| 52 | Grant County, Minnesota | $203,053 |
| 53 | Meeker County, Minnesota | $202,942 |
| 54 | Brown County, Minnesota | $201,095 |
| 55 | Sibley County, Minnesota | $200,668 |
| 56 | Wabasha County, Minnesota | $188,462 |
| 57 | Traverse County, Minnesota | $181,299 |
| 58 | Cook County, Minnesota | $171,731 |
| 59 | Itasca County, Minnesota | $155,486 |
| 60 | Faribault County, Minnesota | $132,090 |
| 61 | Dodge County, Minnesota | $129,446 |
| 62 | Pennington County, Minnesota | $126,180 |
| 63 | Crow Wing County, Minnesota | $120,772 |
| 64 | Steele County, Minnesota | $113,069 |
| 65 | Swift County, Minnesota | $112,751 |
| 66 | Waseca County, Minnesota | $103,526 |
| 67 | Chippewa County, Minnesota | $101,366 |
| 68 | Kanabec County, Minnesota | $95,506 |
| 69 | Kittson County, Minnesota | $94,071 |
| 70 | Martin County, Minnesota | $75,344 |
| 71 | Scott County, Minnesota | $54,208 |
| 72 | Sherburne County, Minnesota | $50,532 |
| 73 | Koochiching County, Minnesota | $48,833 |
| 74 | Isanti County, Minnesota | $46,502 |
| 75 | Hubbard County, Minnesota | $33,405 |
| 76 | Watonwan County, Minnesota | $31,349 |
| 77 | Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota | $29,175 |
| 78 | Mille Lacs County, Minnesota | $20,178 |
| 79 | Clearwater County, Minnesota | $12,546 |
| 80 | Red Lake County, Minnesota | $12,546 |
| 81 | Kandiyohi County, Minnesota | $5,124 |
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The county-level EQIP data only includes practices that had more than four contracts in a county for a particular year. Because of this, the data contained within the county pages will not sum up to the total payments by practice on the state or national pages.
USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Stearns County, Minnesota, 2022
Land in Stearns County, Minnesota, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 2,695 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 643,463 |
| Cropland Acres: | 512,194 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 30,938 |
| Woodland Acres: | 43,154 |
Livestock in Stearns County, Minnesota, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 11,989,349 |
| Layers inventory | 897,819 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 187,176 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 65,897 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 3,665 |
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