EQIP in Nevada
Nevada
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Nevada
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 Nevada
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Nevada
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Pipeline  | $11,700,491 |
| 2 | Sprinkler System | $7,613,881 |
| 3 | Structure for Water Control | $3,710,824 |
| 4 | Brush Management | $1,932,425 |
| 5 | Fence | $1,550,556 |
| 6 | Pumping Plant | $1,457,181 |
| 7 | Livestock Pipeline | $852,313 |
| 8 | Range Planting  | $612,245 |
| 9 | Watering Facility | $528,471 |
| 10 | Irrigation Land Leveling | $508,182 |
| 11 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $231,564 |
| 12 | Irrigation Water Management | $176,332 |
| 13 | Irrigation Water Conveyance - High Pressure Underground Plastic | $164,119 |
| 14 | Cover Crop | $137,434 |
| 15 | High Tunnel System | $101,010 |
| 16 | Prescribed Grazing | $43,041 |
| 17 | Structures for Wildlife | $31,291 |
| 18 | Spring Development | $30,507 |
| 19 | Obstruction Removal | $21,068 |
| 20 | Forage and Biomass Planting | $17,658 |
| 21 | Lined Waterway or Outlet | $17,436 |
| 22 | Irrigation Field Ditch | $15,612 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 31,453,641 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Nevada
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Pipeline | $11,700,491 |
| 2 | Sprinkler System | $7,613,881 |
| 3 | Brush Management | $1,932,425 |
| 4 | Pumping Plant | $1,457,181 |
| 5 | Range Planting | $612,245 |
| 6 | Irrigation Water Management | $176,332 |
| 7 | Cover Crop | $137,434 |
| 8 | Prescribed Grazing | $43,041 |
| 9 | Forage and Biomass Planting | $17,658 |
| Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $23,690,688 | |
| Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $810,378 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $22,880,310 |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021
| Rank | State | EQIP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon County, Nevada | $5,689,580 |
| 2 | Elko County, Nevada | $3,616,760 |
| 3 | Humboldt County, Nevada | $3,473,302 |
| 4 | Pershing County, Nevada | $2,368,301 |
| 5 | White Pine County, Nevada | $1,338,793 |
| 6 | Washoe County, Nevada | $1,305,648 |
| 7 | Lincoln County, Nevada | $833,572 |
| 8 | Douglas County, Nevada | $800,611 |
| 9 | Nye County, Nevada | $644,069 |
| 10 | Eureka County, Nevada | $555,085 |
| 11 | Lander County, Nevada | $446,024 |
| 12 | Churchill County, Nevada | $390,214 |
| 13 | Mineral County, Nevada | $314,618 |
| 14 | Clark County, Nevada | $51,129 |
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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 Nevada, 2022
Land in Nevada, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 3,122 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 5,896,654 |
| Cropland Acres: | 653,891 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 4,819,992 |
| Woodland Acres: | 61,686 |
Livestock in Nevada, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Cattle and calves inventory | 438,511 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 71,699 |
| Layers inventory | 15,363 |
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 2,366 |
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