Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in North Carolina
EQIP payments by practice class in North Carolina
- Farm, Ranch & Land Management
- Structures, Equipment & Facilities
Contracts
See practice class data
EQIP payments by practice suite in North Carolina
See practice suite data
EQIP payments by contract size in North Carolina, 1997-2015
See contract data
Most commonly used practices for EQIP contracts in North Carolina
Rank | Practice | Number of Contracts |
---|
1 | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | 2,780 |
2 | Nutrient Management | 2,601 |
3 | Watering Facility | 1,627 |
4 | Critical Area Planting | 1,626 |
5 | Heavy Use Area Protection | 1,511 |
6 | Other Pipeline | 1,479 |
7 | Fence | 1,475 |
8 | Animal Waste Storage Facility | 1,210 |
9 | Crop Residue Management | 1,154 |
10 | Water Well | 1,010 |
11 | Long Term No. Till | 798 |
12 | Conservation Crop Rotation | 746 |
13 | Technical Assistance - Check-Out Practice Application | 710 |
14 | Technical Assistance - Practice Application | 702 |
15 | Prescribed Grazing | 647 |
16 | Technical Assistance - Design | 640 |
17 | Forage and Biomass Planting | 622 |
18 | Pumping Plant | 497 |
19 | Prescribed Burning | 479 |
20 | Access Road | 448 |
EQIP impacts on resource concerns in North Carolina, 1997-2015
See resource concern data
EQIP payments by county in North Carolina, 1997-2015
Rank | County | Payments |
---|
1 | Duplin County, North Carolina | $8,071,731 |
2 | Sampson County, North Carolina | $7,783,943 |
3 | Robeson County, North Carolina | $6,078,758 |
4 | Wayne County, North Carolina | $6,005,490 |
5 | Randolph County, North Carolina | $5,753,282 |
6 | Surry County, North Carolina | $5,361,272 |
7 | Moore County, North Carolina | $5,190,353 |
8 | Chatham County, North Carolina | $4,055,529 |
9 | Wilkes County, North Carolina | $3,807,332 |
10 | Yadkin County, North Carolina | $3,765,647 |
See all counties in North Carolina |
USDA Census of Agriculture Data for North Carolina, 2012
Land in North Carolina, 2012
Land type | Acres |
---|
Number of Farms: | 50,218 |
Total Acres in Farms: | 8,414,756 |
Cropland Acres: | 4,745,014 |
Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 1,051,041 |
Woodland Acres: | 2,145,710 |
Farmsteads, homes, buildings, facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. Acres: | 472,991 |
Livestock in North Carolina, 2012
Livestock | Number of Animals |
---|
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 801,883,037 |
Layers inventory | 13,091,384 |
Hogs and pigs inventory | 8,901,434 |
Cattle and calves inventory | 829,717 |
Sheep and lambs inventory | 29,224 |
Crops in North Carolina, 2012