EQIP in South Dakota

South Dakota

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in South Dakota

EQIP payments by fiscal year in South Dakota

EQIP payments by county, 2017-2020

Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2020, South Dakota

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2020
1	Livestock Pipeline	$10,733,504
2	Fence	$5,183,875
3	Cover Crop	$4,909,724
4	Water Well	$3,172,187
5	Watering Facility	$2,807,765
6	Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	$2,305,623
7	Waste Storage Facility	$2,126,329
8	Prescribed Grazing	$1,825,889
9	Forage and Biomass Planting	$1,767,353
10	Pond	$1,566,915
11	Brush Management	$1,098,364
12	Pumping Plant	$984,810
13	Mulching	$901,334
14	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation	$832,255
15	Heavy Use Area Protection	$828,403
16	Livestock Shelter Structure	$824,663
17	Nutrient Management	$807,785
18	Roofs and Covers	$706,795
19	Sprinkler System	$665,780
20	Range Planting	$625,440
21	Pest Management Conservation System	$515,111
22	Terrace	$504,294
23	Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility	$418,529
24	Obstruction Removal	$376,339
25	Forest Stand Improvement	$328,422
26	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$325,670
27	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$321,906
28	High Tunnel System	$321,630
29	Conservation Cover	$227,146
30	Conservation Crop Rotation	$221,136
31	Irrigation Pipeline	$220,499
32	Animal Mortality Facility	$192,045
33	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$165,827
34	Stream Crossing	$165,039
35	Grade Stabilization Structure	$160,200
36	Underground Outlet	$148,612
37	Irrigation System- Microirrigation	$147,401
38	Waste Facility Closure	$105,644
39	Streambank and Shoreline Protection	$92,612
40	Emergency Animal Mortality Management	$89,994
41	Grassed Waterway	$88,383
42	Pond Sealing or Lining- Compacted Clay Treatment	$83,839
43	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$81,739
44	Waste Transfer	$70,827
45	Water and Sediment Control Basin	$60,672
46	Energy Efficient Lighting System	$54,812
47	Pond Sealing or Lining- Compacted Soil Treatment	$54,144
48	Well Decommissioning	$51,718
49	Irrigation Water Management	$47,790
50	Critical Area Planting	$43,369
51	TA Application	$39,512
52	Structure for Water Control	$29,696
53	TA Check-Out	$26,139
54	Vegetated Treatment Area	$19,429
55	Forage Harvest Management	$18,248
56	Tree/Shrub Site Preparation	$17,994
57	Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written	$16,282
58	Open Channel	$15,590
59	Seasonal High Tunnel for Crops	$13,974
60	Fuel Break	$11,922
61	Structures for Wildlife	$11,314
62	Diversion	$9,234
63	Access Control	$9,127
64	TA Design	$8,753
65	Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation	$7,077
66	Prescribed Burning	$6,762
67	Spring Development	$6,418
68	Lined Waterway or Outlet	$6,185
69	Filter Strip	$5,538
70	Salinity and Sodic Soil Management	$4,374
71	Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management	$2,010
72	Riparian Forest Buffer	$1,743
73	Field Border	$1,542
74	Firebreak	$920
75	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$765
76	Drainage Water Management	$81
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	Total Payments, 2017-2020	50,677,784

NRCS climate smart practice.

NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2020, South Dakota

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2020
1	Cover Crop	$4,909,724
2	Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	$2,305,623
3	Prescribed Grazing	$1,825,889
4	Forage and Biomass Planting	$1,767,353
5	Mulching	$901,334
6	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation	$832,255
7	Nutrient Management	$807,785
8	Range Planting	$625,440
9	Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility	$418,529
10	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$325,670
11	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$321,906
12	Conservation Cover	$227,146
13	Conservation Crop Rotation	$221,136
14	Grassed Waterway	$88,383
15	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$81,739
16	Irrigation Water Management	$47,790
17	Filter Strip	$5,538
18	Riparian Forest Buffer	$1,743
19	Field Border	$1,542
20	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$765
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	Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2020	$15,717,289

NRCS climate smart practice.

EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	EQIP Payments, 2017-2020
1	Lyman County, South Dakota	$2,901,377
2	Corson County, South Dakota	$1,672,353
3	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$1,540,424
4	Dewey County, South Dakota	$1,236,513
5	Harding County, South Dakota	$1,169,824
6	Gregory County, South Dakota	$927,649
7	Mellette County, South Dakota	$925,739
8	Stanley County, South Dakota	$889,402
9	Perkins County, South Dakota	$872,385
10	Butte County, South Dakota	$807,259
11	Spink County, South Dakota	$772,507
12	Hutchinson County, South Dakota	$722,539
13	Hyde County, South Dakota	$654,485
14	Hughes County, South Dakota	$627,111
15	Walworth County, South Dakota	$599,830
16	Meade County, South Dakota	$574,853
17	Davison County, South Dakota	$565,948
18	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	$529,940
19	Jones County, South Dakota	$508,791
20	Bon Homme County, South Dakota	$495,499
21	Haakon County, South Dakota	$468,424
22	Lake County, South Dakota	$465,533
23	Tripp County, South Dakota	$452,324
24	Brule County, South Dakota	$441,016
25	Clark County, South Dakota	$419,195
26	Faulk County, South Dakota	$410,624
27	Moody County, South Dakota	$359,803
28	McPherson County, South Dakota	$340,461
29	Day County, South Dakota	$334,409
30	Todd County, South Dakota	$321,066
31	Yankton County, South Dakota	$287,581
32	Bennett County, South Dakota	$271,800
33	Hanson County, South Dakota	$271,450
34	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$257,748
35	Pennington County, South Dakota	$228,470
36	Miner County, South Dakota	$227,114
37	Campbell County, South Dakota	$210,394
38	Hand County, South Dakota	$195,018
39	Jerauld County, South Dakota	$189,297
40	Custer County, South Dakota	$179,286
41	Edmunds County, South Dakota	$173,103
42	Lincoln County, South Dakota	$169,819
43	Douglas County, South Dakota	$169,565
44	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	$166,001
45	Clay County, South Dakota	$165,562
46	Turner County, South Dakota	$163,034
47	Jackson County, South Dakota	$161,947
48	Union County, South Dakota	$153,994
49	Brown County, South Dakota	$149,664
50	Grant County, South Dakota	$147,392
51	Sully County, South Dakota	$133,262
52	Marshall County, South Dakota	$129,344
53	Aurora County, South Dakota	$127,623
54	Potter County, South Dakota	$114,525
55	Brookings County, South Dakota	$90,674
56	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	$85,193
57	Roberts County, South Dakota	$76,627
58	Beadle County, South Dakota	$63,596
59	McCook County, South Dakota	$60,230
60	Lawrence County, South Dakota	$48,997
61	Fall River County, South Dakota	$44,346
62	Deuel County, South Dakota	$23,318
63	Codington County, South Dakota	$16,108
64	Sanborn County, South Dakota	$8,736
65	Hamlin County, South Dakota	$2,778
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for South Dakota, 2017

Land in South Dakota, 2017

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	29,968
Total Acres in Farms:	43,243,742
Cropland Acres:	19,813,517
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	21,997,620
Woodland Acres:	284,905

Livestock in South Dakota, 2017

Livestock	Number of Animals
Cattle and calves inventory	3,988,183
Layers inventory	2,708,331
Hogs and pigs inventory	1,560,522
Sheep and lambs inventory	233,006
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	146,197

Crops in South Dakota, 2017

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