EQIP in Texas
Texas
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Texas
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 Texas
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2022
Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Texas
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush Management  | $147,894,327 |
| 2 | Sprinkler System | $59,364,056 |
| 3 | Fence | $44,159,718 |
| 4 | Irrigation System- Microirrigation | $40,970,751 |
| 5 | Range Planting  | $28,054,256 |
| 6 | Forage and Biomass Planting | $20,816,581 |
| 7 | Cover Crop | $17,714,890 |
| 8 | Water Well | $13,765,328 |
| 9 | Prescribed Grazing | $12,043,992 |
| 10 | Livestock Pipeline | $11,065,387 |
| 11 | Irrigation Land Leveling | $10,905,672 |
| 12 | Tree & Shrub Establishment | $9,224,072 |
| 13 | Pumping Plant | $8,496,406 |
| 14 | Irrigation Pipeline | $7,044,808 |
| 15 | Watering Facility | $6,870,271 |
| 16 | Tree/Shrub Site Preparation | $6,646,508 |
| 17 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $6,360,871 |
| 18 | High Tunnel System | $6,346,397 |
| 19 | Pond | $5,700,310 |
| 20 | Structure for Water Control | $4,318,346 |
| 21 | Terrace | $3,228,456 |
| 22 | Precision Land Forming and Smoothing | $2,754,674 |
| 23 | Conservation Cover | $2,276,961 |
| 24 | Amendments for Treatment of Agricultural Waste | $2,094,365 |
| 25 | Prescribed Burning | $1,857,467 |
| 26 | Irrigation Ditch Lining | $1,743,522 |
| 27 | Waste Treatment | $1,614,344 |
| 28 | Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till | $1,599,568 |
| 29 | Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.) | $1,311,177 |
| 30 | Forest Stand Improvement | $1,306,521 |
| 31 | Grassed Waterway | $1,223,260 |
| 32 | Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $1,170,806 |
| 33 | Firebreak | $1,155,394 |
| 34 | Irrigation Water Management | $846,334 |
| 35 | Waste Storage Facility | $743,445 |
| 36 | Roofs and Covers | $690,905 |
| 37 | Animal Mortality Facility | $657,863 |
| 38 | Land Smoothing | $642,041 |
| 39 | Heavy Use Area Protection | $622,445 |
| 40 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $613,758 |
| 41 | Grade Stabilization Structure | $602,908 |
| 42 | Roof Runoff Structure | $576,592 |
| 43 | Nutrient Management | $549,850 |
| 44 | Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $473,934 |
| 45 | Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment | $450,615 |
| 46 | Irrigation System- Surface and Subsurface | $290,197 |
| 47 | Obstruction Removal | $272,307 |
| 48 | Underground Outlet | $231,647 |
| 49 | Critical Area Planting | $221,461 |
| 50 | Waste Transfer | $182,157 |
| 51 | Well Decommissioning | $172,078 |
| 52 | Emergency Animal Mortality Management | $169,402 |
| 53 | Seasonal High Tunnel for Crops | $122,346 |
| 54 | Diversion | $118,404 |
| 55 | Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written | $114,936 |
| 56 | Stream Crossing | $93,452 |
| 57 | Wildlife Habitat Planting | $70,361 |
| 58 | Energy Efficient Lighting System | $61,920 |
| 59 | Lined Waterway or Outlet | $38,688 |
| 60 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $35,328 |
| 61 | TA Design | $31,414 |
| 62 | Field Border | $26,985 |
| 63 | TA Check-Out | $23,724 |
| 64 | Livestock Shelter Structure | $23,498 |
| 65 | Forage Harvest Management | $23,244 |
| 66 | TA Application | $22,417 |
| 67 | Structures for Wildlife | $21,927 |
| 68 | Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt | $2,026 |
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| Total Payments, 2017-2022 | 500,940,071 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Texas
| Rank | Practice | Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush Management | $147,894,327 |
| 2 | Sprinkler System | $59,364,056 |
| 3 | Irrigation System- Microirrigation | $40,970,751 |
| 4 | Range Planting | $28,054,256 |
| 5 | Forage and Biomass Planting | $20,816,581 |
| 6 | Cover Crop | $17,714,890 |
| 7 | Prescribed Grazing | $12,043,992 |
| 8 | Tree & Shrub Establishment | $9,224,072 |
| 9 | Pumping Plant | $8,496,406 |
| 10 | Irrigation Pipeline | $7,044,808 |
| 11 | Herbaceous Weed Treatment | $6,360,871 |
| 12 | Conservation Cover | $2,276,961 |
| 13 | Prescribed Burning | $1,857,467 |
| 14 | Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till | $1,599,568 |
| 15 | Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.) | $1,311,177 |
| 16 | Forest Stand Improvement | $1,306,521 |
| 17 | Grassed Waterway | $1,223,260 |
| 18 | Irrigation Water Management | $846,334 |
| 19 | Waste Storage Facility | $743,445 |
| 20 | Roofs and Covers | $690,905 |
| 21 | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | $613,758 |
| 22 | Nutrient Management | $549,850 |
| 23 | Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $473,934 |
| 24 | Critical Area Planting | $221,461 |
| 25 | Wildlife Habitat Planting | $70,361 |
| 26 | Energy Efficient Lighting System | $61,920 |
| 27 | Conservation Crop Rotation | $35,328 |
| 28 | Field Border | $26,985 |
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| Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $371,894,245 | |
| Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $95,098,381 | |
| Provisional Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022 | $276,795,864 | |
NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.
EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021
| Rank | State | EQIP Payments, 2017-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starr County, Texas | $13,841,948 |
| 2 | Hale County, Texas | $10,037,667 |
| 3 | Lubbock County, Texas | $8,656,775 |
| 4 | Nolan County, Texas | $6,761,838 |
| 5 | Deaf Smith County, Texas | $6,377,515 |
| 6 | Kimble County, Texas | $6,223,884 |
| 7 | Colorado County, Texas | $5,932,075 |
| 8 | Hockley County, Texas | $5,460,216 |
| 9 | Webb County, Texas | $5,362,225 |
| 10 | Taylor County, Texas | $5,034,438 |
| 11 | Edwards County, Texas | $4,791,642 |
| 12 | Castro County, Texas | $4,768,777 |
| 13 | Zapata County, Texas | $4,638,185 |
| 14 | Schleicher County, Texas | $4,617,478 |
| 15 | Hansford County, Texas | $4,617,227 |
| 16 | Coke County, Texas | $4,568,102 |
| 17 | Martin County, Texas | $4,547,196 |
| 18 | Lamb County, Texas | $4,526,080 |
| 19 | Terry County, Texas | $4,323,397 |
| 20 | Gaines County, Texas | $4,100,903 |
| 21 | Wharton County, Texas | $4,018,430 |
| 22 | Cass County, Texas | $3,883,712 |
| 23 | Sutton County, Texas | $3,589,265 |
| 24 | Crockett County, Texas | $3,565,743 |
| 25 | Duval County, Texas | $3,408,349 |
| 26 | Dawson County, Texas | $3,311,115 |
| 27 | Stephens County, Texas | $3,212,588 |
| 28 | Tom Green County, Texas | $3,211,802 |
| 29 | Floyd County, Texas | $3,161,903 |
| 30 | Crosby County, Texas | $2,982,206 |
| 31 | Swisher County, Texas | $2,944,560 |
| 32 | Presidio County, Texas | $2,910,992 |
| 33 | Concho County, Texas | $2,904,916 |
| 34 | Lynn County, Texas | $2,847,100 |
| 35 | Matagorda County, Texas | $2,793,494 |
| 36 | Gillespie County, Texas | $2,755,280 |
| 37 | Sterling County, Texas | $2,740,744 |
| 38 | Dallam County, Texas | $2,713,482 |
| 39 | Hutchinson County, Texas | $2,573,243 |
| 40 | Hopkins County, Texas | $2,572,659 |
| 41 | San Saba County, Texas | $2,555,891 |
| 42 | Moore County, Texas | $2,544,389 |
| 43 | Hidalgo County, Texas | $2,539,854 |
| 44 | Ellis County, Texas | $2,469,907 |
| 45 | Menard County, Texas | $2,463,760 |
| 46 | Kerr County, Texas | $2,436,292 |
| 47 | McCulloch County, Texas | $2,405,219 |
| 48 | Sherman County, Texas | $2,247,822 |
| 49 | Runnels County, Texas | $2,223,197 |
| 50 | Oldham County, Texas | $2,207,998 |
| 51 | Jim Hogg County, Texas | $2,207,814 |
| 52 | Lipscomb County, Texas | $2,204,574 |
| 53 | Lamar County, Texas | $2,201,524 |
| 54 | Yoakum County, Texas | $2,195,486 |
| 55 | Pecos County, Texas | $2,185,071 |
| 56 | Brewster County, Texas | $2,140,877 |
| 57 | Wise County, Texas | $2,134,200 |
| 58 | Howard County, Texas | $2,123,853 |
| 59 | Mason County, Texas | $2,108,028 |
| 60 | Red River County, Texas | $2,032,963 |
| 61 | Hamilton County, Texas | $2,012,607 |
| 62 | Val Verde County, Texas | $1,980,233 |
| 63 | Lampasas County, Texas | $1,924,233 |
| 64 | Callahan County, Texas | $1,900,522 |
| 65 | Cochran County, Texas | $1,887,143 |
| 66 | Frio County, Texas | $1,828,860 |
| 67 | Comanche County, Texas | $1,827,930 |
| 68 | Ochiltree County, Texas | $1,774,921 |
| 69 | Hemphill County, Texas | $1,753,221 |
| 70 | Parmer County, Texas | $1,710,479 |
| 71 | Live Oak County, Texas | $1,707,203 |
| 72 | Young County, Texas | $1,657,383 |
| 73 | Reagan County, Texas | $1,648,322 |
| 74 | Cherokee County, Texas | $1,645,703 |
| 75 | Foard County, Texas | $1,644,854 |
| 76 | El Paso County, Texas | $1,644,253 |
| 77 | Brown County, Texas | $1,638,793 |
| 78 | Collingsworth County, Texas | $1,634,798 |
| 79 | Hardeman County, Texas | $1,628,688 |
| 80 | Briscoe County, Texas | $1,620,017 |
| 81 | Shackelford County, Texas | $1,612,445 |
| 82 | Wilbarger County, Texas | $1,577,730 |
| 83 | Jim Wells County, Texas | $1,573,493 |
| 84 | Motley County, Texas | $1,555,356 |
| 85 | Anderson County, Texas | $1,551,653 |
| 86 | Uvalde County, Texas | $1,538,142 |
| 87 | Nacogdoches County, Texas | $1,522,025 |
| 88 | Navarro County, Texas | $1,513,427 |
| 89 | Coleman County, Texas | $1,471,852 |
| 90 | Dickens County, Texas | $1,450,057 |
| 91 | Medina County, Texas | $1,443,139 |
| 92 | Terrell County, Texas | $1,441,601 |
| 93 | Wichita County, Texas | $1,435,737 |
| 94 | Llano County, Texas | $1,402,404 |
| 95 | Mitchell County, Texas | $1,396,553 |
| 96 | Montague County, Texas | $1,394,061 |
| 97 | Scurry County, Texas | $1,368,514 |
| 98 | Throckmorton County, Texas | $1,367,577 |
| 99 | Hall County, Texas | $1,364,875 |
| 100 | Armstrong County, Texas | $1,364,810 |
| 101 | Hartley County, Texas | $1,356,117 |
| 102 | La Salle County, Texas | $1,340,833 |
| 103 | King County, Texas | $1,313,471 |
| 104 | Houston County, Texas | $1,294,127 |
| 105 | Limestone County, Texas | $1,292,562 |
| 106 | Stonewall County, Texas | $1,284,555 |
| 107 | Bandera County, Texas | $1,284,260 |
| 108 | Childress County, Texas | $1,278,102 |
| 109 | Hill County, Texas | $1,258,846 |
| 110 | Robertson County, Texas | $1,242,215 |
| 111 | Harrison County, Texas | $1,229,498 |
| 112 | Kinney County, Texas | $1,229,286 |
| 113 | Donley County, Texas | $1,226,381 |
| 114 | Fisher County, Texas | $1,169,987 |
| 115 | Bee County, Texas | $1,141,341 |
| 116 | Blanco County, Texas | $1,124,582 |
| 117 | Roberts County, Texas | $1,115,836 |
| 118 | Cottle County, Texas | $1,110,318 |
| 119 | Kent County, Texas | $1,091,017 |
| 120 | Mills County, Texas | $1,082,265 |
| 121 | Erath County, Texas | $1,061,949 |
| 122 | Borden County, Texas | $1,059,217 |
| 123 | Bailey County, Texas | $1,006,060 |
| 124 | Archer County, Texas | $994,548 |
| 125 | Randall County, Texas | $970,473 |
| 126 | McLennan County, Texas | $967,810 |
| 127 | Brooks County, Texas | $967,119 |
| 128 | Jack County, Texas | $966,360 |
| 129 | Clay County, Texas | $964,136 |
| 130 | Irion County, Texas | $929,093 |
| 131 | Coryell County, Texas | $925,874 |
| 132 | Atascosa County, Texas | $918,514 |
| 133 | Jones County, Texas | $909,872 |
| 134 | Real County, Texas | $908,939 |
| 135 | Haskell County, Texas | $902,129 |
| 136 | Kleberg County, Texas | $886,513 |
| 137 | Hudspeth County, Texas | $882,091 |
| 138 | Jeff Davis County, Texas | $877,405 |
| 139 | Fannin County, Texas | $852,874 |
| 140 | Guadalupe County, Texas | $851,414 |
| 141 | Victoria County, Texas | $844,961 |
| 142 | Bosque County, Texas | $840,721 |
| 143 | Palo Pinto County, Texas | $836,124 |
| 144 | Jackson County, Texas | $834,637 |
| 145 | Rusk County, Texas | $812,022 |
| 146 | Baylor County, Texas | $811,933 |
| 147 | Goliad County, Texas | $804,368 |
| 148 | Andrews County, Texas | $803,720 |
| 149 | Wheeler County, Texas | $793,632 |
| 150 | Cameron County, Texas | $790,459 |
| 151 | Bell County, Texas | $789,897 |
| 152 | Brazoria County, Texas | $782,488 |
| 153 | Shelby County, Texas | $776,952 |
| 154 | Lavaca County, Texas | $774,997 |
| 155 | Karnes County, Texas | $766,450 |
| 156 | Caldwell County, Texas | $754,142 |
| 157 | Chambers County, Texas | $748,242 |
| 158 | Falls County, Texas | $743,960 |
| 159 | Kendall County, Texas | $742,158 |
| 160 | McMullen County, Texas | $736,481 |
| 161 | Angelina County, Texas | $715,384 |
| 162 | Reeves County, Texas | $697,526 |
| 163 | Nueces County, Texas | $694,071 |
| 164 | Wilson County, Texas | $687,312 |
| 165 | Cooke County, Texas | $686,915 |
| 166 | Milam County, Texas | $660,757 |
| 167 | Potter County, Texas | $652,313 |
| 168 | Refugio County, Texas | $651,242 |
| 169 | Eastland County, Texas | $647,263 |
| 170 | Wood County, Texas | $637,870 |
| 171 | Marion County, Texas | $635,659 |
| 172 | Hays County, Texas | $629,116 |
| 173 | Upton County, Texas | $619,929 |
| 174 | Glasscock County, Texas | $598,438 |
| 175 | Midland County, Texas | $593,734 |
| 176 | Smith County, Texas | $592,099 |
| 177 | Knox County, Texas | $576,426 |
| 178 | Bowie County, Texas | $566,606 |
| 179 | Washington County, Texas | $565,258 |
| 180 | Liberty County, Texas | $549,594 |
| 181 | Bastrop County, Texas | $547,624 |
| 182 | Delta County, Texas | $539,582 |
| 183 | Gonzales County, Texas | $531,227 |
| 184 | Grayson County, Texas | $528,587 |
| 185 | Hunt County, Texas | $456,568 |
| 186 | Hood County, Texas | $452,326 |
| 187 | Freestone County, Texas | $449,310 |
| 188 | Maverick County, Texas | $442,713 |
| 189 | Burleson County, Texas | $433,678 |
| 190 | Henderson County, Texas | $424,477 |
| 191 | Williamson County, Texas | $420,051 |
| 192 | San Patricio County, Texas | $419,449 |
| 193 | Fayette County, Texas | $418,418 |
| 194 | Dimmit County, Texas | $409,463 |
| 195 | Tyler County, Texas | $407,311 |
| 196 | Garza County, Texas | $400,869 |
| 197 | Burnet County, Texas | $392,547 |
| 198 | Willacy County, Texas | $390,070 |
| 199 | Upshur County, Texas | $383,522 |
| 200 | Van Zandt County, Texas | $342,127 |
| 201 | Travis County, Texas | $339,533 |
| 202 | Parker County, Texas | $331,427 |
| 203 | Trinity County, Texas | $317,205 |
| 204 | Panola County, Texas | $311,773 |
| 205 | Polk County, Texas | $299,538 |
| 206 | Comal County, Texas | $289,463 |
| 207 | Gray County, Texas | $288,387 |
| 208 | Carson County, Texas | $287,266 |
| 209 | Leon County, Texas | $266,667 |
| 210 | Bexar County, Texas | $254,363 |
| 211 | DeWitt County, Texas | $242,532 |
| 212 | Johnson County, Texas | $240,729 |
| 213 | Austin County, Texas | $237,069 |
| 214 | Lee County, Texas | $235,988 |
| 215 | Jefferson County, Texas | $231,679 |
| 216 | Sabine County, Texas | $193,194 |
| 217 | Crane County, Texas | $186,490 |
| 218 | Franklin County, Texas | $183,338 |
| 219 | Fort Bend County, Texas | $169,140 |
| 220 | Titus County, Texas | $164,731 |
| 221 | Madison County, Texas | $154,520 |
| 222 | Brazos County, Texas | $153,177 |
| 223 | Somervell County, Texas | $150,231 |
| 224 | Grimes County, Texas | $149,627 |
| 225 | Denton County, Texas | $146,254 |
| 226 | San Augustine County, Texas | $142,507 |
| 227 | Culberson County, Texas | $136,237 |
| 228 | Collin County, Texas | $97,701 |
| 229 | Montgomery County, Texas | $92,736 |
| 230 | Waller County, Texas | $86,708 |
| 231 | Jasper County, Texas | $81,980 |
| 232 | Rains County, Texas | $81,677 |
| 233 | Camp County, Texas | $75,474 |
| 234 | Zavala County, Texas | $65,561 |
| 235 | Walker County, Texas | $63,993 |
| 236 | Ector County, Texas | $63,425 |
| 237 | Calhoun County, Texas | $60,372 |
| 238 | Kaufman County, Texas | $57,307 |
| 239 | Ward County, Texas | $49,491 |
| 240 | Rockwall County, Texas | $12,749 |
| 241 | San Jacinto County, Texas | $9,160 |
| 242 | Morris County, Texas | $7,332 |
| 243 | Aransas County, Texas | $4,629 |
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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 Texas, 2022
Land in Texas, 2022
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 230,662 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 125,471,325 |
| Cropland Acres: | 27,903,626 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 88,472,861 |
| Woodland Acres: | 6,624,943 |
Livestock in Texas, 2022
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 709,585,824 |
| Layers inventory | 24,478,507 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 12,543,300 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 1,188,820 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 612,917 |
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