Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in the United States

EQIP payments by fiscal year in the United States

EQIP payments by state, 2017-2022

Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, the United States

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2022
1	Cover Crop	$504,812,892
2	Brush Management	$314,991,152
3	Sprinkler System	$313,561,007
4	Fence	$311,036,533
5	Waste Storage Facility	$252,142,865
6	Irrigation Pipeline	$230,101,825
7	Roofs and Covers	$228,568,531
8	Irrigation System- Microirrigation	$175,194,972
9	Livestock Pipeline	$162,365,526
10	Forest Stand Improvement	$159,735,684
11	Forage and Biomass Planting	$139,812,458
12	Heavy Use Area Protection	$128,126,390
13	Combustion System Improvement	$127,321,059
14	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$118,064,737
15	Pumping Plant	$114,617,827
16	Watering Facility	$112,780,394
17	High Tunnel System	$110,995,478
18	Nutrient Management	$81,586,438
19	Water Well	$80,280,437
20	Prescribed Grazing	$77,459,321
21	Underground Outlet	$75,347,920
22	Tree/Shrub Site Preparation	$74,901,646
23	Structure for Water Control	$70,996,385
24	Terrace	$67,381,899
25	Grade Stabilization Structure	$63,507,222
26	Range Planting	$60,883,284
27	Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation	$58,300,881
28	Irrigation Land Leveling	$57,403,380
29	Woody Residue Treatment	$56,021,803
30	Streambank and Shoreline Protection	$55,715,214
31	Animal Mortality Facility	$54,270,302
32	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$51,465,500
33	Conservation Crop Rotation	$49,543,213
34	Energy Efficient Building Envelope	$44,563,115
35	Irrigation Water Management	$38,406,423
36	Obstruction Removal	$38,222,552
37	Prescribed Burning	$38,056,513
38	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$37,016,498
39	Waste Transfer	$35,335,917
40	Conservation Cover	$34,892,188
41	Firebreak	$29,062,187
42	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$28,131,937
43	Pond	$27,173,225
44	Access Road	$25,705,044
45	Mulching	$25,700,071
46	Water and Sediment Control Basin	$24,610,557
47	Grassed Waterway	$24,548,815
48	Stream Crossing	$23,010,335
49	Irrigation Reservoir	$22,890,790
50	Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	$21,784,101
51	Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan	$21,491,465
52	Trails and Walkways	$20,977,150
53	Forest Management Plan	$19,854,007
54	Waste Facility Closure	$18,068,921
55	Dike or Levee	$17,822,484
56	Early Successional Habitat Development-Mgt	$15,184,642
57	Subsurface Drain	$15,015,410
58	Precision Land Forming and Smoothing	$13,374,958
59	Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities	$13,121,110
60	Pest Management Conservation System	$13,027,881
61	Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management	$11,985,753
62	Stream Habitat Improvement and Management	$11,605,722
63	Pond Sealing or Lining - Concrete	$11,526,547
64	Energy Efficient Lighting System	$11,519,095
65	Critical Area Planting	$11,506,081
66	Irrigation Ditch Lining	$11,190,220
67	Roof Runoff Structure	$10,928,098
68	Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility	$10,042,322
69	Irrigation System- Surface and Subsurface	$9,837,349
70	Aquatic Organism Passage	$9,652,824
71	Pond Sealing or Lining- Geomembrane or Geosynthetic Clay Liner	$9,303,088
72	Pond Sealing or Lining- Flexible Membrane	$9,167,940
73	Lined Waterway or Outlet	$8,948,847
74	Agrichemical Handling Facility	$7,865,557
75	Wildlife Habitat Planting	$7,714,492
76	Fuel Break	$7,127,314
77	Land Smoothing	$6,866,182
78	Amendments for Treatment of Agricultural Waste	$6,861,417
79	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$6,594,078
80	Diversion	$6,424,020
81	Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written	$5,909,907
82	Channel Bed Stabilization	$5,150,207
83	Anaerobic Digester	$5,007,524
84	Nutrient Management Plan - Written	$4,926,569
85	Tree/Shrub Pruning	$4,864,285
86	Forest Trails and Landings	$4,403,306
87	Waste Treatment	$4,141,094
88	Field Operations Emissions Reduction	$3,805,863
89	Emergency Animal Mortality Management	$3,789,599
90	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation	$3,551,133
91	Forage Harvest Management	$3,322,703
92	Spring Development	$3,308,418
93	Riparian Forest Buffer	$3,134,663
94	Edge-of-Field Water Quality Monitoring-Data Collection and Evaluation	$3,035,922
95	Clearing and Snagging	$2,812,087
96	Structures for Wildlife	$2,799,625
97	Dust Control on Unpaved Roads and Surfaces	$2,727,230
98	Pond Sealing or Lining- Compacted Soil Treatment	$2,635,690
99	Irrigation and Drainage Tailwater Recovery	$2,609,336
100	Composting Facility	$2,464,528
101	On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility	$2,453,776
102	Access Control	$2,387,860
103	Hedgerow Planting	$2,165,644
104	Wetland Restoration	$2,003,904
105	Water Harvesting Catchment	$1,966,955
106	Pond Sealing or Lining- Compacted Clay Treatment	$1,958,277
107	Land Clearing	$1,944,646
108	Amending Soil Properties with Gypsum Products	$1,877,264
109	Silvopasture	$1,830,957
110	Field Border	$1,773,821
111	Conservation Plan Supporting Organic Transition	$1,679,118
112	Bivalve Aquaculture Gear and Biofouling Control	$1,653,212
113	Open Channel	$1,480,316
114	Well Decommissioning	$1,416,525
115	Irrigation Water Management Plan - Written	$1,287,970
116	Feral Swine Management Conservation Activity - Interim	$1,194,955
117	Vegetated Treatment Area	$1,172,512
118	Equitable Relief Payment	$1,109,219
119	Integrated Pest Management Plan - Written	$1,091,123
120	Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment	$922,803
121	Spoil Disposal	$914,728
122	Dam- Diversion	$834,144
123	Edge-of-Field Water Quality Monitoring– System Installation	$757,115
124	Shallow Water Development and Management	$719,614
125	Salinity and Sodic Soil Management	$699,512
126	Wetland Creation	$696,984
127	Other Payment	$607,017
128	Forest Farming	$592,171
129	Waste Treatment Lagoon	$559,548
130	Sinkhole Treatment	$526,068
131	Riparian Herbaceous Cover	$487,616
132	Grazing Management Plan - Written	$474,073
133	Deep Tillage	$471,832
134	Sediment Basin	$453,685
135	Waste Recycling	$445,645
136	Erroneous Underpayment	$393,775
137	Fueling Facility- Above Ground Storage	$384,916
138	Livestock Confinement Facility	$352,776
139	Wetland Enhancement	$347,787
140	IPM Herbicide Resistance Weed Conservation Plan - Written	$336,613
141	Pollinator Habitat Plan - Written	$314,131
142	Vegetative Barrier	$294,142
143	Surface Drain- Main or Lateral	$284,443
144	Filter Strip	$254,237
145	Surface Drain- Field Ditch	$251,254
146	Denitrifying Bioreactor	$246,001
147	Fish and Wildlife Habitat Plan - Written	$240,106
148	Road/Trail/Landing Closure and Treatment	$235,952
149	Controlled Traffic Farming	$229,175
150	Pond Sealing or Lining- Soil Dispersant	$228,991
151	Drainage Water Management	$226,465
152	Aquaculture Pond	$216,878
153	Irrigation Water Conveyance - High Pressure Underground Plastic	$197,397
154	Dam	$178,373
155	IWC Ditch Lining- Plain Concrete	$161,326
156	Stormwater Runoff Control	$160,219
157	Reduced Water and Energy Coffee Conveyance System	$151,641
158	Constructed Wetland	$150,272
159	Drainage Ditch Covering	$150,005
160	Pond Sealing or Lining- Soil Cement	$136,302
161	Pond Sealing or Lining- Bentonite Sealant	$127,734
162	Field Operations Emissions Reduction	$119,755
163	Judicial or NAD Payment	$115,704
164	Drainage Water Management Plan - Written	$109,344
165	Prescribed Burning Plan - Written	$108,553
166	Mine Shaft and Adit Closing	$94,038
167	Groundwater Testing	$91,750
168	Hillside Ditch	$85,764
169	Irrigation Field Ditch	$79,032
170	Fish and Wildlife Structure	$68,983
171	Individual Terrace	$65,855
172	Denitrifying Bioreactor	$61,843
173	Monitoring and Evaluation	$61,311
174	Agricultural Secondary Containment Facility	$57,673
175	Feed Management	$54,100
176	Residue Management- Seasonal	$45,353
177	Agricultural Energy Management Plan-Headquarters (AgEMP)	$40,965
178	Irrigation Canal or Lateral	$38,908
179	Livestock Shade Structure	$38,082
180	Alley Cropping	$36,178
181	Contour Buffer Strips	$31,686
182	Control Traffic Farming	$29,308
183	Saturated Buffer	$24,888
184	Precision Pest Control Application	$21,363
185	Fishpond Management	$20,378
186	Residue and Tillage Management - Ridge Till	$15,046
187	Stripcropping	$13,946
188	Vertical Drain	$12,731
189	Agricultural Energy Management Plan-Landscape (AgEMP)	$12,401
190	Contour Farming	$11,382
191	Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops	$11,262
192	Irrigation Water Conveyance - Canal Lining	$9,435
193	Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Application	$8,767
194	Dust Control on Unpaved Roads and Surfaces	$7,530
195	Trails and Walkways	$6,781
196	Dry Hydrant	$5,247
197	Channel Bank Vegetation	$3,221
198	Irrigation Water Conveyance - Low Pressure Underground Plastic	$3,078
199	Herbaceous Wind Barriers	$2,193
200	Row Arrangement	$1,526
201	Vegetated Subsurface Drain Outlet	$1,232
202	Infiltration Ditches	$1,076
203	Herbaceous Weed Control	$923
204	Well Plugging	$259
205	Water Well Disinfection	$216
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	Total Payments, 2017-2022	5,540,768,921

NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.

NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, the United States

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2022
1	Cover Crop	$504,812,892
2	Brush Management	$314,991,152
3	Sprinkler System	$313,561,007
4	Waste Storage Facility	$252,142,865
5	Irrigation Pipeline	$230,101,825
6	Roofs and Covers	$228,568,531
7	Irrigation System- Microirrigation	$175,194,972
8	Forest Stand Improvement	$159,735,684
9	Forage and Biomass Planting	$139,812,458
10	Combustion System Improvement	$127,321,059
11	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$118,064,737
12	Pumping Plant	$114,617,827
13	Nutrient Management	$81,586,438
14	Prescribed Grazing	$77,459,321
15	Range Planting	$60,883,284
16	Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation	$58,300,881
17	Woody Residue Treatment	$56,021,803
18	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$51,465,500
19	Conservation Crop Rotation	$49,543,213
20	Energy Efficient Building Envelope	$44,563,115
21	Irrigation Water Management	$38,406,423
22	Prescribed Burning	$38,056,513
23	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$37,016,498
24	Conservation Cover	$34,892,188
25	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$28,131,937
26	Mulching	$25,700,071
27	Grassed Waterway	$24,548,815
28	Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities	$13,121,110
29	Energy Efficient Lighting System	$11,519,095
30	Critical Area Planting	$11,506,081
31	Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility	$10,042,322
32	Wildlife Habitat Planting	$7,714,492
33	Fuel Break	$7,127,314
34	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$6,594,078
35	Anaerobic Digester	$5,007,524
36	Riparian Forest Buffer	$3,134,663
37	Composting Facility	$2,464,528
38	Hedgerow Planting	$2,165,644
39	Wetland Restoration	$2,003,904
40	Silvopasture	$1,830,957
41	Field Border	$1,773,821
42	Forest Farming	$592,171
43	Riparian Herbaceous Cover	$487,616
44	Vegetative Barrier	$294,142
45	Filter Strip	$254,237
46	Feed Management	$54,100
47	Alley Cropping	$36,178
48	Contour Buffer Strips	$31,686
49	Stripcropping	$13,946
50	Herbaceous Wind Barriers	$2,193
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	Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022	$3,473,272,812
	Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022	$1,343,497,849
	Provisional Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022	$2,129,774,963

NRCS 2024 climate smart practice.
NRCS 2024 provisional climate smart practice.

EQIP payments by state, 2017-2021

USDA Census of Agriculture Data for the United States, 2022

Land in the United States, 2022

Livestock in the United States, 2022

Crops in the United States, 2022