EQIP in Washington

Washington

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Washington

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 Washington

EQIP payments by county, 2017-2022

Practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Washington

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2022
1	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$11,197,326
2	Sprinkler System	$9,932,250
3	Forest Stand Improvement	$5,650,308
4	Pumping Plant	$4,844,050
5	Waste Storage Facility	$4,324,057
6	Prescribed Grazing	$4,191,119
7	Irrigation Pipeline	$3,845,806
8	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$2,592,834
9	Upland Wildlife Habitat Management	$2,589,241
10	Fence	$2,065,590
11	Aquatic Organism Passage	$1,974,250
12	Cover Crop	$1,778,779
13	High Tunnel System	$1,751,371
14	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$1,749,795
15	Woody Residue Treatment	$1,691,826
16	Irrigation System- Microirrigation	$1,289,204
17	Irrigation Water Management	$1,245,954
18	Watering Facility	$755,536
19	Tree/Shrub Site Preparation	$652,005
20	Livestock Pipeline	$645,153
21	Tree/Shrub Pruning	$644,716
22	Nutrient Management	$563,093
23	Conservation Cover	$514,961
24	Underground Outlet	$459,819
25	Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan	$458,585
26	Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation	$448,461
27	Structure for Water Control	$403,756
28	Water Well	$370,601
29	Agricultural Energy Management Plan - Written	$357,361
30	Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities	$354,856
31	Heavy Use Area Protection	$316,859
32	Forest Management Plan	$278,077
33	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$265,979
34	Waste Facility Closure	$218,859
35	Range Planting	$174,825
36	Forage and Biomass Planting	$165,589
37	Brush Management	$156,299
38	Energy Efficient Lighting System	$149,764
39	Structures for Wildlife	$139,041
40	Drainage Ditch Covering	$131,987
41	Edge-of-Field Water Quality Monitoring– System Installation	$118,545
42	Wildlife Habitat Planting	$117,411
43	Roofs and Covers	$110,888
44	Riparian Forest Buffer	$109,421
45	Mulching	$108,800
46	Seasonal High Tunnel for Crops	$105,075
47	Obstruction Removal	$100,419
48	Spring Development	$84,510
49	Waste Transfer	$80,193
50	Field Operations Emissions Reduction	$50,212
51	Pest Management Conservation System	$48,049
52	Fuel Break	$41,032
53	Critical Area Planting	$25,733
54	Access Road	$24,153
55	Hedgerow Planting	$19,945
56	Conservation Crop Rotation	$19,704
57	Energy Efficient Building Envelope	$17,610
58	Access Control	$17,433
59	Clearing and Snagging	$12,826
60	Fish and Wildlife Structure	$12,579
61	Roof Runoff Structure	$11,797
62	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$1,646
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	Total Payments, 2017-2022	72,577,923

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

NCRS climate smart practices on EQIP acres, 2017-2022, Washington

Rank	Practice	Payments, 2017-2022
1	Res. & Tillage Mgt- Mulch-till	$11,197,326
2	Sprinkler System	$9,932,250
3	Forest Stand Improvement	$5,650,308
4	Pumping Plant	$4,844,050
5	Waste Storage Facility	$4,324,057
6	Prescribed Grazing	$4,191,119
7	Irrigation Pipeline	$3,845,806
8	Tree & Shrub Establishment	$2,592,834
9	Cover Crop	$1,778,779
10	Residue & Tillage Management-No Till/Strip Till (Ac.)	$1,749,795
11	Woody Residue Treatment	$1,691,826
12	Irrigation System- Microirrigation	$1,289,204
13	Irrigation Water Management	$1,245,954
14	Nutrient Management	$563,093
15	Conservation Cover	$514,961
16	Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation	$448,461
17	Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities	$354,856
18	Herbaceous Weed Treatment	$265,979
19	Range Planting	$174,825
20	Forage and Biomass Planting	$165,589
21	Brush Management	$156,299
22	Energy Efficient Lighting System	$149,764
23	Wildlife Habitat Planting	$117,411
24	Roofs and Covers	$110,888
25	Riparian Forest Buffer	$109,421
26	Mulching	$108,800
27	Fuel Break	$41,032
28	Critical Area Planting	$25,733
29	Hedgerow Planting	$19,945
30	Conservation Crop Rotation	$19,704
31	Energy Efficient Building Envelope	$17,610
32	Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	$1,646
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	Total Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022	$57,699,325
	Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022	$23,213,570
	Provisional Climate Smart EQIP payments, 2017-2022	$34,485,755

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

EQIP payments by county, 2017-2021

Rank	State	EQIP Payments, 2017-2022
1	Douglas County, Washington	$9,111,855
2	Whatcom County, Washington	$5,618,635
3	Kittitas County, Washington	$3,667,522
4	Okanogan County, Washington	$3,562,305
5	Franklin County, Washington	$3,453,589
6	Yakima County, Washington	$2,898,085
7	Benton County, Washington	$2,511,907
8	Stevens County, Washington	$1,946,013
9	Grant County, Washington	$1,560,514
10	Lincoln County, Washington	$1,258,884
11	Adams County, Washington	$1,012,694
12	Spokane County, Washington	$786,408
13	Grays Harbor County, Washington	$662,822
14	Ferry County, Washington	$653,636
15	Clallam County, Washington	$643,715
16	Walla Walla County, Washington	$575,550
17	Pend Oreille County, Washington	$523,995
18	Asotin County, Washington	$477,329
19	Whitman County, Washington	$452,998
20	Thurston County, Washington	$436,583
21	Pacific County, Washington	$356,900
22	Clark County, Washington	$227,580
23	King County, Washington	$204,550
24	Klickitat County, Washington	$154,626
25	Garfield County, Washington	$128,768
26	Lewis County, Washington	$116,749
27	Chelan County, Washington	$94,091
28	Pierce County, Washington	$89,996
29	Skagit County, Washington	$64,012
30	Kitsap County, Washington	$50,968
31	Jefferson County, Washington	$45,751
32	San Juan County, Washington	$36,260
33	Skamania County, Washington	$31,007
34	Mason County, Washington	$19,460
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USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Washington, 2022

Land in Washington, 2022

Land type	Acres
Number of Farms:	32,076
Total Acres in Farms:	13,855,414
Cropland Acres:	7,368,459
Permanent pasture and rangeland:	4,305,079
Woodland Acres:	1,656,587

Livestock in Washington, 2022

Livestock	Number of Animals
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	25,904,999
Layers inventory	6,024,276
Cattle and calves inventory	1,123,261
Sheep and lambs inventory	44,421
Hogs and pigs inventory	17,707

Crops in Washington, 2022

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