Conservation in Lamar County, Mississippi
Lamar County, Mississippi
USDA Conservation Programs
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Time Frame: 1998-2015
Contracts: 95
Payments: $600,282
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)
Time Frame: 2010-2015
Contracts: 16
Payments: $169,013
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Time Frame: 2011-2014
Contracts: 0
Payments: $0
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Time Frame: 1996-2015
Recipients: 189
Payments: $3,702,609
USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Lamar County, Mississippi, 2012
Land in Lamar County, Mississippi, 2012
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 424 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 64,111 |
| Cropland Acres: | 13,158 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 13,456 |
| Woodland Acres: | 33,503 |
| Farmsteads, homes, buildings, facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. Acres: | 3,994 |
Livestock in Lamar County, Mississippi, 2012
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 5,702,845 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 8,978 |
| Layers inventory | 3,735 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 154 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 114 |


Fooling Ourselves
Boondoggle:
Iowa's Low Hanging Fruit:
Washout Revisited:
Broken Stream Banks:
Pumped up: