Conservation in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Sunflower County, Mississippi
USDA Conservation Programs
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Time Frame: 1998-2015
Contracts: 652
Payments: $30,316,480
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)
Time Frame: 2006-2015
Contracts: 41
Payments: $338,461
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Time Frame: 2011-2014
Contracts: 38
Payments: $4,117,210
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Time Frame: 1996-2015
Recipients: 348
Payments: $8,461,644
USDA Census of Agriculture Data for Sunflower County, Mississippi, 2012
Land in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 2012
| Land type | Acres |
|---|---|
| Number of Farms: | 350 |
| Total Acres in Farms: | 372,666 |
| Cropland Acres: | 323,844 |
| Permanent pasture and rangeland: | 3,558 |
| Woodland Acres: | 21,062 |
| Farmsteads, homes, buildings, facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. Acres: | 24,202 |
Livestock in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 2012
| Livestock | Number of Animals |
|---|---|
| Layers inventory | 656 |
| Cattle and calves inventory | 160 |
| Hogs and pigs inventory | 158 |
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold | 0 |
| Sheep and lambs inventory | 0 |
Fooling Ourselves
Boondoggle:
Iowa's Low Hanging Fruit:
Washout Revisited:
Broken Stream Banks:
Pumped up: