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MONTHLY SUMMARY – SEPTEMBER 2017* Sign-up Type Contracts Farms Acres Annual Rental Payments a/ ($Million) ($/Acre) General 204,184 143,959 16,015,479 $827 $51.67 Continuous Non-CREP 354,388 208,960 5,874,222 $752 $128.05 CREP 64,057 43,071 1,059,942 $160 $151.06 Farmable Wetland 15,785 12,087 393,796 $57 $144.01 Total Continuous 434,230 249,824 b/ 7,329,153 $969 $132.21 Grasslands 309 196 89,052 $2 $17.34 Total CRP 638,723 358,673 b/ 23,433,686 $1,798 $76.73 a/ Approximates October 2017 payments, before adjustments for haying/grazing, non-compliance, terminations, part-year contracts, and contracts not yet recorded. b/ Number of farms not additive across sign-up types because farms may participate in multiple sign-up types. * Not including contracts that start in FY 2018 and FY 2019. ** Includes contracts that start in FY 2018. -1- U..S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1,000 Acres Months Since Sign-ups Began Continuous CRP Enrollment Progress Signups 46, 47, 48 , and 50 ** #46 (FY 2014) #47 (FY 2015) #48 (FY 2016) #50 (FY 2017)
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Page 1: MONTHLY SUMMARY – SEPTEMBER 2017* · – SEPTEMBER 2017 . o Acres under contract declined to 23.4 million acres. o Approximately 800,000 acres of grassland signup have been approved

MONTHLY SUMMARY – SEPTEMBER 2017*

Sign-up Type Contracts Farms Acres Annual Rental Payments a/ ($Million) ($/Acre) General 204,184 143,959 16,015,479 $827 $51.67 Continuous Non-CREP 354,388 208,960 5,874,222 $752 $128.05 CREP 64,057 43,071 1,059,942 $160 $151.06 Farmable Wetland 15,785 12,087 393,796 $57 $144.01 Total Continuous 434,230 249,824 b/ 7,329,153 $969 $132.21 Grasslands 309 196 89,052 $2 $17.34 Total CRP 638,723 358,673 b/ 23,433,686 $1,798 $76.73 a/ Approximates October 2017 payments, before adjustments for haying/grazing, non-compliance, terminations, part-year contracts, and contracts not yet recorded. b/ Number of farms not additive across sign-up types because farms may participate in multiple sign-up types.

* Not including contracts that start in FY 2018 and FY 2019.

** Includes contracts that start in FY 2018.

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CONTINUOUS CRP ENROLLMENT SINCE INCEPTION * THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2017

1/ Contracts that exited 2007-2016 and were not re-enrolled or that dropped out before normal

contract termination. * Includes contracts approved but not yet started.

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Sign-up Non-CREP CREP FWP Total 1997 (#14) 554,842 0 0 554,8421998 (#17) 198,191 13,558 0 211,7491999 (#19) 217,063 44,301 0 261,3642000 (#21/22) 251,883 65,036 0 316,9192001 (#23) 291,680 139,543 25,852 457,0752002 (#24) 226,841 163,784 44,612 435,2372003 (#25/27) 293,532 118,264 26,966 438,7622004 (#28) 166,868 66,945 20,557 254,3702005 (#30) 227,228 151,515 18,907 397,6502006 (#31) 199,335 128,647 22,629 350,6112007 (#35) 380,703 142,844 16,005 539,5522008 (#36) 275,215 116,617 8,715 400,5472009 (#37) 413,481 41,487 17,766 472,7342010 (#38) 506,313 63,577 55,663 625,5532011 (#40) 383,022 67,939 45,048 496,0092012 (#42) 511,915 62,088 53,543 627,5452013 (#44) 477,401 49,702 7,691 534,7932014 (#46) 485,684 32,829 12,216 530,7292015 (#47) 800,368 40,343 31,743 872,4542016 (#48) 1,216,176 53,583 78,993 1,348,7522017 (#50) 1,095,143 48,645 32,104 1,175,892Expirations 1/ -3,328,436 -554,245 -125,741 -4,008,422Current Enrollment 6,742,326 1,073,618 423,409 8,239,353

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

ENROLLMENT ACTIVITY AND NEWS – SEPTEMBER 2017

o Acres under contract declined to 23.4 million acres.

o Approximately 800,000 acres of grassland signup have been approved for contracts that start October 1, 2017. So far 420,000 acres have been loaded.

o About 1.185 million acres of continuous signup (signup 50) acres have been approved for acceptance. Since May 4, FSA has been taking offers, but not approving them. This is being called a “pause”.

Initiatives (and Allocations) First

Year Practice

Code Acres Added in FY 2017*

Acres Added in September

Acres as of September*

Wetland Restoration—Floodplain (581,600 ac.) 2004 CP23 35,018 1,760 378,755

Bottomland hardwood trees (250,000 ac.) 2004 CP31 11,867 807 138,969

Wetland Restoration—Non-Floodplain (768,400 ac.) 2005 CP23A 110,178 8,828 530,596

Upland bird habitat buffers (500,000 ac.) 2005 CP33 72,861 4,696 259,641

Longleaf pine plantings (250,000 ac.) 2007 CP36 10,923 187 170,404

Duck nesting habitat (600,000 ac.) 2007 CP37 82,301 3,595 411,775

State acres for wildlife enhancement (2,450,000 ac.) 2008 CP38 589,990 46,790 1,948,309

Highly erodible lands (750,000 ac.) 2012 Various 282,585 22,380 696,236

Pollinator habitat (450,000 ac.) 2012 CP42 269,617 4,223 446,095 * Excludes lands enrolled in CREP. Note: includes contracts starting in FY 2018.

Performance Measure (Acres) * Acres Added in FY 2017

Acres as of September

Conservation buffers 1/ 150,988 1,599,173 Wetland restorations 2/ 172,931 2,164,487

1/ CP21,CP22,CP29, and CP38 buffers. 2/ CP9,CP23,CP23A,CP30,CP31,CP37,CP38 wetland, and Farmable Wetland Program. Includes both wetland and associated upland buffers. * Includes CREP, FWP, and SAFE. Note: excludes contracts starting in FY 2018.

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM INITIATIVES CUMULATIVE ACRES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017*

STATE

FLOOD-PLAIN

WETLANDS (CP23)

NON- FLOOD-PLAIN

WETLANDS (CP23A)

BOTTOM-LAND

HARDWOODS (CP31)

UPLAND BIRD

HABITAT BUFFERS (CP33)

LONG-LEAF PINE

(CP36)

DUCK

NESTING HABITAT (CP37)

SAFE (CP38)

HIGHLY ERODIBLE LANDS

(EI>=20)

POLLINATOR HABITAT (CP42)

ALABAMA 5 0 1,219 788 14,486 0 2,283 950 0 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 ARKANSAS 39,470 22,627 19,105 4,517 0 0 18,797 0 17 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 COLORADO 0 1,389 0 1,222 0 0 69,925 11,779 6,680 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 DELAWARE 17 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 2,688 0 9 0 0 GEORGIA 37 0 19 901 130,807 0 14,923 0 23 IDAHO 375 25 0 0 0 0 147,070 20,397 1,396 ILLINOIS 26,111 9,632 6,692 71,016 0 0 26,991 86,612 104,823 INDIANA 2,304 4,311 2,467 11,201 0 0 56,337 9,723 4,298 IOWA 119,488 10,470 3,933 30,604 0 2,443 292,080 183,389 219,364 KANSAS 4,130 4,938 241 30,723 0 0 196,310 14,235 3,673 KENTUCKY 127 137 615 6,445 0 0 15,943 18,002 4,475 LOUISIANA 66,942 55,067 39,957 320 59 0 477 73 0 MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,135 0 0 MARYLAND 6 0 0 591 0 0 . 101 13 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 MICHIGAN 2,152 4,762 11 734 0 0 10,878 0 5,445 MINNESOTA 35,796 245,319 863 633 0 20,596 90,347 9,608 14,544 MISSISSIPPI 13,656 1,350 57,809 2,001 418 0 10,881 14,268 0 MISSOURI 19,219 1,525 2,117 25,516 0 0 58,012 65,619 40,957 MONTANA 655 640 0 404 0 2,871 87,304 29,428 888 NEBRASKA 7,831 4,240 9 10,438 0 0 128,871 20,095 23,226 NEVADA . . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 925 0 14 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,600 55,881 0 NEW YORK 41 0 2 0 0 0 2,098 71 1 NORTH CAROLINA 46 0 48 4,737 7,572 0 893 0 17 NORTH DAKOTA 4,796 61,662 0 0 0 190,944 160,613 0 3,066 OHIO 618 433 98 14,959 0 0 36,427 3,016 2,355 OKLAHOMA 293 1,453 440 783 0 0 8,864 0 0 OREGON 0 115 0 0 0 0 5,450 16,775 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 172 0 5 2,483 13,834 0 1,080 0 4 SOUTH DAKOTA 31,726 97,374 0 1,656 0 194,921 176,648 0 3,403 TENNESSEE 632 0 2,937 3,828 0 0 9,816 9,953 4,983 TEXAS 968 2,477 381 30,095 0 0 163,780 55,145 71 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 96 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 VIRGINIA 19 0 0 1,186 540 0 393 57 84 WASHINGTON 39 0 0 1,553 0 0 109,707 31,825 77 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 WISCONSIN 1,086 651 0 305 0 0 29,753 38,623 2,103 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,688 613 0 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= 378,755 530,598 138,969 259,641 170,404 411,775 1,948,309 696,236 446,095 * Excludes lands enrolled in CREP. Note: includes contracts starting in FY 2018.

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General Signup. Producers with eligible lands compete nationally for acceptance based on an environmental benefits index (EBI) during specified enrollment periods. Producers may submit offers below soil-specific maximum rental rates and select wildlife-enhancing vegetative covers to increase EBI ranking. Continuous (Non-CREP) Sign-up. Producers with eligible lands may enroll certain high priority conservation practices, such as filter strips, riparian buffers, and wetlands at any time during the year without competition. In addition to annual soil rental payment and cost-share assistance, many practices are eligible for additional annual and one-time up-front financial incentives. Lands enrolled under various initiatives are included in this category. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Under CREP agreements, Federal/State partnerships, implement projects designed to address specific environmental objectives through targeted CRP enrollments. Sign-up is held on a continuous basis, general sign-up practices may be included, and additional financial incentives are generally provided. Currently, there are 47 agreements in 34 States. Farmable Wetland Program (FWP). Producers enroll small non-flood plain wetlands, and new practices added by the 2008 Farm Bill, under modified continuous sign-up provisions. Grasslands. Enrollments are to support grazing operations and to preserve and restore grasslands. No cropping history is required. The accompanying tables are based on contract data developed and maintained in CRP data files by USDA Service Centers through the end of September and are based on the physical location of the CRP contracted land. Some adjustments have been made to correct miscoded data in the active contract files. Wetland Restoration Practice Enrollment .................................................................................................. 6 Current Enrollment by Sign-up and Initial Contract Year Acres ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Number of Contracts ....................................................................................................................... 8 Current Enrollment by State and Sign-up Type Total CRP ....................................................................................................................................... 9 General Sign-up ............................................................................................................................ 10 Total Continuous ......................................................................................................................... 11 CREP (Continuous) ...................................................................................................................... 12 Non-CREP (Continuous) .............................................................................................................. 13 Farmable Wetland (Continuous) ................................................................................................... 14 Grasslands ..................................................................................................................................... 15 FY 2017 Continuous Signup Progress…………………..………………………………….………… 16 Contract Expirations by Year .................................................................................................................... 18 Conservation Practices Currently Installed by State ................................................................................. 20 Organic Buffers ......................................................................................................................................... 25 Environmental Benefits............................................................................................................................. 26 Transition Incentive Program .................................................................................................................... 27 State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Enrolled by State ......................................................... 28 State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Enrolled by Project Area ............................................ 30 Conservation Practices Currently Installed, National .............................................................................. 31 Unless noted otherwise, tables do not include contracts starting in FY 2018.

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM WETLAND PRACTICES 1/ CUMULATIVE ACRES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017

FLOOD- NON- BOTTOMLAND DUCK GENERAL 2/ PLAIN. FLOODPLAIN FARMABLE HARDWOODS NESTING OTHER STATE (CP23) (CP23) (CP23A) WETLAND 3/ (CP31) (CP37) WETLAND 4/ TOTAL ALABAMA 0 5 0 14 1,219 0 107 1,345 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 422 422 ARKANSAS 22 36,578 20,582 2,012 18,694 0 6,933 84,822 CALIFORNIA 572 0 0 0 0 0 5 577 COLORADO 26 0 1,295 160 0 0 50 1,532 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 19 113 74 0 0 0 207 413 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 380 37 0 0 19 0 23 459 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 0 375 25 6 0 0 201 607 ILLINOIS 1,511 31,442 8,423 1,535 5,729 0 4,537 53,177 INDIANA 943 2,825 5,975 979 7,676 0 1,726 20,124 IOWA 2,413 120,171 9,929 89,517 3,910 2,443 13,675 242,058 KANSAS 399 3,950 4,859 2,054 237 0 917 12,416 KENTUCKY 0 127 137 0 596 0 1,840 2,700 LOUISIANA 101 66,416 54,004 3,556 51,403 0 901 176,381 MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 MARYLAND 395 1,713 129 0 0 0 1,208 3,445 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 2,759 4,296 12,386 74 11 0 1,677 21,202 MINNESOTA 48,325 35,468 217,465 47,167 867 18,478 7,884 375,652 MISSISSIPPI 0 12,438 1,331 11,236 56,780 0 630 82,416 MISSOURI 88 17,308 1,433 222 2,056 0 3,467 24,574 MONTANA 510 655 379 321 0 1,427 250 3,542 NEBRASKA 316 7,363 4,113 3,269 9 0 452 15,522 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 2 55 1 0 2 0 1,171 1,231 NORTH CAROLINA 25 1,092 0 58 54 0 225 1,454 NORTH DAKOTA 132,139 4,796 52,131 130,430 0 176,281 2,890 498,667 OHIO 1,105 4,783 6,274 338 98 0 752 13,349 OKLAHOMA 78 293 1,453 169 440 0 79 2,513 OREGON 0 117 115 0 0 0 461 693 PENNSYLVANIA 76 700 0 0 0 0 499 1,275 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 172 0 0 5 0 107 284 SOUTH DAKOTA 25,530 38,443 112,056 100,587 0 199,047 24,968 500,631 TENNESSEE 43 632 0 0 2,937 0 157 3,768 TEXAS 5,425 968 2,413 0 381 0 86 9,273 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 VIRGINIA 23 96 0 0 0 0 77 196 WASHINGTON 15 42 5 10 0 0 477 549 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 1,659 2,495 1,099 82 0 0 1,868 7,202 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ========== ========= ========= ========= ========== ========= ============ ========= 224,899 395,962 518,088 393,796 153,125 397,676 80,942 2,164,487 1/ Includes wetland and adjacent upland buffer acres and land enrolled in CREPs. 2/ Includes general signup and CREP before 2003, when CP23 was converted to continuous signup. 3/ CP27, CP28, CP39, CP40, CP41. 4/ CP9, CP30, and CP38 (SAFE) wetland.

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CRP ENROLLMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 BY SIGN-UP AND INITIAL CONTRACT YEAR 1/

ACRES

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BEFORE SIGNUP 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL 24 123,021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123,021 25/27 311,019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 311,019 26 333,682 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333,682 28 175,393 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175,393 29 263,621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263,621 30 234,896 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 234,896 31 226,717 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226,717 32 2,170,639 812,340 518,288 235,390 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,736,657 33 184,867 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 184,867 35 490,317 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 490,317 36 200,544 172,337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 372,881 37 4 218,787 222,919 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 441,779 38 0 0 213,284 378,755 0 0 0 0 0 0 592,039 39 0 0 0 3,649,026 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,649,026 40 0 0 0 169,997 306,984 0 0 0 0 0 476,980 41 0 0 0 0 2,479,015 0 0 0 0 0 2,479,015 42 0 0 0 0 115,701 486,652 0 0 0 0 602,353 43 0 0 0 0 0 3,441,736 0 0 0 0 3,441,736 44 0 0 0 0 0 22,879 500,477 0 0 0 523,355 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,537,018 0 0 0 1,537,018 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,222 518,414 0 0 521,636 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172,586 693,998 0 866,585 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 518,625 819,436 1,338,060 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 389,858 389,858 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32,122 32,122 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 464 88,587 89,052 ALL 4,714,718 1,203,463 954,491 4,433,168 2,901,700 3,951,335 2,040,717 691,000 1,213,087 1,330,003 23,433,684 1/ For CRP, contract year is the same as fiscal year, which begins October 1. General Sign-up Numbers: 1-13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 26, 29, 33, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49. Continuous Sign-up Numbers: 14, 17, 19, 21-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50. Sign-up number 32 reflects re-enrollment of 2007-2010 expiring general sign-up contracts under 2006's early re-enrollment and extension offer (REX). Sign-up number 34 is reserved for Emergency Forestry CRP. Sign-up 200 is CRP Grasslands.

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CRP ENROLLMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 BY SIGN-UP AND INITIAL CONTRACT YEAR 1/

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BEFORE SIGNUP 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL 24 7,840 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,840 25/27 22,155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22,155 26 8,209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,209 28 14,043 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,043 29 5,061 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,061 30 14,562 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,562 31 15,795 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,795 32 27,947 13,162 8,028 5,004 0 0 0 0 0 0 54,141 33 4,114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,114 35 33,697 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33,697 36 15,437 12,265 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,702 37 2 15,343 13,917 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 29,263 38 0 0 13,620 18,963 0 0 0 0 0 0 32,583 39 0 0 0 40,123 0 0 0 0 0 0 40,123 40 0 0 0 10,346 20,406 0 0 0 0 0 30,752 41 0 0 0 0 26,905 0 0 0 0 0 26,905 42 0 0 0 0 7,171 27,383 0 0 0 0 34,554 43 0 0 0 0 0 38,186 0 0 0 0 38,186 44 0 0 0 0 0 921 28,320 0 0 0 29,241 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 22,771 0 0 0 22,771 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 26,071 0 0 26,284 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,552 39,008 0 47,560 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,476 44,906 66,382 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,674 4,674 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,817 1,817 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 304 309 ALL 168,862 40,770 35,565 74,436 54,482 66,491 51,304 34,623 60,489 51,701 638,723 1/ For CRP, contract year is the same as fiscal year, which begins October 1. General Sign-up Numbers: 1-13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 26, 29, 33, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49. Continuous Sign-up Numbers: 14, 17, 19, 21-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50. Sign-up number 32 reflects re-enrollment of 2007-2010 expiring general sign-up contracts under 2006's early re-enrollment and extension offer (REX). Sign-up number 34 is reserved for Emergency Forestry CRP. Sign-up 200 is CRP Grasslands.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 -----------TOTAL CRP (ALL SIGN-UPS)-------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 638,723 358,673 23,433,684 1,797,980 76.73 ALABAMA 5,709 4,215 241,960 10,977 45.37 ALASKA 36 29 17,423 612 35.14 ARKANSAS 5,595 3,197 230,272 17,316 75.20 CALIFORNIA 251 192 74,337 3,291 44.28 COLORADO 9,889 5,274 1,779,117 62,535 35.15 CONNECTICUT 5 5 49 3 70.77 DELAWARE 376 220 4,024 527 131.03 FLORIDA 737 597 29,841 1,407 47.16 GEORGIA 7,232 4,901 238,538 14,600 61.21 HAWAII 23 16 1,168 57 48.65 IDAHO 3,964 2,257 561,592 29,757 52.99 ILLINOIS 78,903 43,802 895,410 161,857 180.76 INDIANA 34,729 19,557 231,299 38,684 167.25 IOWA 109,068 54,616 1,786,530 360,729 201.92 KANSAS 37,627 21,786 2,071,634 89,130 43.02 KENTUCKY 13,611 7,279 248,794 37,830 152.05 LOUISIANA 4,665 3,022 287,148 24,786 86.32 MAINE 323 225 7,744 363 46.86 MARYLAND 5,315 3,018 58,239 10,910 187.33 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 10,104 5,908 127,157 16,205 127.44 MINNESOTA 55,026 29,023 1,128,141 121,487 107.69 MISSISSIPPI 16,642 10,731 699,502 46,436 66.38 MISSOURI 29,349 17,464 965,462 107,085 110.92 MONTANA 7,938 3,548 1,364,108 40,244 29.50 NEBRASKA 21,585 12,720 800,378 65,352 81.65 NEVADA 1 1 146 1 10.16 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1 4 0 63.00 NEW JERSEY 342 214 2,049 182 89.01 NEW MEXICO 2,043 1,303 446,902 16,425 36.75 NEW YORK 2,048 1,514 34,177 2,864 83.80 NORTH CAROLINA 4,759 3,262 66,666 4,941 74.11 NORTH DAKOTA 23,939 12,394 1,528,685 72,904 47.69 OHIO 36,139 20,130 257,519 41,626 161.64 OKLAHOMA 5,858 4,035 685,344 23,349 34.07 OREGON 4,047 2,208 485,809 30,031 61.82 PENNSYLVANIA 9,165 6,104 150,846 18,271 121.12 PUERTO RICO 17 17 1,242 76 60.95 RHODE ISLAND 1 1 28 2 74.00 SOUTH CAROLINA 3,586 2,083 77,101 3,101 40.22 SOUTH DAKOTA 29,375 13,693 976,938 87,542 89.61 TENNESSEE 5,544 3,762 137,748 12,892 93.59 TEXAS 19,272 14,014 2,896,417 106,566 36.79 UTAH 784 511 165,019 5,558 33.68 VERMONT 400 291 2,720 301 110.60 VIRGINIA 4,678 3,582 44,736 2,948 65.90 WASHINGTON 10,982 5,079 1,195,638 71,502 59.80 WEST VIRGINIA 518 427 6,357 520 81.82 WISCONSIN 15,743 9,928 231,278 29,164 126.10 WYOMING 776 514 190,440 5,030 26.41 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Approximate payments scheduled to be made October 2017.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 ---------------GENERAL SIGN-UP------------ - NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 204,184 143,959 16,015,479 827,442 51.67 ALABAMA 4,142 3,146 192,503 8,409 43.68 ALASKA 31 24 16,951 581 34.28 ARKANSAS 1,154 864 61,671 3,806 61.72 CALIFORNIA 222 167 73,538 3,236 44.00 COLORADO 8,547 4,692 1,668,492 55,925 33.52 CONNECTICUT 4 4 47 3 70.88 DELAWARE 23 19 325 26 80.69 FLORIDA 660 548 27,334 1,261 46.12 GEORGIA 2,661 1,939 95,352 5,201 54.54 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 . IDAHO 2,814 1,710 401,611 20,222 50.35 ILLINOIS 14,858 11,217 328,335 39,014 118.82 INDIANA 3,758 3,098 72,737 7,844 107.84 IOWA 22,451 16,587 698,008 94,974 136.06 KANSAS 22,768 15,142 1,814,675 73,753 40.64 KENTUCKY 2,593 1,935 83,398 8,894 106.65 LOUISIANA 1,060 823 68,172 3,701 54.29 MAINE 171 126 5,428 203 37.45 MARYLAND 176 150 3,848 304 79.07 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 1,934 1,611 48,892 4,167 85.24 MINNESOTA 14,417 10,488 510,086 35,793 70.17 MISSISSIPPI 7,889 6,082 421,987 22,355 52.98 MISSOURI 14,647 10,617 703,602 73,076 103.86 MONTANA 6,352 2,989 1,180,621 34,188 28.96 NEBRASKA 7,268 5,160 515,777 29,504 57.20 NEVADA 1 1 146 1 10.16 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 19 18 453 19 41.77 NEW MEXICO 1,787 1,167 394,133 14,790 37.53 NEW YORK 592 480 15,924 709 44.50 NORTH CAROLINA 1,731 1,374 32,875 1,703 51.80 NORTH DAKOTA 9,396 6,160 898,089 32,272 35.93 OHIO 3,104 2,615 66,248 5,901 89.07 OKLAHOMA 5,461 3,775 668,538 22,673 33.91 OREGON 2,148 1,272 431,677 25,552 59.19 PENNSYLVANIA 287 247 7,834 388 49.47 PUERTO RICO 10 10 341 26 76.23 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 1,466 1,080 48,176 1,635 33.94 SOUTH DAKOTA 3,245 2,242 266,627 13,747 51.56 TENNESSEE 2,920 2,308 97,271 8,442 86.79 TEXAS 16,703 12,341 2,643,927 96,441 36.48 UTAH 773 501 164,718 5,545 33.66 VERMONT 2 2 52 4 73.17 VIRGINIA 775 652 17,423 747 42.86 WASHINGTON 6,092 3,158 967,228 53,659 55.48 WEST VIRGINIA 5 5 189 7 36.23 WISCONSIN 6,439 5,003 127,201 12,235 96.19 WYOMING 628 410 173,019 4,505 26.04 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Approximates payments scheduled to be made October 2017.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 ------------- TOTAL CONTINUOUS 1/ -------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 3/ STATE 2/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 434,230 249,824 7,329,153 968,994 132.21 ALABAMA 1,567 1,223 49,456 2,567 51.91 ALASKA 5 5 472 31 65.89 ARKANSAS 4,441 2,622 168,601 13,510 80.13 CALIFORNIA 29 28 799 56 69.83 COLORADO 1,315 788 97,411 6,411 65.82 CONNECTICUT 1 1 1 0 67.00 DELAWARE 353 206 3,699 501 135.45 FLORIDA 77 58 2,507 147 58.47 GEORGIA 4,571 3,209 143,186 9,399 65.64 HAWAII 23 16 1,168 57 48.65 IDAHO 1,150 756 159,981 9,535 59.60 ILLINOIS 64,045 37,065 567,074 122,844 216.63 INDIANA 30,970 17,530 158,546 30,840 194.52 IOWA 86,607 46,109 1,088,093 265,739 244.22 KANSAS 14,856 9,039 255,872 15,359 60.03 KENTUCKY 11,006 5,914 164,892 28,921 175.39 LOUISIANA 3,605 2,427 218,976 21,085 96.29 MAINE 152 115 2,316 160 68.92 MARYLAND 5,139 2,958 54,391 10,606 194.99 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 8,170 4,617 78,265 12,037 153.80 MINNESOTA 40,608 22,834 618,045 85,694 138.65 MISSISSIPPI 8,753 5,952 277,515 24,081 86.77 MISSOURI 14,698 9,253 261,605 34,002 129.97 MONTANA 1,579 763 177,226 5,962 33.64 NEBRASKA 14,226 8,999 259,486 35,411 136.47 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 . NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1 4 0 63.00 NEW JERSEY 323 198 1,596 163 102.42 NEW MEXICO 232 171 43,055 1,489 34.59 NEW YORK 1,456 1,070 18,252 2,155 118.09 NORTH CAROLINA 3,027 1,948 33,724 3,236 95.95 NORTH DAKOTA 14,515 7,802 619,759 40,438 65.25 OHIO 33,024 18,505 190,995 35,719 187.01 OKLAHOMA 391 329 15,686 659 42.02 OREGON 1,899 1,182 54,132 4,479 82.75 PENNSYLVANIA 8,877 5,944 142,959 17,883 125.09 PUERTO RICO 7 7 901 50 55.17 RHODE ISLAND 1 1 28 2 74.00 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,120 1,159 28,925 1,466 50.67 SOUTH DAKOTA 26,074 12,646 695,332 73,479 105.67 TENNESSEE 2,621 1,846 40,151 4,444 110.67 TEXAS 2,551 2,015 249,352 10,077 40.41 UTAH 11 13 300 13 44.50 VERMONT 398 289 2,668 297 111.33 VIRGINIA 3,903 2,977 27,313 2,201 80.60 WASHINGTON 4,890 2,770 228,410 17,844 78.12 WEST VIRGINIA 513 422 6,168 513 83.21 WISCONSIN 9,302 5,928 104,032 16,928 162.72 WYOMING 145 111 15,817 502 31.72 1/ Includes Farmable Wetland enrollment. 2/ State in which land is located. 3/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2017. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 ------------------CREP ONLY--------------- _ NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 64,057 43,071 1,059,942 160,111 151.06 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 . ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 243 173 6,734 683 101.42 CALIFORNIA 2 2 110 14 123.45 COLORADO 220 154 30,239 3,744 123.80 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 . DELAWARE 327 201 3,570 487 136.41 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 . GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 . HAWAII 23 16 1,168 57 48.65 IDAHO 166 111 17,252 2,288 132.61 ILLINOIS 4,460 3,273 71,571 17,936 250.60 INDIANA 1,260 946 12,729 3,152 247.58 IOWA 126 116 3,433 975 284.03 KANSAS 102 74 18,273 2,240 122.57 KENTUCKY 3,052 1,572 97,456 18,352 188.31 LOUISIANA 724 531 48,193 3,820 79.27 MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 4,734 2,841 52,685 10,426 197.89 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 3,995 2,443 42,831 6,648 155.21 MINNESOTA 1,489 1,275 44,641 5,436 121.78 MISSISSIPPI 30 27 1,516 224 148.04 MISSOURI 914 662 28,086 2,811 100.10 MONTANA 121 54 11,608 813 70.01 NEBRASKA 2,414 1,818 60,180 7,331 121.82 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 . NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 242 153 774 111 143.99 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 . NEW YORK 1,166 838 14,049 1,934 137.64 NORTH CAROLINA 1,304 947 16,463 1,890 114.78 NORTH DAKOTA 44 35 851 33 38.71 OHIO 15,413 9,817 120,051 25,605 213.29 OKLAHOMA 72 60 629 40 62.91 OREGON 1,618 1,040 42,089 3,743 88.92 PENNSYLVANIA 8,769 5,867 142,777 17,871 125.17 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 1,003 619 79,554 8,527 107.18 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 . TEXAS 0 0 0 0 . UTAH 0 0 0 0 . VERMONT 380 284 2,594 293 112.85 VIRGINIA 3,313 2,631 23,758 1,994 83.91 WASHINGTON 1,177 973 14,307 3,531 246.82 WEST VIRGINIA 506 416 6,143 512 83.38 WISCONSIN 4,648 3,102 43,630 6,592 151.09 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 . 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2017. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 ----------- CONTINUOUS NON-CREP 1/--------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 3/ STATE 2/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 354,388 208,960 5,874,222 752,174 128.05 ALABAMA 1,564 1,220 49,443 2,567 51.92 ALASKA 5 5 472 31 65.89 ARKANSAS 4,179 2,475 159,855 12,657 79.18 CALIFORNIA 27 26 689 42 61.30 COLORADO 1,094 641 67,012 2,659 39.69 CONNECTICUT 1 1 1 0 67.00 DELAWARE 26 16 129 14 108.98 FLORIDA 77 58 2,507 147 58.47 GEORGIA 4,571 3,209 143,186 9,399 65.64 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 . IDAHO 983 648 142,723 7,247 50.78 ILLINOIS 59,483 35,003 493,917 104,485 211.54 INDIANA 29,605 16,904 144,836 27,538 190.14 IOWA 81,416 44,050 994,400 241,327 242.69 KANSAS 14,639 8,907 235,545 13,007 55.22 KENTUCKY 7,954 4,382 67,436 10,569 156.72 LOUISIANA 2,836 1,946 167,227 16,917 101.16 MAINE 152 115 2,316 160 68.92 MARYLAND 405 311 1,706 180 105.29 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 4,166 2,681 35,360 5,382 152.20 MINNESOTA 36,358 21,126 526,215 73,455 139.59 MISSISSIPPI 8,634 5,868 264,763 22,762 85.97 MISSOURI 13,780 8,743 233,297 31,165 133.59 MONTANA 1,451 709 165,204 5,134 31.08 NEBRASKA 11,475 7,526 195,998 27,588 140.76 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 . NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1 4 0 63.00 NEW JERSEY 81 61 822 52 63.29 NEW MEXICO 232 171 43,055 1,489 34.59 NEW YORK 290 248 4,204 222 52.75 NORTH CAROLINA 1,721 1,149 17,203 1,340 77.91 NORTH DAKOTA 11,582 6,807 488,477 29,076 59.52 OHIO 17,559 11,414 70,599 10,066 142.59 OKLAHOMA 316 266 14,888 609 40.90 OREGON 281 185 12,043 737 61.17 PENNSYLVANIA 108 99 182 12 63.86 PUERTO RICO 7 7 901 50 55.17 RHODE ISLAND 1 1 28 2 74.00 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,120 1,159 28,925 1,466 50.67 SOUTH DAKOTA 20,908 10,962 514,958 52,739 102.41 TENNESSEE 2,621 1,846 40,151 4,444 110.67 TEXAS 2,551 2,015 249,352 10,077 40.41 UTAH 11 13 300 13 44.50 VERMONT 18 18 74 4 57.84 VIRGINIA 590 471 3,555 208 58.45 WASHINGTON 3,711 1,903 214,093 14,311 66.85 WEST VIRGINIA 7 7 25 1 42.77 WISCONSIN 4,643 3,473 60,320 10,320 171.09 WYOMING 145 111 15,817 502 31.72 1/ Farmable Wetland Program enrollment not included. 2/ State in which land is located. 3/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2017. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 -----------FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 15,785 12,087 393,796 56,709 144.01 ALABAMA 3 3 14 1 36.59 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 19 13 2,012 170 84.40 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 . COLORADO 1 1 160 8 52.45 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 . DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 . FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 . GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 . HAWAII 0 0 0 0 . IDAHO 1 1 6 0 78.55 ILLINOIS 102 94 1,535 423 275.63 INDIANA 105 96 979 150 152.87 IOWA 5,065 4,113 89,517 23,438 261.82 KANSAS 115 109 2,054 113 54.79 KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 . LOUISIANA 45 34 3,556 348 97.79 MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 . MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 9 9 74 8 108.89 MINNESOTA 2,761 2,339 47,167 6,802 144.22 MISSISSIPPI 89 78 11,236 1,095 97.44 MISSOURI 4 3 222 25 113.39 MONTANA 7 5 321 15 46.92 NEBRASKA 337 297 3,269 492 150.52 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 . NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 . NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 . NEW YORK 0 0 0 0 . NORTH CAROLINA 2 1 58 6 99.53 NORTH DAKOTA 2,889 1,849 130,430 11,329 86.86 OHIO 52 53 338 47 139.44 OKLAHOMA 3 3 169 11 62.99 OREGON 0 0 0 0 . PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 . PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 4,163 2,973 100,587 12,212 121.41 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 . TEXAS 0 0 0 0 . UTAH 0 0 0 0 . VERMONT 0 0 0 0 . VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 . WASHINGTON 2 2 10 1 110.54 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 . WISCONSIN 11 11 82 15 187.71 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 . 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2017. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 ---------------GRASSLANDS SIGNUP-------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 309 196 89,052 1,544 17.34 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 . ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 . CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 . COLORADO 27 12 13,214 198 15.00 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 . DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 . FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 . GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 . HAWAII 0 0 0 0 . IDAHO 0 0 0 0 . ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 . INDIANA 1 1 17 1 37.00 IOWA 10 8 429 15 36.09 KANSAS 3 3 1,087 18 16.20 KENTUCKY 12 6 504 15 29.23 LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 . MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 . MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 . MINNESOTA 1 1 10 0 32.00 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 . MISSOURI 4 4 255 7 29.33 MONTANA 7 4 6,261 94 15.00 NEBRASKA 91 62 25,115 437 17.38 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 . NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 . NEW MEXICO 24 17 9,715 146 15.00 NEW YORK 0 0 0 0 . NORTH CAROLINA 1 1 67 2 32.00 NORTH DAKOTA 28 17 10,838 193 17.84 OHIO 11 8 275 7 25.01 OKLAHOMA 6 2 1,120 17 15.00 OREGON 0 0 0 0 . PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 53 1 17.00 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 56 28 14,979 316 21.08 TENNESSEE 3 3 326 6 16.94 TEXAS 18 14 3,138 47 15.00 UTAH 0 0 0 0 . VERMONT 0 0 0 0 . VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 . WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 . WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 . WISCONSIN 2 2 45 1 25.77 WYOMING 3 2 1,604 24 15.00 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2017.

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FY 2017 CONTINUOUS SIGNUP (#50) SEPTEMBER 2017 (PART 1)

STATE 1/

Wetland Restorations 2/

Buffers 3/

Grass Waterways

Upland Bird Habitat Buffers

Pollinator Habitat

ALABAMA 7 1,061 8 3 0 ARKANSAS 7,329 8,145 0 515 17 COLORADO 93 15 0 0 198 DELAWARE 53 14 0 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 0 5 0 86 23 HAWAII 0 191 0 0 0 IDAHO 37 439 0 0 238 ILLINOIS 4,727 16,898 3,058 7,606 19,882 INDIANA 1,512 3,093 921 800 1,285 IOWA 15,932 14,190 1,953 5,461 46,214 KANSAS 596 1,267 131 2,739 1,055 KENTUCKY 60 609 393 794 886 LOUISIANA 1,946 459 0 28 0 MAINE 0 0 2 0 0 MARYLAND 532 5,420 9 30 7 MICHIGAN 1,673 1,109 11 69 977 MINNESOTA 36,814 11,184 103 128 5,606 MISSISSIPPI 3,639 20,055 0 336 0 MISSOURI 2,231 3,362 84 3,216 12,602 MONTANA 1,706 35 0 0 276 NEBRASKA 1,233 1,149 52 2,599 4,999 NEW JERSEY 0 19 16 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 118 454 9 0 1 NORTH CAROLINA 0 27 1 82 12 NORTH DAKOTA 33,993 222 4 0 203 OHIO 686 4,926 954 2,095 929 OKLAHOMA 0 37 2 29 0 OREGON 0 3,376 0 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 58 1,691 14 62 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 134 0 70 4 SOUTH DAKOTA 55,018 1,458 168 251 1,160 TENNESSEE 0 1,392 6 239 1,640 TEXAS 337 356 125 3,942 0 VERMONT 0 130 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 29 1,872 0 41 65 WASHINGTON 152 3,743 3 53 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 368 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 689 4,831 63 66 382 WYOMING 0 48 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 171,201 113,785 8,093 31,341 98,662 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ CP9,CP23,CP23A,CP30,CP31,CP37, and Farmable Wetland Program. Includes both wetland and associated upland buffers. 3/ CP21,CP22,CP29.

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FY 2017 CONTINUOUS SIGNUP (#50) SEPTEMBER 2017 (PART 2)

State 1/

Wind Erosion

Practices 2/

SAFE

Other

Practices

Total

CREP 3/

HELI 3/

ALABAMA 0 . 172 1,404 . 59 ARKANSAS 0 1,658 61 17,727 . . COLORADO 252 27,328 6,821 34,706 2,146 4,675 DELAWARE 0 . 209 276 276 . FLORIDA 0 . 0 255 . . GEORGIA 0 2,141 0 7,235 . . HAWAII 0 . 0 191 191 . IDAHO 20 27,953 4,072 32,758 916 3,157 ILLINOIS 187 3,139 26,967 82,464 . 26,689 INDIANA 85 8,917 3,357 19,970 1,491 3,312 IOWA 477 111,048 26,948 222,223 115 25,887 KANSAS 81 51,132 8,585 65,588 386 7,885 KENTUCKY 0 3,556 5,353 11,652 . 4,916 LOUISIANA 0 . -0 2,434 . . MAINE 0 . 0 2 . . MARYLAND 0 . 1,684 7,683 7,517 101 MICHIGAN 49 1,448 60 5,396 . . MINNESOTA 857 18,321 2,826 75,840 9 2,389 MISSISSIPPI 0 1,872 1,164 27,065 745 1,136 MISSOURI 0 19,764 1,568 42,828 . 1,568 MONTANA 168 37,373 76,365 115,923 1,808 16,210 NEBRASKA 4,335 37,049 7,580 58,996 1,787 5,647 NEW JERSEY 0 130 0 165 35 . NEW MEXICO 0 . 19,365 19,365 . 19,365 NEW YORK 0 717 650 1,949 1,088 71 NORTH CAROLINA 0 59 110 467 121 . NORTH DAKOTA 125 28,454 7,825 70,827 47 . OHIO 441 8,595 2,144 20,770 5,061 1,651 OKLAHOMA 0 372 1,070 1,509 . . OREGON 0 3,922 14,977 22,274 3,365 14,977 PENNSYLVANIA 0 . 7,599 9,426 9,426 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 . 0 677 . . SOUTH DAKOTA 2,784 33,135 3,134 97,106 . . TENNESSEE 0 1,059 1,820 6,156 . 1,820 TEXAS 0 32,119 4,345 41,225 . 4,250 VERMONT 0 . -0 130 130 . VIRGINIA 0 . 0 2,043 1,126 . WASHINGTON 1 11,174 4,517 19,642 2,094 2,710 WEST VIRGINIA 0 . 32 399 399 . WISCONSIN 6 16,666 6,085 28,790 8,367 2,762 WYOMING 12 . 296 355 . 296 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 9,879 489,101 247,762 1,175,892 48,645 151,530 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ CP5, CP16, and CP17. 3/ Includes various practices.

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CRP CONTRACT EXPIRATIONS BY YEAR 1/ ACRES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017

STATE 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024+ ALABAMA 31,747 15,146 4,837 48,008 44,354 48,324 21,199 31,266 ALASKA 14,719 0 2,146 342 33 134 50 0 ARKANSAS 16,226 26,002 14,740 26,223 21,270 19,452 19,992 102,519 CALIFORNIA 33,838 129 254 11,080 8,596 16,379 3,344 1,955 COLORADO 28,941 46,245 30,838 635,066 298,113 463,122 160,962 179,436 CONNECTICUT 20 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 DELAWARE 511 393 264 336 321 148 263 2,062 FLORIDA 4,920 2,470 402 5,639 4,514 6,671 3,277 2,579 GEORGIA 14,546 22,276 3,299 20,639 26,367 54,375 18,106 85,611 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,168 IDAHO 71,186 9,436 13,986 100,963 116,220 141,161 51,134 106,440 ILLINOIS 96,547 67,199 46,721 91,809 68,552 67,844 96,427 440,852 INDIANA 29,369 16,770 17,624 22,729 18,750 21,203 25,382 98,906 IOWA 214,572 157,560 134,754 206,710 90,098 119,578 112,258 974,574 KANSAS 137,399 106,301 50,274 502,068 368,672 297,009 132,799 546,496 KENTUCKY 24,049 36,532 14,172 21,729 13,289 58,060 25,739 68,975 LOUISIANA 8,561 31,365 8,149 49,309 26,591 13,163 9,982 143,802 MAINE 2,027 123 3 1,307 1,087 1,043 2,101 56 MARYLAND 12,621 6,054 3,640 4,101 3,324 4,878 4,462 27,301 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 17,594 10,477 7,552 17,153 9,349 10,300 13,915 49,500 MINNESOTA 97,342 201,294 96,228 82,785 62,595 106,283 66,964 491,485 MISSISSIPPI 122,933 56,315 29,493 89,492 78,372 100,921 40,773 208,447 MISSOURI 129,617 45,624 18,967 124,417 133,057 234,503 113,381 210,267 MONTANA 391,463 111,346 112,437 206,852 138,141 192,927 126,958 226,369 NEBRASKA 63,301 47,357 30,128 177,675 96,487 81,645 51,806 431,378 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 389 136 145 233 170 328 140 698 NEW MEXICO 120,648 8,362 1,738 13,489 114,272 125,750 28,030 117,222 NEW YORK 10,279 4,360 3,783 4,168 2,381 2,775 1,662 8,044 NORTH CAROLINA 8,304 8,984 4,724 13,775 9,680 8,415 4,318 9,263 NORTH DAKOTA 326,662 21,588 49,902 185,024 133,440 376,457 105,478 412,954 OHIO 34,866 15,668 15,449 42,644 26,765 23,746 21,058 99,684 OKLAHOMA 67,770 17,889 9,021 204,985 152,836 156,276 51,298 45,524 OREGON 79,849 12,964 10,015 84,550 85,468 83,322 57,946 109,131 PENNSYLVANIA 17,747 22,679 26,110 16,333 12,459 19,890 6,199 36,959 PUERTO RICO 167 560 20 0 0 0 60 435 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 SOUTH CAROLINA 14,744 2,632 2,021 15,918 7,075 12,774 4,548 18,137 SOUTH DAKOTA 46,138 50,951 56,746 171,283 112,146 140,076 78,886 477,238 TENNESSEE 13,102 5,375 4,610 26,338 20,965 15,779 23,645 34,610 TEXAS 134,323 99,420 84,686 771,021 547,398 728,774 301,587 281,059 UTAH 3,361 34 0 102,495 27,407 24,457 6,010 1,827 VERMONT 207 157 155 101 283 324 210 1,391 VIRGINIA 9,408 5,491 2,126 4,140 3,980 4,918 2,987 14,211 WASHINGTON 10,079 161,429 45,866 196,144 95,240 215,055 195,869 297,437 WEST VIRGINIA 752 671 383 764 836 676 300 3,954 WISCONSIN 43,843 27,974 8,638 29,544 18,375 17,880 19,851 94,091 WYOMING 1,492 2,726 2,026 87,764 32,900 42,292 8,129 19,286 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= 2,508,179 1,486,486 969,082 4,417,150 3,032,374 4,059,088 2,019,489 6,514,625 1/ Includes general and continuous sign-up acreage. Note: Contracts expire at the end of the fiscal year, September 30.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017

STATE

GRASS PLANTINGS

TREE PLANTINGS

WILDLIFE HABITAT

(CP4D) 2/

WILDLIFE CORRIDORS

(CP4B)

FIELD

WINDBREAKS (CP5)

INTROD. (CP1)

NATIVE (CP2)

SOFTWOODS (CP3)

LONGLEAF PINE

(CP3A) 1/

HARDWOODS (CP3A)

ALABAMA 13,408 2,855 95,356 15,588 3,763 6,612 339 0 ALASKA 2,033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 4,349 3,259 15,904 0 24,264 1,708 53 0 CALIFORNIA 20,245 185 14 0 50 9,833 0 0 COLORADO 70,592 853,526 17 0 0 288,158 0 1,265 CONNECTICUT 20 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 15 23 0 0 2,300 708 0 0 FLORIDA 249 108 13,740 2,281 74 1,079 0 0 GEORGIA 787 80 49,028 20,740 2,047 2,545 4 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 IDAHO 204,760 39,819 5,515 0 30 69,486 23 130 ILLINOIS 175,902 43,664 1,124 0 42,356 86,340 28 2,220 INDIANA 19,068 13,137 320 0 16,753 6,540 88 1,381 IOWA 245,429 134,031 554 0 17,415 123,715 220 6,384 KANSAS 12,940 633,698 17 0 398 319,828 473 1,457 KENTUCKY 34,868 22,471 207 0 3,758 300 18 1 LOUISIANA 1,308 1,141 18,252 6,755 33,598 32,563 0 0 MAINE 2,433 0 128 0 1 38 0 0 MARYLAND 7,711 2,202 576 0 344 1,554 3 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 17,144 10,610 3,014 0 2,695 10,664 236 2,016 MINNESOTA 72,070 52,464 8,124 0 17,103 159,403 147 7,055 MISSISSIPPI 22,676 2,649 199,215 14,812 36,559 4,152 77 0 MISSOURI 453,029 154,560 499 0 15,220 2,447 2 57 MONTANA 414,498 284,225 26 0 5 12,152 87 123 NEBRASKA 28,102 262,512 155 0 437 38,878 13 29,106 NEVADA 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 266 124 0 0 48 0 0 6 NEW MEXICO 49,448 292,504 0 0 0 140 0 0 NEW YORK 5,472 399 400 0 429 484 0 1 NORTH CAROLINA 1,033 102 15,374 5,526 3,684 775 1 15 NORTH DAKOTA 157,581 15,298 83 0 363 276,454 0 3,698 OHIO 12,861 47,793 1,632 0 6,319 9,627 82 3,330 OKLAHOMA 115,146 315,292 19 0 163 888 0 35 OREGON 198,757 62,885 2,047 0 53 8,518 1 0 PENNSYLVANIA 78,140 28,026 101 0 729 4,507 6 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 16 20 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 839 182 21,837 2,680 117 1,434 0 17 SOUTH DAKOTA 49,707 68,337 7 0 14 37,194 0 22,415 TENNESSEE 32,752 21,463 19,530 0 5,417 2,874 73 0 TEXAS 266,436 1,690,468 1,455 0 10 13,043 743 29 UTAH 66,465 13,929 0 0 0 1,805 0 0 VERMONT 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 2,758 1,225 6,307 0 205 350 6 3 WASHINGTON 260,471 514,411 2,090 0 0 112,691 48 12 WEST VIRGINIA 115 0 6 0 16 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 53,462 27,096 6,850 0 23,611 3,589 144 106 WYOMING 98,003 2,014 2 0 0 1,385 0 109 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 3,273,484 5,618,789 489,525 68,382 260,376 1,654,484 2,915 80,972 1/ See also CP36 (p. 23). 2/ Seedings that meet multiple seasonal requirements for wildlife of local or regional concern.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017, CON’T

STATE

DIVERSIONS & EROSION CONTROL STRUCT.

(CP6&CP7)

GRASS WATERWAYS

(CP8)

SHALLOW

WATER FOR WILDLIFE

(CP9)

EXISTING GRASS (CP10)

EXISTING TREES (CP11)

WILDLIFE FOOD PLOTS

(CP12)

CONTOUR GRASS

STRIPS (CP15)

SHELTER- BELTS (CP16)

ALABAMA 0 1 107 20,128 34,116 886 11 0 ALASKA 0 0 0 14,919 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 5 518 3,881 9,020 238 0 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 5 40,918 0 4 0 0 COLORADO 0 503 18 477,065 33 121 12 2,958 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 6 207 25 0 8 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 54 9,730 19 0 0 GEORGIA 0 23 23 1,007 19,161 305 0 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 0 0 23 109,149 912 77 25 21 ILLINOIS 19 31,869 4,198 66,543 6,384 3,862 903 142 INDIANA 0 18,737 924 16,571 3,138 336 20 20 IOWA 5 36,322 10,249 172,199 3,561 4,220 12,132 2,039 KANSAS 0 7,839 917 187,291 137 3,108 3,135 642 KENTUCKY 0 4,704 1,782 7,951 494 446 30 0 LOUISIANA 0 2 463 1,220 9,706 569 0 0 MAINE 0 61 0 2,559 274 0 1 0 MARYLAND 0 242 1,048 1,548 260 49 1 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 50 505 1,371 10,616 1,913 669 1 42 MINNESOTA 70 3,340 209 57,896 7,490 3,518 756 3,433 MISSISSIPPI 0 55 497 28,212 125,165 2,126 44 0 MISSOURI 4 1,933 1,732 109,696 1,890 2,861 838 55 MONTANA 0 83 11 405,811 432 689 0 147 NEBRASKA 0 1,195 155 86,496 486 519 299 1,590 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 166 0 14 0 2 1 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 88,441 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 0 43 3 12,273 651 45 3 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 241 225 907 8,871 13 0 5 NORTH DAKOTA 0 78 1 304,702 295 2,003 1 3,988 OHIO 0 11,312 507 21,803 2,017 331 16 76 OKLAHOMA 0 157 70 215,644 134 740 0 0 OREGON 0 27 0 117,837 490 98 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 282 33 11,508 261 1,008 50 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 188 117 0 60 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 16 34 1,389 19,678 188 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1,368 41 78,055 75 2,291 36 11,654 TENNESSEE 0 171 61 16,444 6,628 277 17 0 TEXAS 0 1,381 83 705,589 2,551 2,510 104 5 UTAH 0 6 0 81,869 0 8 40 0 VERMONT 0 15 0 45 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 87 57 2,405 4,089 30 2 0 WASHINGTON 0 370 51 101,555 720 533 42,624 8 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 1 1,421 1,776 37,455 7,410 1,076 469 14 WYOMING 0 0 0 72,189 12 14 0 36 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 148 124,570 27,399 3,692,197 288,302 35,797 61,631 26,874

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017, CON’T

STATE

LIVING SNOW FENCES

(CP17)

SALINITY REDUCING

VEGETATION (CP18)

FILTER- STRIPS (CP21)

RIPARIAN BUFFERS

1/ (CP22)

WETLAND RESTORATION CROSS

WIND TRAP STRIPS (CP24)

(CP23) 2/ FLOODPLAIN (CP23) 3/

NON-FLOODPLAIN (CP23A) 3/

ALASKA 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 5,013 60,012 22 36,578 20,582 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 689 572 0 0 0 COLORADO 23 7 60 429 26 0 1,295 0 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 466 57 19 113 74 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 0 0 361 990 380 37 0 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 1,155 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 62 0 673 3,218 0 375 25 0 ILLINOIS 49 4 106,412 98,450 1,511 31,442 8,423 0 INDIANA 0 0 46,537 5,156 943 2,825 5,975 0 IOWA 689 0 191,487 45,936 2,413 120,171 9,929 0 KANSAS 55 875 22,777 2,783 399 3,950 4,859 52 KENTUCKY 0 0 18,584 20,798 0 127 137 0 LOUISIANA 0 0 320 4,727 101 66,416 54,004 0 MAINE 0 0 57 41 0 0 0 0 MARYLAND 0 0 26,664 11,555 395 1,713 129 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 11 0 28,815 1,876 2,759 4,296 12,386 0 MINNESOTA 3,247 4,359 111,533 29,550 48,325 35,468 217,465 0 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 5,008 165,184 0 12,438 1,331 0 MISSOURI 0 0 27,394 25,574 88 17,308 1,433 0 MONTANA 32 95,190 176 2,446 510 655 379 0 NEBRASKA 92 538 15,319 1,775 316 7,363 4,113 0 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 348 266 0 0 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 3,317 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 0 0 380 8,822 2 55 1 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 1,271 14,315 25 1,092 0 0 NORTH DAKOTA 545 101,759 7,596 325 132,139 4,796 52,131 0 OHIO 0 0 69,712 6,708 1,105 4,783 6,274 0 OKLAHOMA 0 1,909 514 1,377 78 293 1,453 0 OREGON 0 0 1,475 34,797 0 117 115 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 840 22,649 76 700 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 297 0 0 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 1,245 10,295 0 172 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 610 15,671 9,425 4,973 25,530 38,443 112,056 0 TENNESSEE 0 0 5,409 5,868 43 632 0 0 TEXAS 0 436 911 23,355 5,425 968 2,413 8 UTAH 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 185 2,467 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 3,451 20,731 23 96 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 24 33,508 20,788 15 42 5 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 614 5,482 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 27 0 19,914 11,323 1,659 2,495 1,099 0 WYOMING 1 0 0 3,712 0 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 5,443 220,773 764,788 713,423 224,899 395,962 518,088 60 1/ Includes cropland and marginal pasture. 2/ Acres enrolled under general sign-up and CREP through 2003. 3/ Acres enrolled under continuous CREP and non-CREP sign-up after 2003.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017, CON’T

STATE

RARE AND DECLINING HABITAT (CP25)

FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM 1/

MARGINAL PASTURE BUFFERS

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD

TREES (CP31)

EXPIRED HARDWOOD

TREES (CP32)

UPLAND BIRD

HABITAT BUFFERS (CP33)

WETLAND (CP27)

BUFFER (CP28)

WILDLIFE (CP29)

WETLAND (CP30)

ALABAMA 405 0 0 301 0 1,219 0 784 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 422 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 493 2,492 18,694 0 4,002 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLORADO 2,205 34 127 63 32 0 0 1,222 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 0 0 0 28 0 19 0 856 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 79 4 2 191 178 0 0 0 ILLINOIS 559 595 908 266 33 5,729 0 63,671 INDIANA 1,996 340 620 62 49 7,676 0 10,402 IOWA 157,954 26,014 63,131 9,515 2,193 3,910 0 25,146 KANSAS 681,258 714 1,333 4 0 237 0 28,339 KENTUCKY 37,762 0 0 71,100 0 596 0 5,689 LOUISIANA 0 447 0 0 176 51,403 0 292 MAINE 0 0 0 5 11 0 0 0 MARYLAND 468 0 0 1,016 160 0 0 571 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 62 24 50 4 306 11 0 685 MINNESOTA 128,040 14,627 31,540 835 7,675 867 0 505 MISSISSIPPI 0 40 157 29 24 56,780 0 1,665 MISSOURI 44,878 0 0 1,223 1,735 2,056 0 27,383 MONTANA 82,671 172 149 98 0 0 0 404 NEBRASKA 168,097 1,320 1,949 1,192 297 9 0 8,125 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 0 0 0 2,137 1,168 2 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 39 0 54 0 4,692 NORTH DAKOTA 10,770 25,786 59,186 35 0 0 0 0 OHIO 4,135 80 192 3,015 137 98 0 12,878 OKLAHOMA 20,299 47 122 6 9 440 0 754 OREGON 42,436 0 0 13,812 461 0 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 1,203 466 0 0 207 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 544 0 0 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 40 72 5 0 2,413 SOUTH DAKOTA 14,137 28,064 59,642 5,049 24,106 0 0 1,405 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 75 0 2,937 0 3,668 TEXAS 0 0 0 1,970 2 381 0 26,999 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 0 760 20 0 0 1,155 WASHINGTON 1,162 2 8 931 426 0 0 1,501 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 13,523 32 50 1,228 27 0 1 239 WYOMING 0 0 0 1,653 0 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 1,412,895 98,342 219,166 118,923 42,680 153,125 1 235,652 1/ For more FWP see page 23

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 CON’T

STATE

LONGLEAF

PINE (CP36)

DUCK NESTING

HABITAT (CP37)

STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE

ENHANCEMENT (CP38)

FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM

POLLINATOR HABITAT 2/

(CP42) CONSTRUC-

TED WETLANDS (CP39) 1/

AQUACUL-TURE WETLANDS (CP40)

FLOODED PRAIRIE WETLANDS (CP41) 1/

ALABAMA 14,486 0 2,283 0 14 0 21 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 17,138 130 1,883 0 32 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,821 COLORADO 0 0 45,446 0 0 0 19,574 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FLORIDA 2,434 0 9 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 127,310 0 12,783 0 0 0 23 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 0 0 119,366 0 0 0 7,450 ILLINOIS 0 0 23,854 30 0 2 87,954 INDIANA 0 0 47,536 19 0 0 4,113 IOWA 0 2,443 181,031 247 0 125 175,349 KANSAS 0 0 146,406 7 0 0 4,589 KENTUCKY 0 0 12,387 0 0 0 4,138 LOUISIANA 59 0 477 5 3,104 0 23 MAINE 0 0 2,135 0 0 0 0 MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 0 0 9,596 0 0 0 4,730 MINNESOTA 0 18,478 71,736 89 0 909 9,828 MISSISSIPPI 418 0 9,150 0 11,039 0 0 MISSOURI 0 0 38,248 0 222 0 32,814 MONTANA 0 1,427 49,931 0 0 0 5,718 NEBRASKA 0 0 91,830 0 0 0 23,542 NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 795 0 0 0 14 NEW MEXICO 0 0 2,600 0 0 0 738 NEW YORK 0 0 1,381 0 0 0 23 NORTH CAROLINA 7,442 0 834 0 58 0 5 NORTH DAKOTA 0 176,281 132,073 0 0 45,458 4,423 OHIO 0 0 27,912 66 0 0 2,452 OKLAHOMA 0 0 8,491 0 0 0 146 OREGON 0 0 1,529 0 0 0 352 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 13,366 0 1,080 0 0 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 0 199,047 136,549 14 0 12,867 3,252 TENNESSEE 0 0 9,240 0 0 0 3,844 TEXAS 0 0 133,618 0 0 0 12,418 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 838 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 503 0 393 0 0 0 141 WASHINGTON 0 0 98,533 0 0 0 3,112 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 0 0 13,216 0 0 0 1,925 WYOMING 0 0 9,688 0 0 0 100 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 166,018 397,676 1,459,276 606 16,320 59,362 415,548 1/ Includes buffers. 2/ Does not include about 40,000 acres from signup 39 before CP42 was implemented.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES)

CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 CON’T STATE

GRASSLANDS

TOYAL NAATIVE GRASS (CP87)

INTRODUCED GRASS (CP88)

ALABAMA 0 0 241,960 ALASKA 0 0 17,423 ARKANSAS 0 0 230,272 CALIFORNIA 0 0 74,337 COLORADO 0 13,014 1,779,117 CONNECTICUT 0 0 49 DELAWARE 0 0 4,024 FLORIDA 0 0 29,841 GEORGIA 0 0 238,538 HAWAII 0 0 1,168 IDAHO 0 0 561,592 ILLINOIS 0 0 895,410 INDIANA 0 0 231,299 IOWA 223 157 1,786,530 KANSAS 0 985 2,071,634 KENTUCKY 0 5 248,794 LOUISIANA 0 0 287,148 MAINE 0 0 7,744 MARYLAND 0 0 58,239 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 10 MICHIGAN 0 0 127,157 MINNESOTA 9 0 1,128,141 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 699,502 MISSOURI 132 87 965,462 MONTANA 1,240 4,620 1,364,108 NEBRASKA 2,176 22,380 800,378 NEVADA 0 0 146 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 4 NEW JERSEY 0 0 2,049 NEW MEXICO 0 9,715 446,902 NEW YORK 0 0 34,177 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 66,666 NORTH DAKOTA 741 10,097 1,528,685 OHIO 238 28 257,519 OKLAHOMA 0 1,117 685,344 OREGON 0 0 485,809 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 150,846 PUERTO RICO 0 0 1,242 RHODE ISLAND 0 0 28 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 77,101 SOUTH DAKOTA 558 14,342 976,938 TENNESSEE 0 0 137,748 TEXAS 0 3,114 2,896,417 UTAH 0 0 165,019 VERMONT 0 0 2,720 VIRGINIA 0 0 44,736 WASHINGTON 0 0 1,195,638 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 6,357 WISCONSIN 39 1 231,278 WYOMING 86 1,437 190,440 ========== ========== ========== 5,442 81,099 23,433,684

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*Practice acres include approved buffer acres on FY17 and FY18 CRP contracts.

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Selected Environmental Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program - 2016

Fiscal Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Land Enrolled* million acres 31.1 29.5 26.8 25.4 24.2 23.9 In Wetlands million acres 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 Buffers million acres 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7

Reductions (not leaving field or are intercepted by buffers)** Sediment million tons 226 221 209 201 195 190 Nitrogen million lbs. 623 605 565 542 524 514 Phosphorus million lbs. 124 121 113 108 105 102

Greenhouse Gas Reduction (CO2 equivalent/year)** CO2 Sequestered Mil. metric tons 44 42 38 37 35 34 Reduced Fuel and Fertilizer Use

Mil. metric tons 8 7 7 6 6 6

Total Mil. metric tons 52 49 45 43 41 40

*Cumulative acres. ** Annual estimates.

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TRANSITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM (TIP)

2014 Farm Bill Activity Data as of September 30, 2017

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Includes lands under contracts not yet started.

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State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE)Active Co ntra c ts a s o f Se p te mb e r 2017

State Allocation CP38A CP38B CP38C CP38D CP38E Total AcresBuffers Wetlands Trees Longleaf

PineGrass

Alabama 3,800 2,283.3 2,283.3Arkansas 20,400 2,122.2 5,282.2 11,392.1 18,796.5Colorado 91,050 69,925.2 69,925.2Georgia 21,300 14,922.8 9.7 14,932.5Idaho 172,300 1.0 147,069.5 147,070.5Illinois 41,000 330.6 91.3 26,569.4 26,991.2Indiana 72,950 175.5 5,356.5 50,805.1 56,337.0Iowa 299,550 1,240.7 1,017.7 289,821.3 292,079.7Kansas 202,300 2,628.2 193,681.9 196,310.1Kentucky 16,200 57.1 15,886.1 15,943.2Louisiana 1,700 261.3 215.4 476.7Maine 2,250 2,134.6 2,134.6Michigan 16,000 10,877.7 10,877.7Minnesota 122,000 90,323.9 90,323.9Mississippi 17,900 428 10,452.7 10,881.0Missouri 65,400 58,012.4 58,012.4Montana 93,500 238.6 87,065.3 87,303.9Nebraska 150,250 139.6 128,731.1 128,870.7Nevada 400New Jersey 1,750 4.2 51.0 870.3 925.5New Mexico 2,600 2,600.0 2,600.0New York 4,900 2,097.6 2,097.6North Carolina 2,600 893.5 893.5North Dakota 223,610 3,084.7 157,528.2 160,613.0Ohio 102,600 144.7 21.5 36,260.6 36,426.8Oklahoma 15,100 8,863.7 8,863.7Oregon 5,500 5,450.4 5,450.4Pennsylvania 2,600 0.0Puerto Rico 1,300 0.0South Carolina 2,300 1,080.4 1,080.4South Dakota 177,520 820.3 175,827.7 176,648.0Tennessee 14,200 39.2 56.4 9,720.7 9,816.3Texas 182,500 163,779.7 163,779.7Virginia 3,800 10.0 321.4 331.4Washington 129,300 2,039.4 107,667.7 109,707.0Wisconsin 72,650 90.8 29,662.2 29,753.0Wyoming 10,000 9,688.2 9,688.2Regular Reserve 84,920 1,907,247.2Total: 2,450,000 2,039.4 11,059.3 27,557.1 321.4 1,907,247.2 1,948,224.2

SAFE Pra ctice Pra ctice T yp e Ap p lica b le CRP Pra ctice sCP38A Buffers CP8, CP21, CP22CP38B Wetlands CP9, CP23, CP23A, CP27, CP28, CP37CP38C TreesCP38D Longleaf Pine CP3A, CP36CP38E Grass

CP3, CP3A, CP16, CP17, CP25, CP31

CP1, CP2, CP4D, CP8, CP12, CP15, CP18, CP24, CP25, CP33

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SAFE Acres by Project Areaas of September 2017

State Project Name Allocation Approved Contract Acres

Alabama Alabama Black Belt Prairie SAF 3,800 2,283.3Arkansas AR Trees SAFE 6,200 5,282.2Arkansas Arkansas Grass SAFE 11,700 11,392.1Arkansas Arkansas Wetlands SAFE 2,500 2,122.2Colorado CO Lesser Prairie Chicken SAFE 36,500 30,708.7Colorado CO Plains Sharp-tailed Grouse 14,000 9,069.4Colorado CO Shortgrass Prairie SAFE 7,450 3,923.5Colorado CO Western Slope Grouse 13,100 7,946.9Colorado Colorado Upland Bird SAFE 20,000 18,276.7Georgia GA Restoring Native Pine Savan 21,300 14,932.5Idaho ID Columbian Sh. Grouse SAFE 147,300 143,017.9Idaho Western Idaho Upland Game Bird 25,000 4,052.6Il l inois IL Mercer County SAFE 2,800 2,552.6Il l inois IL Prairie SAFE 32,600 19,077.0Il l inois IL Sangamon SAFE 2,000 1,986.1Il l inois IL Spoon River SAFE 3,600 3,361.2Indiana Indiana American Woodcock SAFE 1,150 527.8Indiana Indiana Bat SAFE 6,400 5,356.5Indiana Indiana Henslow`s Sparrow 16,175 11,389.9Indiana Indiana Northern Bobwhite SAFE 23,275 17,862.7Indiana Indiana Ring-Necked Pheasant 15,150 12,223.3Indiana Indiana Sedge Wren/Grasshopper 10,800 8,982.3Iowa IA Early Successional/Neotrop 1,200 1,198.5Iowa Iowa Gaining Ground 167,150 163,975.4Iowa Iowa Grand River 2,200 2,168.7Iowa Iowa Pheasant Recovery SAFE 89,000 86,843.7Iowa Iowa Quail SAFE 40,000 37,952.0Kansas KS Lesser Prairie-Chicken 129,400 128,695.9Kansas Kansas Upland Game Birds SAFE 72,900 65,098.4Kentucky KY Early Successional/Bottomla 16,200 15,925.0Louisiana Louisiana Bayou Bartholomew 700 261.3Louisiana Louisiana Gulf Coast Prairies 1,000 215.4Maine ME New England Cottontail SAFE 0Maine Maine Upland Sandpiper SAFE 2,250 2,134.6Michigan MI Diverse Grassland SAFE 12,000 8,001.7Michigan MI Native Poll inators SAFE 4,000 2,876.0Minnesota Minnesota Back Forty Pheasant 122,000 90,241.4Mississippi Mississippi Black Bear SAFE 2,450 428.4Mississippi Mississippi Black Belt Prairie 5,000 2,148.7Mississippi Mississippi Bobwhite Quail SAF 10,450 8,202.1Missouri Missouri Bobwhite Quail SAFE 50,350 48,992.7Missouri Missouri Delta Stewardship 6,000 1,956.0Missouri Missouri Nesting Habitat SAFE 1,500 833.1Missouri Missouri Sand Grassland SAFE 7,550 6,245.9Montana MT Pheasant Winter Cover SAFE 40,100 40,470.4Montana MT Prairie Pothole 49,400 45,423.8Montana MT Sagebrush SAFE 4,000 1,409.6Nebraska Kansas/Nebraska Migratory Birds SAFE 20,000 2,767.8Nebraska Nebraska Tallgrass SAFE 42,850 42,355Nebraska Nebraska Upland Bird SAFE 87,400 86,398Nevada Nevada Sage Grouse Habitat Imp 400New Jersey NJ Agricultural Heritage SAFE 450 211.3

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SAFE Acres by Project Areaas of September 2017

State Project Name AllocationApproved Contract

Acres

New Jersey NJ Grassland SAFE 750 446New Jersey NJ Raritan-Piedmont SAFE 550 267.8New Mexico NM Lesser Prairie Chicken SAFE 2,600 2,600.0New York New York Grassland SAFE 4,900 2,097.6North Carolina North Carolina Grassland SAFE 2,600 893.5North Dakota ND Coteau-Drift Prairie Water 90,120 90,075North Dakota ND Habitat for Pheasants SAFE 57,500 57,326.4North Dakota ND Sagebrush Restoration SAFE 2,000 1,738North Dakota ND Tallgrass Prairie 13,990 10,247.8North Dakota North Dakota Declining Grassla 40,000 1,083North Dakota North Dakota Habitat for Honey 20,000Ohio OH Big Island/Kil ldeer 1,925 873.8Ohio OH Grand River/Mosquito 0Ohio OH Grassland and Wetland Compl 0Ohio OH Grasslands for Pheasants 43,700 28,389.3Ohio OH Kil lbuck SAFE 0Ohio OH Kitty Todd SAFE 700 130.2Ohio OH LaSuAn Grasslands SAFE 6,350 3,062.4Ohio OH Paint Creek SAFE 1,675 696.5Ohio OH Western Lake Erie Mars 1,400 1,011.8Ohio Ohio Monarch SAFE 30,000 289.4Ohio Ohio Quail SAFE 15,000 547.2Ohio S. OH Grassland Bird 1,850 1,420.9Oklahoma OK Mixed Grass Prairie SAFE 15,100 8,732.1Oregon Oregon Heppner Mule Deer 5,500 5,450.4Pennsylvania PA Seasonal Pools/Early Succes 2,600Puerto Rico PR Sub-Tropical Forest SAFE 1,300South Carolina South Carolina Northern Bobwhi 2,300 1,080South Dakota NW South Dakota Sagebrush Rest 0South Dakota South Dakota Pheasants SAFE 119,520 119,392South Dakota Western SD Grassland Wildlife 58,000 57,422Tennessee TN Grass SAFE 13,500 9,823Tennessee TN Trees SAFE 300 56Tennessee TN Wetlands SAFE 400 39Texas TX Lower Rio Grande Thornscru 2,000 1,777Texas Texas Gulf Coast Prairies SAFE 500Texas Texas Mixed Grass SAFE 180,000 162,002Virginia VA Culpeper Basin SAFE 500Virginia VA Longleaf Pine SAFE 2,500 321Virginia VA Rare & Declining Habitats 300 10Virginia VA Riparian Buffer SAFE 500Washington WA Coastal Roosevelt Elk SAFE 0Washington WA Columbia Basin SAFE 150 17Washington WA Palouse Prairie SAFE 5,728 4,850Washington WA Sage and Sharp-Tail Grouse 78,000 73,849Washington WA Shrub-steppe SAFE 25,422 19,438Washington Washington Ferruginous Hawk 20,000 11,552Wisconsin Central WI Grassland SAFE 500 252Wisconsin Wisconsin Glacial SAFE 5,250 3,365Wisconsin Wisconsin Monarch SAFE 50,000 12,803Wisconsin Wisconsin SW Grassland SAFE 12,000 9,293Wisconsin Wisconsin Shortgrass SAFE 2,900 2,567Wisconsin Wisconsin Western Prairie SAFE 2,000 1,487Wyoming NE Wyoming Habitat Restoration 10,000 9,688

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) BY SIGN-UP TYPE, CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017

GENERAL CONTIN. CONTIN. PRACTICE SIGN-UP 1/ CREP NON-CREP 2/ TOTAL CP1 INTROD. GRASSES AND LEGUMES 2,816,506 102,224 354,754 3,273,484 CP2 NATIVE GRASSES 5,251,549 210,175 157,064 5,618,789 CP3 SOFTWOOD TREES (NOT LONGLEAF) 473,787 1,388 14,350 489,525 CP3A LONGLEAF PINES 68,382 0 0 68,382 CP3A HARDWOOD TREES 234,206 12,239 13,930 260,376 CP4D PERMANENT WILDLIFE HABITAT 1,545,992 89,452 19,040 1,654,484 CP4B WILDLIFE HABITAT CORRIDOR 2,852 0 63 2,915 CP5 FIELD WINDBREAK 71 4,261 76,640 80,972 CP6 DIVERSION 18 0 0 18 CP7 EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURE 11 2 0 12 CP8 GRASS WATERWAYS 0 636 123,933 124,570 CP9 SHALLOW WATER AREAS FOR WILDLIFE 20 1,879 25,501 27,399 CP10 EXISTING GRASSES AND LEGUMES 3/ 3,669,764 11,527 10,907 3,692,197 CP11 EXISTING TREES 4/ 287,782 520 0 288,302 CP12 WILDLIFE FOOD PLOT 34,130 1,665 1 35,797 CP15 CONTOUR GRASS STRIP 0 270 61,361 61,631 CP16 SHELTERBELT 128 208 26,538 26,874 CP17 LIVING SNOW FENCE 0 0 5,443 5,443 CP18 SALINITY REDUCING VEGETATION 0 0 220,773 220,773 CP21 FILTER STRIPS (GRASS) 0 148,153 616,635 764,788 CP22 RIPARIAN BUFFER 0 182,528 530,895 713,423 CP23 WETLAND RESTORATION 199,411 25,488 0 224,899 CP23 WETLAND REST. (FLOODPLAIN) 0 33,196 362,766 395,962 CP23A WETLAND REST. (NON-FLOODPLAIN) 0 45,634 472,454 518,088 CP24 CROSS WIND TRAP STRIP 0 0 60 60 CP25 RARE AND DECLINING HABITAT 1,366,635 35,398 10,863 1,412,895 CP26 SEDIMENT RETENTION 0 49 0 49 CP27 FARMABLE WETLAND (WETLAND) 0 0 98,342 98,342 CP28 FARMABLE WETLAND (UPLAND) 5/ 0 0 219,166 219,166 CP29 WILDLIFE HABITAT BUFFER (MARG PAST) 0 88,010 30,912 118,923 CP30 WETLAND BUFFER (MARG PAST) 0 2,967 39,713 42,680 CP31 BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD TREES 0 17,363 135,762 153,125 CP33 UPLAND BIRD HABITAT BUFFER 0 5,190 230,461 235,652 CP34 FLOOD CONTROL STRUCTURE 0 69 0 69 CP36 LONGLEAF PINE 0 0 166,018 166,018 CP37 DUCK NESTING HABITAT 0 37,935 359,741 397,676 CP38 STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT 0 0 1,459,276 1,459,276 CP39 FWP--CONSTRUCTED WETLAND 0 0 606 606 CP40 FWP--AQUACULTURE WETLAND 0 0 16,320 16,320 CP41 FWP--FLOODED PRAIRIE WETLAND 0 0 59,362 59,362 CP42 POLLINATOR HABITAT 6/ 64,407 0 351,142 415,548 CP87 NATIVE GRASS (GRASSLANDS) 5,442 0 0 5,442 CP87 INTRODED GRASS (GRASSLANDS) 81,099 0 0 81,099 ========== ========== ========== ========== 16,104,531 1,059,942 6,268,018 23,433,686 1/ includes Grasslanda. 2/ Includes Farmable Wetland Program. 3/ Includes both introduced and native grasses. 4/ Includes both hardwood and softwood trees. 5/ Includes only the buffers associated with CP27 contracts. 6/ Does not include about 40,000 acres from signup 39 before CP42 was implemented. For more information about this summary, contact Alex Barbarika at 202-720-7093 or at [email protected]. Additional information about CRP (Including monthly and annual summaries) is posted at FSA’s CRP website. See the Reports and Statistics web page.https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/reports-and-statistics/conservation-reserve-program-statistics/index

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