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MONTHLY SUMMARY – SEPTEMBER 2014 Sign-up Type Contracts Farms Acres Annual Rental Payments a/ ($Million) ($/Acre) General 262,288 177,943 19,704,983 $1,007 $51.09 Continuous Non-CREP 320,938 192,911 4,145,086 $403 $97.29 CREP 73,151 48,435 1,259,523 $172 $136.72 Farmable Wetland 15,544 12,063 339,244 $38 $111.72 Total Continuous 409,633 239,031 b/ 5,743,852 $613 $106.79 Total CRP 671,921 376,537 b/ 25,448,835 $1,620 $63.66 a/ Approximates October 2014 payments, before adjustments for haying/grazing, non-compliance, terminations, part-year contracts, and contracts not yet recorded. b/ Number of farms not additive across sign-up types because farms may participate in multiple sign-up types. * Excludes 336,330 acres under contracts that start October 1, 2014 (FY 2015). --1-- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 1,000 Acres Months Since Sign-ups Began Continuous CRP Enrollment Progress Signups 40, 42, 44, and 46 #40 (FY 2011) #42 (FY 2012) #44 (FY 2013) #46 (FY 2014)
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MONTHLY SUMMARY – SEPTEMBER 2014 Sign-up Type Contracts Farms Acres Annual Rental Payments a/ ($Million) ($/Acre) General 262,288 177,943 19,704,983 $1,007 $51.09 Continuous Non-CREP 320,938 192,911 4,145,086 $403 $97.29 CREP 73,151 48,435 1,259,523 $172 $136.72 Farmable Wetland 15,544 12,063 339,244 $38 $111.72 Total Continuous 409,633 239,031 b/ 5,743,852 $613 $106.79 Total CRP 671,921 376,537 b/ 25,448,835 $1,620 $63.66 a/ Approximates October 2014 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. * Excludes 336,330 acres under contracts that start October 1, 2014 (FY 2015).

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM ENROLLMENT ACTIVITY AND NEWS – SEPTEMBER 2014

o September ended with enrollment at 25.45 million acres, down 24,000 acres from August.

o On June 4th, Secretary Vilsack announced that contract holders of eligible FY 2014-expiring contracts

will qualify for a 1-year extension. It was also announced that qualifying acreage can be withdrawn from the program before contract termination during FY 2015. Producers have until January 30 to decide.

o Continuous signup resumed June 9. Under signup 44, a total of 341,437 acres have been approved for enrollment starting primarily on October 1, 2014 (FY 2015).

o A honey bee initiative was announced June 20th in which CRP participants in 5 mid-western states will be offered incentives to establish pollinator habitat on their CRP lands.

Initiatives (and Allocations) * First Year

Practice Code

September (Acres)

Year-to-Date (Acres)

Cumulative (Acres)

Flood-plain wetlands (531,400 ac.) 2004 CP23 21,519 43,408 273,110

Bottomland hardwood trees (250,000 ac.) 2004 CP31 8,770 19,638 103,410

Non-flood plain and playa wetlands (418,600 ac.) 2005 CP23a 25,706 73,526 296,983

Upland bird habitat buffers (500,000 ac.) 2005 CP33 1,174 3,344 244,935

Longleaf pine plantings (250,000 ac.) 2007 CP36 6,159 9,178 126,231

Duck nesting habitat (300,000 ac.) 2007 CP37 9,222 52,561 248,633

State acres for wildlife enhancement (1,250,000 ac.) 2008 CP38 45,470 208,547 909,374

Highly erodible lands (750,000 ac.) 2012 -- 63,983 176,727 220,730

Pollinator habitat (100,000 ac.) 2012 CP42 5,911 11,170 12,041 * Excludes lands enrolled in CREP. Includes new and re-enrolled acreage under contracts that start October 1, 2014 (FY 2015).

Performance Measure (Acres) *

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. July Aug. Sept. Y-T-D Cumulative

Conservation buffers 1/ 85,054 -1,290 168 63 104 60 84,159 1,820,107

Wetland restorations 2/ 128,628 1,679 -219 360 48 1,926 132,422 1,999,314 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. Excludes acreage under contracts that start October 1, 2014 (FY 2015).

CRP Acreage Changes, FY 2014 Million Acres Enrollment as of 9/30/2013 (Cumulative) 26.84 Expired 9/30/2013 -3.30 October 1, 2014 enrollments General (#45) 1.58 Continuous (#44) 0.54 Attrition * -0.20 Enrollment 8/31/2014 (Cumulative) 25.45

* Net effect of lands withdrawn prior to contract expiration, and corrections and modifications.

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM INITIATIVES CUMULATIVE ACRES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014*

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 1,208 1,191 11,370 0 2,224 115 0 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 ARKANSAS 27,032 12,294 14,439 5,572 0 0 14,573 0 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 COLORADO 0 378 0 171 0 0 28,362 2,219 962 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 1,591 0 . 0 0 GEORGIA 37 0 25 2,222 95,181 0 8,315 0 0 IDAHO 0 25 0 0 0 0 105,778 8,457 609 ILLINOIS 13,870 3,197 4,230 63,899 2 0 18,403 14,714 4,087 INDIANA 2,056 2,640 2,323 13,932 0 0 25,465 2,848 500 IOWA 84,579 6,543 2,983 25,598 0 1,535 61,855 54,631 3,038 KANSAS 3,569 4,330 221 40,425 0 0 72,641 3,597 212 KENTUCKY 119 10 294 7,823 0 0 9,700 1,683 119 LOUISIANA 57,291 35,187 34,354 382 59 0 215 73 0 MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,135 0 0 MARYLAND 6 0 0 735 0 0 . 0 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 MICHIGAN 755 1,044 11 862 0 0 5,948 0 88 MINNESOTA 26,704 114,761 590 484 0 11,210 43,156 450 99 MISSISSIPPI 8,712 954 37,474 2,113 478 0 8,022 2,711 0 MISSOURI 12,649 500 1,269 29,293 0 0 26,922 37,063 62 MONTANA 268 311 0 0 0 1,455 34,153 8,028 53 NEBRASKA 2,597 2,044 9 5,915 0 0 49,903 5,183 1,372 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 654 0 1 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,600 21,998 0 NEW YORK 41 30 2 0 0 0 1,233 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 39 0 39 8,662 6,478 0 932 0 4 NORTH DAKOTA 3,412 45,539 0 0 0 138,594 89,168 0 116 OHIO 512 354 91 15,614 0 0 15,601 275 229 OKLAHOMA 293 1,660 443 1,048 0 0 7,172 0 0 OREGON 0 30 0 0 0 0 1,046 822 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 172 0 8 5,501 10,545 0 1,100 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 26,263 64,140 0 1,514 0 95,840 93,889 0 86 TENNESSEE 405 0 3,015 5,200 0 0 5,440 113 54 TEXAS 917 433 381 4,722 0 0 80,775 41,497 71 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 222 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1,469 527 0 302 57 0 WASHINGTON 39 0 0 298 0 0 71,954 3,865 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 WISCONSIN 768 576 0 290 0 0 10,048 10,333 58 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,688 0 0 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= 273,110 296,983 103,410 244,935 126,231 248,633 909,374 220,730 12,041 * Excludes land enrolled in CREPs. Includes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CONTINUOUS CRP ENROLLMENT SINCE INCEPTION THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2014

1/ Includes 336,330 acres under contracts that start October 1, 2014. 2/ Contracts that exited 2007-2013 and were not re-enrolled or that dropped out before normal contract termination.

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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) 1/ 317,383 15,285 8,769 341,437Expirations 2/ -1,117,821 -161,231 -16,079 -1,295,131Current Enrollment 4,457,692 1,274,616 347,875 6,080,183

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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 45 agreements in 33 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. The accompanying tables are based on contract data developed and maintained in CRP data files by USDA Service Centers through the end of September 2014 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 FY 2013 general and Continuous Signup Results………………………………………………………15 Contract Expirations by Year ................................................................................................................... 16 Conservation Practices Currently Installed by State ................................................................................ 17 State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Enrolled by State ........................................................ 23 State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Enrolled by Project Area............................................ 24 Conservation Practices Currently Installed, National ............................................................................. 26 NOTE: ** Data suppressed from States with fewer than 3 contracts **

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WETLAND PRACTICES IN CRP AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 (ACRES) 1/ 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 37 1,208 0 102 1,352 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 433 433 ARKANSAS 8,184 25,092 12,201 2,191 14,764 0 7,851 70,285 CALIFORNIA 569 0 0 0 0 0 81 649 COLORADO 369 0 378 157 0 0 56 960 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 246 81 0 0 0 0 228 555 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 380 37 0 0 25 0 23 464 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 1,066 0 25 10 0 0 201 1,303 ILLINOIS 29,882 18,259 3,249 634 4,097 0 5,335 61,457 INDIANA 2,475 2,192 3,464 990 5,599 0 1,612 16,332 IOWA 8,434 83,691 6,351 76,725 2,801 965 13,680 192,647 KANSAS 1,096 3,684 4,224 1,982 221 0 1,046 12,253 KENTUCKY 11 119 10 0 294 0 2,090 2,525 LOUISIANA 15,437 43,590 25,606 3,324 44,499 0 728 133,183 MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 MARYLAND 1,478 1,147 124 5 0 0 1,206 3,959 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 10,330 2,795 9,248 77 11 0 2,241 24,701 MINNESOTA 199,713 26,831 100,581 50,798 596 9,722 7,445 395,687 MISSISSIPPI 5,343 6,041 954 10,914 33,711 0 656 57,619 MISSOURI 1,182 12,119 478 215 1,188 0 3,923 19,106 MONTANA 2,222 234 311 343 0 1,455 138 4,703 NEBRASKA 879 2,714 2,133 3,879 9 0 470 10,084 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 5 60 31 0 2 0 1,108 1,207 NORTH CAROLINA 1,409 1,119 0 58 46 0 464 3,096 NORTH DAKOTA 230,474 3,011 45,327 95,718 0 133,043 672 508,245 OHIO 2,477 3,130 5,372 250 95 0 825 12,149 OKLAHOMA 147 293 1,660 169 443 0 87 2,799 OREGON 76 77 115 0 0 0 390 659 PENNSYLVANIA 288 664 0 0 0 0 494 1,446 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 172 0 0 8 0 230 409 SOUTH DAKOTA 81,665 32,138 83,288 90,650 0 124,164 25,189 437,095 TENNESSEE 210 405 0 0 2,866 0 159 3,640 TEXAS 6,222 917 433 0 381 0 85 8,039 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 VIRGINIA 163 36 0 0 0 0 90 288 WASHINGTON 926 50 5 11 0 0 182 1,174 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 4,054 1,677 914 59 0 0 2,088 8,793 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ========== ========= ========= ========= ========== ========= ============ ========= 617,414 272,380 306,485 339,195 112,863 269,350 81,626 1,999,314 1/ Includes wetland and adjacent upland buffer acres. 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. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 BY SIGN-UP AND INITIAL CONTRACT YEAR 1/

ACRES BEFORE SIGNUP 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 TOTAL <19 1,290,305 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1,290,314 19 76,138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76,138 20 828,131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 828,131 21/22 188,410 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 188,410 23 320,758 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320,758 24 310,849 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 310,849 25/27 333,700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333,700 26 509,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 509,132 28 242,535 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242,535 29 979,414 60,329 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,039,743 30 378,182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 378,182 31 189,442 140,944 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 330,386 32 198 0 2,251,498 842,326 535,579 239,492 0 0 0 3,869,092 33 0 821,202 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 821,280 35 0 150,881 350,056 0 0 0 0 0 0 500,937 36 22 0 203,167 169,866 0 0 0 0 0 373,055 37 0 0 0 224,944 226,077 0 0 180 0 451,201 38 0 0 0 0 218,066 384,344 0 0 0 602,410 39 0 0 0 0 0 3,723,970 0 0 0 3,723,970 40 0 0 0 0 0 171,963 310,262 0 0 482,226 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,533,181 0 0 2,533,181 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 117,937 495,604 0 613,541 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,516,158 0 3,516,158 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22,737 511,683 534,420 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,573,981 1,573,981 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,107 5,107 ALL 5,647,214 1,173,356 2,804,799 1,237,136 979,722 4,519,770 2,961,380 4,034,687 2,090,771 25,448,835 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, and 45. Continuous Sign-up Numbers: 14, 17, 19, 21-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, and 44. Sign-up number 32 reflects re-enrollment of 2007-2010 expired general sign-up contracts under 2006's early re-enrollment offer. Sign-up number 34 is reserved for Emergency Forestry CRP. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 BY SIGN-UP AND INITIAL CONTRACT YEAR 1/

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS

BEFORE SIGNUP 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 TOTAL <19 19,429 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19,430 19 6,568 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,568 20 15,291 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,291 21/22 17,940 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,940 23 28,609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28,609 24 25,596 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,596 25/27 24,737 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,737 26 10,682 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,682 28 24,644 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,644 29 17,646 501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18,147 30 32,405 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32,405 31 19,616 10,277 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29,893 32 4 0 27,797 13,136 8,061 5,034 0 0 0 54,032 33 0 15,608 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,610 35 0 13,587 20,432 0 0 0 0 0 0 34,019 36 2 0 15,493 11,952 0 0 0 0 0 27,447 37 0 0 0 15,696 13,931 0 0 2 0 29,629 38 0 0 0 0 13,667 19,028 0 0 0 32,695 39 0 0 0 0 0 40,363 0 0 0 40,363 40 0 0 0 0 0 10,397 20,476 0 0 30,873 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,093 0 0 27,093 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,247 27,620 0 34,867 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38,574 0 38,574 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 957 28,540 29,497 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23,066 23,066 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 214 214 ALL 243,169 39,973 63,724 40,784 35,659 74,822 54,816 67,154 51,820 671,921 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, and 45. Continuous Sign-up Numbers: 14, 17, 19, 21-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, and 44. Sign-up number 32 reflects re-enrollment of 2007-2010 expired general sign-up contracts under 2006's early re-enrollment offer. Sign-up number 34 is reserved for Emergency Forestry CRP. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014

----------TOTAL CRP (ALL SIGN-UPS)---------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 671,921 376,537 25,448,835 1,620,051 63.66 ALABAMA 7,473 5,310 307,772 14,389 46.75 ALASKA 40 29 17,977 635 35.33 ARKANSAS 5,769 3,226 236,058 15,991 67.74 CALIFORNIA 312 237 83,114 3,739 44.99 COLORADO 11,300 5,719 1,988,096 69,092 34.75 CONNECTICUT 6 6 58 4 72.95 DELAWARE 581 310 6,175 711 115.14 FLORIDA 1,084 880 43,004 1,942 45.16 GEORGIA 9,484 6,240 305,053 15,866 52.01 HAWAII 15 13 771 39 50.43 IDAHO 4,464 2,533 604,029 31,267 51.76 ILLINOIS 78,829 43,520 920,342 130,137 141.40 INDIANA 35,964 20,098 239,502 32,035 133.76 IOWA 99,840 50,708 1,457,518 221,300 151.83 KANSAS 41,746 23,914 2,271,468 95,406 42.00 KENTUCKY 14,852 7,896 276,899 36,545 131.98 LOUISIANA 4,860 3,115 308,391 21,735 70.48 MAINE 352 251 8,605 399 46.37 MARYLAND 6,054 3,350 70,136 10,863 154.89 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 13,090 7,398 175,185 18,244 104.14 MINNESOTA 56,976 30,421 1,299,533 104,616 80.50 MISSISSIPPI 18,149 11,374 759,117 44,097 58.09 MISSOURI 31,587 18,412 1,039,657 102,137 98.24 MONTANA 9,954 4,351 1,754,964 53,916 30.72 NEBRASKA 23,969 13,726 843,701 57,874 68.60 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 3 13 1 69.04 NEW JERSEY 303 204 2,086 168 80.54 NEW MEXICO 2,019 1,287 434,735 16,246 37.37 NEW YORK 2,571 1,856 44,607 3,409 76.43 NORTH CAROLINA 7,290 4,668 101,473 7,571 74.61 NORTH DAKOTA 25,261 13,029 1,619,317 69,623 42.99 OHIO 36,264 20,304 278,409 38,094 136.83 OKLAHOMA 6,606 4,438 756,939 26,042 34.40 OREGON 4,415 2,325 551,111 33,001 59.88 PENNSYLVANIA 10,333 6,782 174,667 19,447 111.34 PUERTO RICO 17 17 1,243 82 66.21 SOUTH CAROLINA 5,557 3,077 112,260 4,480 39.91 SOUTH DAKOTA 29,577 13,877 932,566 67,232 72.09 TENNESSEE 5,995 3,957 148,230 12,422 83.80 TEXAS 20,616 15,014 3,176,613 116,814 36.77 UTAH 866 540 176,919 5,928 33.50 VERMONT 411 296 2,884 296 102.73 VIRGINIA 5,519 4,218 56,142 3,491 62.19 WASHINGTON 12,044 5,267 1,395,724 81,126 58.12 WEST VIRGINIA 498 409 6,372 493 77.33 WISCONSIN 18,173 11,371 262,368 25,870 98.60 WYOMING 828 556 196,848 5,229 26.56 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Approximate payments scheduled to be made October 2014 Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 ----------------GENERAL SIGN-UP------------- - NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 262,288 177,943 19,704,983 1,006,664 51.09 ALABAMA 5,826 4,231 257,891 11,880 46.06 ALASKA 33 23 17,399 597 34.30 ARKANSAS 1,597 1,137 89,929 5,191 57.73 CALIFORNIA 240 176 79,525 3,410 42.88 COLORADO 9,993 5,228 1,929,421 64,870 33.62 CONNECTICUT 5 5 57 4 73.10 DELAWARE 26 20 428 31 73.31 FLORIDA 1,047 854 42,031 1,890 44.97 GEORGIA 6,314 4,091 202,231 9,761 48.27 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 . IDAHO 3,457 2,009 485,696 23,957 49.33 ILLINOIS 20,156 14,314 441,372 48,732 110.41 INDIANA 5,281 4,144 104,975 10,517 100.18 IOWA 27,038 19,094 836,100 108,136 129.33 KANSAS 26,829 17,473 2,088,881 84,941 40.66 KENTUCKY 3,634 2,645 119,358 11,437 95.82 LOUISIANA 2,107 1,561 146,998 7,511 51.10 MAINE 188 138 6,241 237 37.93 MARYLAND 266 221 5,102 394 77.15 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 3,024 2,476 78,865 6,149 77.97 MINNESOTA 19,121 13,272 796,064 50,849 63.88 MISSISSIPPI 9,462 6,992 517,681 26,318 50.84 MISSOURI 17,498 12,115 842,392 81,634 96.91 MONTANA 8,520 3,851 1,602,843 48,820 30.46 NEBRASKA 10,397 7,034 651,648 38,094 58.46 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 26 22 674 28 41.39 NEW MEXICO 1,851 1,194 408,766 15,275 37.37 NEW YORK 802 623 21,961 965 43.92 NORTH CAROLINA 2,393 1,851 44,913 2,269 50.53 NORTH DAKOTA 12,006 7,484 1,132,647 40,858 36.07 OHIO 4,473 3,638 99,986 8,518 85.19 OKLAHOMA 6,176 4,177 741,455 25,385 34.24 OREGON 2,433 1,375 496,391 28,581 57.58 PENNSYLVANIA 370 318 10,384 511 49.16 PUERTO RICO 10 10 341 26 76.23 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,391 1,679 72,946 2,534 34.74 SOUTH DAKOTA 5,367 3,490 405,460 20,205 49.83 TENNESSEE 3,583 2,777 119,906 9,843 82.09 TEXAS 18,767 13,706 3,018,651 110,388 36.57 UTAH 839 523 176,664 5,916 33.49 VERMONT 2 2 52 4 73.17 VIRGINIA 1,086 885 24,035 1,021 42.48 WASHINGTON 7,471 3,653 1,218,074 67,857 55.71 WEST VIRGINIA 8 7 325 13 40.53 WISCONSIN 9,536 7,003 187,324 16,407 87.59 WYOMING 638 421 180,753 4,699 26.00 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2014 Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 ------------- TOTAL CONTINUOUS 1/ ---------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 3/ STATE 2/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 409,633 239,091 5,743,852 613,387 106.79 ALABAMA 1,647 1,267 49,881 2,510 50.31 ALASKA 7 6 578 38 66.48 ARKANSAS 4,172 2,435 146,129 10,800 73.91 CALIFORNIA 72 67 3,589 329 91.77 COLORADO 1,307 775 58,675 4,222 71.95 CONNECTICUT 1 1 1 0 67.00 DELAWARE 555 300 5,747 680 118.25 FLORIDA 37 30 973 52 53.37 GEORGIA 3,170 2,371 102,822 6,105 59.37 HAWAII 15 13 771 39 50.43 IDAHO 1,007 705 118,333 7,310 61.77 ILLINOIS 58,673 34,438 478,970 81,405 169.96 INDIANA 30,683 17,379 134,526 21,518 159.95 IOWA 72,802 40,151 621,418 113,164 182.11 KANSAS 14,917 9,035 182,588 10,465 57.31 KENTUCKY 11,218 6,034 157,542 25,108 159.37 LOUISIANA 2,753 1,881 161,393 14,224 88.13 MAINE 164 132 2,364 162 68.67 MARYLAND 5,788 3,270 65,034 10,470 160.99 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 10,066 5,451 96,319 12,095 125.58 MINNESOTA 37,855 21,977 503,469 53,767 106.79 MISSISSIPPI 8,687 5,831 241,436 17,779 73.64 MISSOURI 14,089 8,851 197,265 20,503 103.93 MONTANA 1,434 729 152,121 5,095 33.50 NEBRASKA 13,572 8,544 192,054 19,780 102.99 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 3 13 1 69.04 NEW JERSEY 277 183 1,411 140 99.24 NEW MEXICO 168 117 25,969 971 37.39 NEW YORK 1,769 1,283 22,647 2,445 107.94 NORTH CAROLINA 4,897 2,951 56,561 5,302 93.74 NORTH DAKOTA 13,255 7,357 486,670 28,764 59.10 OHIO 31,791 18,068 178,423 29,575 165.76 OKLAHOMA 430 350 15,484 657 42.44 OREGON 1,982 1,213 54,720 4,420 80.77 PENNSYLVANIA 9,963 6,578 164,283 18,937 115.27 PUERTO RICO 7 7 902 56 62.42 SOUTH CAROLINA 3,166 1,727 39,314 1,946 49.50 SOUTH DAKOTA 24,210 12,161 527,107 47,027 89.22 TENNESSEE 2,412 1,622 28,325 2,579 91.04 TEXAS 1,849 1,501 157,963 6,426 40.68 UTAH 27 22 255 12 46.25 VERMONT 409 294 2,831 292 103.27 VIRGINIA 4,433 3,409 32,107 2,470 76.94 WASHINGTON 4,573 2,529 177,650 13,269 74.69 WEST VIRGINIA 490 404 6,046 480 79.31 WISCONSIN 8,637 5,489 75,044 9,463 126.11 WYOMING 190 146 16,095 530 32.95 1/ Includes Farmable Wetland enrollment. 2/ State in which land is located. 3/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2014 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. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 ------------------CREP ONLY----------------- _ NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 73,151 48,435 1,259,523 172,197 136.72 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 . ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 236 161 6,957 706 101.51 CALIFORNIA 17 16 1,558 175 112.50 COLORADO 176 123 25,205 2,891 114.70 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 . DELAWARE 519 288 5,625 669 118.92 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 . GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 . HAWAII 14 12 752 37 49.36 IDAHO 156 105 16,671 2,213 132.77 ILLINOIS 7,670 5,420 140,956 26,569 188.49 INDIANA 1,000 743 8,849 1,909 215.69 IOWA 105 97 2,842 721 253.86 KANSAS 90 65 15,770 1,845 117.00 KENTUCKY 3,084 1,576 98,868 18,230 184.39 LOUISIANA 727 536 50,062 3,946 78.81 MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 5,337 3,148 62,962 10,268 163.08 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 6,583 3,539 74,533 9,807 131.58 MINNESOTA 2,973 2,423 88,699 10,179 114.75 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 . MISSOURI 1,078 788 36,781 3,551 96.53 MONTANA 123 54 11,099 868 78.25 NEBRASKA 2,820 2,090 67,263 7,635 113.51 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 205 140 722 99 136.93 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 . NEW YORK 1,138 827 13,906 1,981 142.47 NORTH CAROLINA 2,399 1,589 33,256 3,662 110.12 NORTH DAKOTA 82 61 1,616 57 35.54 OHIO 13,962 8,946 115,166 22,065 191.59 OKLAHOMA 62 55 624 39 62.98 OREGON 1,656 1,058 41,980 3,643 86.78 PENNSYLVANIA 9,726 6,408 163,675 18,903 115.49 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 1,006 617 80,846 8,658 107.10 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 . TEXAS 0 0 0 0 . UTAH 0 0 0 0 . VERMONT 373 275 2,574 279 108.20 VIRGINIA 3,836 3,044 28,242 2,255 79.86 WASHINGTON 1,042 847 13,553 2,547 187.94 WEST VIRGINIA 469 386 5,880 471 80.14 WISCONSIN 4,487 2,998 42,029 5,317 126.50 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 . 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2014 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. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 ------------ CONTINUOUS NON-CREP 1/---------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 3/ STATE 2/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 320,938 192,911 4,145,086 403,289 97.29 ALABAMA 1,644 1,264 49,867 2,509 50.32 ALASKA 7 6 578 38 66.48 ARKANSAS 3,917 2,302 136,981 9,908 72.33 CALIFORNIA 55 52 2,030 154 75.85 COLORADO 1,130 659 33,313 1,322 39.70 CONNECTICUT 1 1 1 0 67.00 DELAWARE 36 30 122 11 87.68 FLORIDA 37 30 973 52 53.37 GEORGIA 3,170 2,371 102,822 6,105 59.37 HAWAII 1 1 19 2 93.40 IDAHO 849 603 101,650 5,096 50.13 ILLINOIS 50,945 30,622 337,380 54,714 162.17 INDIANA 29,576 16,872 124,687 19,470 156.15 IOWA 67,784 38,118 541,810 98,967 182.66 KANSAS 14,712 8,910 164,835 8,514 51.65 KENTUCKY 8,134 4,485 58,673 6,878 117.22 LOUISIANA 1,984 1,376 108,007 9,954 92.16 MAINE 164 132 2,364 162 68.67 MARYLAND 450 333 2,066 202 97.59 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 3,473 2,317 21,709 2,280 105.01 MINNESOTA 31,522 19,225 363,960 37,675 103.51 MISSISSIPPI 8,602 5,766 230,522 16,722 72.54 MISSOURI 13,007 8,229 160,269 16,929 105.63 MONTANA 1,296 671 140,662 4,214 29.96 NEBRASKA 10,313 6,767 120,912 11,810 97.67 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 3 13 1 69.04 NEW JERSEY 72 55 690 41 59.79 NEW MEXICO 168 117 25,969 971 37.39 NEW YORK 631 491 8,741 463 53.01 NORTH CAROLINA 2,496 1,595 23,247 1,634 70.28 NORTH DAKOTA 10,931 6,493 389,336 21,475 55.16 OHIO 17,785 11,499 63,007 7,475 118.64 OKLAHOMA 365 292 14,691 607 41.33 OREGON 326 206 12,740 777 60.98 PENNSYLVANIA 237 213 608 34 55.25 PUERTO RICO 7 7 902 56 62.42 SOUTH CAROLINA 3,166 1,727 39,314 1,946 49.50 SOUTH DAKOTA 19,136 10,452 355,610 29,476 82.89 TENNESSEE 2,412 1,622 28,325 2,579 91.04 TEXAS 1,849 1,501 157,963 6,426 40.68 UTAH 27 22 255 12 46.25 VERMONT 36 35 257 14 53.96 VIRGINIA 597 474 3,865 215 55.58 WASHINGTON 3,529 1,759 164,086 10,721 65.34 WEST VIRGINIA 21 19 166 8 49.90 WISCONSIN 4,141 3,037 32,956 4,137 125.55 WYOMING 190 146 16,095 530 32.95 1/ Farmable Wetland Program enrollment not included. 2/ State in which land is located. 3/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2014 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. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 ----------FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM----------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 15,544 12,063 339,244 37,901 111.72 ALABAMA 3 3 14 1 36.59 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 19 13 2,191 186 85.03 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 . COLORADO 1 1 157 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 2 2 12 1 81.67 ILLINOIS 58 56 634 122 192.54 INDIANA 107 97 990 139 140.84 IOWA 4,913 3,938 76,765 13,475 175.54 KANSAS 115 105 1,982 106 53.52 KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 . LOUISIANA 42 31 3,324 324 97.52 MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 1 1 5 0 97.00 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 10 10 77 8 108.32 MINNESOTA 3,360 2,842 50,810 5,914 116.39 MISSISSIPPI 85 74 10,914 1,057 96.86 MISSOURI 4 3 215 23 108.73 MONTANA 15 7 360 13 35.89 NEBRASKA 439 383 3,879 335 86.38 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 2,242 1,524 95,718 7,232 75.56 OHIO 44 45 250 35 141.81 OKLAHOMA 3 3 169 11 62.99 OREGON 0 0 0 0 . PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 . PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 4,068 2,913 90,650 8,892 98.10 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 11 1 110.54 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 . WISCONSIN 9 9 59 9 159.77 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 . 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2014 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. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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FY 2013 CRP SIGNUP RESULTS (ACRES)

STATE

GENERAL (#45)

CONTINUOUS (#44) TOTAL CRP CREP NON-CREP FWP TOTAL

CONTINUOUS ALABAMA 23,008 0 627 0 627 23,635 ALASKA 0 0 50 0 50 50 ARKANSAS 7,223 9 6,047 54 6,110 13,333 CALIFORNIA 3,244 . . . . 3,244 COLORADO 161,453 2,502 2,021 0 4,524 165,977 DELAWARE 66 136 0 0 136 201 FLORIDA 3,466 0 26 0 26 3,493 GEORGIA 10,729 0 3,418 0 3,418 14,147 HAWAII 0 273 0 0 273 273 IDAHO 49,050 0 8,677 0 8,677 57,727 ILLINOIS 70,902 12,287 37,135 17 49,439 120,341 INDIANA 9,714 667 15,593 10 16,269 25,983 IOWA 46,953 207 77,324 2,032 79,563 126,517 KANSAS 140,064 674 9,669 0 10,343 150,407 KENTUCKY 9,742 547 4,698 0 5,244 14,986 LOUISIANA 6,293 0 12,127 136 12,263 18,556 MAINE 167 0 18 0 18 185 MARYLAND 248 5,404 31 0 5,435 5,683 MICHIGAN 10,272 2,585 1,254 0 3,839 14,111 MINNESOTA 23,139 0 39,333 1,274 40,607 63,746 MISSISSIPPI 37,988 0 11,147 19 11,165 49,153 MISSOURI 79,265 0 28,082 0 28,082 107,347 MONTANA 119,927 3,409 23,802 206 27,417 147,344 NEBRASKA 39,410 50 19,416 67 19,534 58,944 NEW JERSEY 0 36 35 0 70 70 NEW MEXICO 16,705 0 12,815 0 12,815 29,520 NEW YORK 770 647 51 0 698 1,468 NORTH CAROLINA 3,431 124 409 0 533 3,963 NORTH DAKOTA 47,141 0 76,950 151 77,101 124,242 OHIO 9,251 3,091 8,135 13 11,239 20,490 OKLAHOMA 53,275 69 425 0 493 53,768 OREGON 59,472 2,584 130 0 2,715 62,187 PENNSYLVANIA 61 5,048 0 0 5,048 5,109 PUERTO RICO 0 0 60 0 60 60 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,440 0 4,368 0 4,368 6,808 SOUTH DAKOTA 14,443 7,216 51,231 3,731 62,178 76,621 TENNESSEE 24,147 0 828 0 828 24,975 TEXAS 292,335 0 2,883 0 2,883 295,218 UTAH 6,051 . . . . 6,051 VERMONT 0 66 0 0 66 66 VIRGINIA 2,398 557 134 0 691 3,089 WASHINGTON 169,767 236 7,075 0 7,310 177,077 WEST VIRGINIA 0 265 0 0 265 265 WISCONSIN 10,291 858 10,587 0 11,445 21,736 WYOMING 7,717 0 510 0 510 8,227 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= 1,572,019 49,545 477,122 7,709 534,376 2,106,395 1/ State in which land is located.

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LAND THAT EXITED THE CRP, BY YEAR OF CONTRACT EXPIRATION 1/ (AND COULD BE RETURNED TO PRODUCTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR)

STATE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ALABAMA 55,385 21,062 32,758 28,820 39,685 32,837 13,180 ALASKA 4,274 0 678 6,786 31 990 0 ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 14,560 3,326 8,251 14,137 8,025 17,565 6,835 CALIFORNIA 27,128 6,952 2,892 9,009 23,864 12,643 7,392 COLORADO 46,384 26,888 402,768 138,239 127,320 164,429 86,736 CONNECTICUT 130 0 37 13 13 58 10 DELAWARE 415 448 608 152 477 286 180 FLORIDA 13,782 3,548 3,960 6,119 5,046 4,068 2,833 GEORGIA 24,871 7,775 24,406 15,983 10,858 10,497 5,500 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 60,837 21,565 45,151 95,806 49,058 50,524 23,955 ILLINOIS 50,516 40,412 32,923 35,350 35,884 50,338 84,541 INDIANA 28,762 17,356 10,822 11,824 15,414 19,345 27,186 IOWA 180,266 140,774 109,724 94,350 57,272 120,724 91,408 KANSAS 175,356 48,734 333,257 247,298 262,233 184,853 91,847 KENTUCKY 44,212 19,790 14,019 38,483 28,998 29,175 23,346 LOUISIANA 10,283 2,664 6,788 7,018 6,717 15,366 6,948 MAINE 2,895 1,233 1,154 3,013 4,665 4,467 331 MARYLAND 3,889 4,286 4,181 2,440 2,742 6,819 5,494 MASSACHUSETTS 19 14 41 0 5 0 0 MICHIGAN 20,935 24,107 12,649 13,106 10,104 13,226 31,963 MINNESOTA 83,939 102,050 71,317 49,475 102,880 174,576 81,326 MISSISSIPPI 78,251 17,509 34,321 36,904 37,217 56,462 19,891 MISSOURI 162,983 49,533 38,481 79,932 95,069 164,280 97,897 MONTANA 259,968 96,537 141,747 280,764 398,234 532,776 273,407 NEBRASKA 123,981 53,827 122,947 100,227 105,707 110,117 59,244 NEW HAMPSHIRE 90 17 0 2 45 0 0 NEW JERSEY 492 114 65 255 294 140 158 NEW MEXICO 28,196 6,039 29,861 94,551 113,058 71,210 5,122 NEW YORK 9,758 7,259 2,745 2,495 3,012 2,874 3,019 NORTH CAROLINA 10,933 5,269 7,378 8,868 8,541 5,828 4,504 NORTH DAKOTA 442,641 151,394 187,779 162,786 303,212 638,254 177,832 OHIO 27,635 13,244 11,854 14,361 13,672 18,962 40,320 OKLAHOMA 96,415 25,753 104,296 75,290 70,081 50,209 27,683 OREGON 10,768 5,005 14,516 15,710 17,380 10,729 8,384 PENNSYLVANIA 23,067 11,740 6,185 4,131 18,783 22,618 10,738 PUERTO RICO 0 295 0 20 833 150 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 18,793 6,352 18,807 18,492 16,369 22,117 9,372 SOUTH DAKOTA 305,479 95,789 179,597 92,520 93,549 154,533 58,529 TENNESSEE 45,222 11,230 10,474 19,071 16,837 13,794 28,106 TEXAS 159,746 103,716 563,947 271,283 241,227 225,544 140,551 UTAH 13,474 10,559 49,993 19,163 7,340 16,490 518 VERMONT 66 12 30 55 88 42 0 VIRGINIA 7,671 2,941 2,907 1,847 3,466 2,642 2,232 WASHINGTON 38,277 25,661 72,934 51,404 21,466 91,953 96,407 WEST VIRGINIA 195 68 129 15 182 103 171 WISCONSIN 83,405 69,448 33,615 41,171 34,036 49,496 53,419 WYOMING 12,409 7,636 63,211 39,164 27,242 29,950 4,464 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= 2,808,753 1,269,931 2,816,203 2,247,902 2,438,231 3,204,059 1,712,979 1/ Includes general and continuous sign-up acreage. Note: Contracts expire at the end of the fiscal year, September 30.

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CRP CONTRACT EXPIRATIONS BY YEAR (ACRES) 1/ DATA AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014

STATE 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021+ ALABAMA 30,458 31,081 13,967 32,476 15,426 4,862 49,835 129,669 ALASKA 459 95 0 14,719 0 2,146 342 217 ARKANSAS 10,067 17,865 11,977 16,423 26,566 14,765 26,784 111,610 CALIFORNIA 1,543 3,977 3,771 33,838 131 263 11,086 28,505 COLORADO 71,906 115,766 87,539 29,817 46,639 31,137 658,263 947,030 CONNECTICUT 10 0 0 20 24 3 0 1 DELAWARE 332 1,554 1,624 511 404 267 355 1,128 FLORIDA 6,767 5,040 680 5,649 2,497 402 6,025 15,944 GEORGIA 62,139 41,172 3,524 14,610 22,777 3,556 21,532 135,743 HAWAII 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 752 IDAHO 37,036 28,898 13,631 73,313 9,991 14,182 102,032 324,945 ILLINOIS 91,012 122,819 83,928 97,534 68,262 47,097 93,049 316,641 INDIANA 17,246 28,414 19,004 30,680 17,051 18,035 23,111 85,960 IOWA 88,072 113,823 95,755 218,391 160,338 136,482 208,882 435,774 KANSAS 94,889 136,876 97,026 140,369 107,008 50,733 509,072 1,135,496 KENTUCKY 17,716 27,121 14,430 25,051 37,305 14,466 22,980 117,832 LOUISIANA 48,334 29,441 3,382 8,731 31,660 8,175 49,872 128,796 MAINE 74 447 61 2,186 123 3 1,323 4,388 MARYLAND 6,111 8,830 9,944 12,974 6,160 3,687 4,288 18,139 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 MICHIGAN 6,637 24,216 37,076 19,382 11,207 7,981 18,263 50,421 MINNESOTA 201,881 102,786 89,364 102,285 207,987 97,249 84,750 413,232 MISSISSIPPI 36,646 71,907 40,605 124,148 56,643 30,180 91,034 307,955 MISSOURI 50,161 84,143 65,517 132,350 47,059 19,908 126,808 513,713 MONTANA 221,115 139,379 35,540 409,261 115,938 118,428 210,060 505,242 NEBRASKA 65,908 69,259 48,224 66,808 48,972 31,715 180,415 332,401 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 8 0 1 0 4 0 NEW JERSEY 95 72 81 434 136 147 253 868 NEW MEXICO 6,162 1,738 2,363 121,965 8,362 1,738 13,644 278,764 NEW YORK 851 5,787 5,393 10,971 4,686 3,859 4,320 8,740 NORTH CAROLINA 11,898 15,478 9,386 8,621 9,186 4,748 14,355 27,802 NORTH DAKOTA 130,650 63,202 38,738 342,397 22,534 51,403 187,280 783,113 OHIO 11,714 27,512 19,506 39,291 16,341 16,291 43,563 104,190 OKLAHOMA 13,344 31,544 26,840 68,996 18,400 9,050 211,763 377,004 OREGON 8,200 60,398 29,832 80,492 12,984 10,003 85,052 264,148 PENNSYLVANIA 13,321 15,696 9,408 18,391 23,345 26,876 16,853 50,777 PUERTO RICO 436 0 0 167 560 20 0 60 SOUTH CAROLINA 17,469 19,408 3,103 16,219 2,677 2,151 16,636 34,598 SOUTH DAKOTA 67,847 46,189 56,301 47,273 51,900 57,746 173,622 431,688 TENNESSEE 6,058 16,626 9,004 13,172 5,478 4,818 27,021 66,053 TEXAS 157,292 148,381 60,416 137,360 102,480 86,122 781,151 1,703,412 UTAH 269 2,765 3,133 3,361 34 0 105,370 61,987 VERMONT 54 133 586 207 157 165 106 1,476 VIRGINIA 1,960 8,233 8,482 9,759 5,628 2,269 4,310 15,502 WASHINGTON 87,340 182,977 101,930 10,503 163,840 46,155 199,037 603,942 WEST VIRGINIA 42 83 357 752 672 383 764 3,317 WISCONSIN 23,484 33,549 16,726 44,600 28,530 8,917 29,937 76,625 WYOMING 5,007 3,061 932 1,504 2,726 2,315 88,137 93,166 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= 1,730,036 1,887,741 1,179,112 2,587,962 1,520,824 990,907 4,503,339 11,048,913 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 2014 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 14,210 3,751 108,761 52,419 7,636 7,053 452 0 ALASKA 2,066 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 4,030 4,569 17,745 0 33,567 2,568 56 0 CALIFORNIA 17,871 941 5 0 50 9,954 0 0 COLORADO 69,234 898,045 36 0 1 464,957 0 1,410 CONNECTICUT 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 15 23 0 0 3,417 1,079 0 0 FLORIDA 26 108 15,776 10,610 828 1,275 0 0 GEORGIA 797 177 52,429 113,752 4,886 2,827 18 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 IDAHO 208,803 46,669 6,573 0 37 111,746 33 304 ILLINOIS 181,288 55,321 1,220 0 51,530 115,808 105 2,504 INDIANA 24,793 19,696 380 0 18,996 8,926 299 2,059 IOWA 182,112 133,241 565 0 16,092 153,292 327 6,453 KANSAS 13,435 771,969 17 0 439 320,310 481 1,863 KENTUCKY 45,562 29,160 228 0 4,880 357 56 0 LOUISIANA 689 1,499 22,942 6,879 86,884 32,761 5 0 MAINE 2,983 0 128 0 1 47 0 0 MARYLAND 9,151 2,515 555 0 527 1,668 3 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 27,876 21,672 3,816 0 3,168 14,419 337 2,501 MINNESOTA 89,214 70,034 9,175 0 22,230 215,115 211 9,023 MISSISSIPPI 20,543 2,872 206,097 14,818 73,124 4,794 88 0 MISSOURI 474,958 172,504 537 0 16,084 3,976 114 82 MONTANA 462,915 464,791 52 0 33 17,923 116 222 NEBRASKA 30,937 328,756 322 0 551 42,713 30 33,227 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 415 124 51 0 48 0 0 7 NEW MEXICO 43,970 289,649 0 0 0 140 0 0 NEW YORK 7,014 786 470 0 558 527 25 7 NORTH CAROLINA 1,171 559 18,354 11,027 3,862 1,022 27 26 NORTH DAKOTA 180,750 37,852 83 0 455 326,616 0 4,653 OHIO 17,684 55,051 1,770 0 7,434 15,562 151 3,528 OKLAHOMA 113,121 362,014 43 0 243 842 0 41 OREGON 213,365 108,930 2,189 0 54 11,493 331 4 PENNSYLVANIA 90,763 30,587 139 0 1,043 4,571 12 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 16 20 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 732 186 25,965 18,902 1,147 1,694 4 40 SOUTH DAKOTA 55,241 96,599 23 0 20 61,485 0 24,348 TENNESSEE 32,736 27,493 20,593 0 6,039 3,926 97 0 TEXAS 253,196 1,956,610 1,455 0 10 21,962 760 41 UTAH 72,489 14,770 0 0 0 1,948 0 1 VERMONT 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 3,203 1,504 9,220 0 247 379 110 3 WASHINGTON 256,254 703,786 2,167 0 0 124,294 48 12 WEST VIRGINIA 208 0 6 0 16 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 37,593 31,277 7,379 0 33,054 4,608 204 159 WYOMING 99,664 2,540 6 0 0 4,369 0 223 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 3,363,246 6,748,655 537,271 228,407 399,220 2,119,025 4,500 92,742 1/ See also CP36 (p. 21) 2/ Seedings that meet multiple seasonal requirements for wildlife of local or regional concern. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES)

CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014, 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 4 102 23,499 41,605 1,292 11 0 ALASKA 0 0 0 15,333 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 5 570 5,288 13,344 472 0 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 81 50,080 308 22 0 0 COLORADO 0 517 18 506,314 46 368 12 4,478 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 6 228 25 0 10 4 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 245 13,187 80 0 0 GEORGIA 0 40 23 1,175 25,231 1,413 1 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 0 3 23 121,976 1,232 763 18 106 ILLINOIS 21 32,543 4,878 84,678 11,343 5,889 1,080 146 INDIANA 1 19,168 1,014 21,620 6,002 734 26 17 IOWA 9 36,429 10,337 201,418 6,723 5,253 13,071 2,296 KANSAS 0 8,676 1,046 222,439 230 3,510 3,663 846 KENTUCKY 0 4,399 2,046 11,071 1,146 962 41 0 LOUISIANA 0 7 577 1,633 14,537 1,489 0 0 MAINE 0 58 0 2,777 310 0 0 0 MARYLAND 0 244 1,160 1,785 379 44 0 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 53 638 1,933 18,817 2,803 1,283 9 62 MINNESOTA 70 3,722 248 71,067 10,253 4,780 866 4,020 MISSISSIPPI 0 61 555 34,520 164,004 3,048 27 0 MISSOURI 7 2,064 1,897 151,580 6,530 3,851 937 70 MONTANA 3 83 11 498,646 470 2,204 0 251 NEBRASKA 0 1,426 218 108,070 990 1,088 369 2,219 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 141 0 35 0 2 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 92,347 0 6 0 0 NEW YORK 1 42 3 16,244 801 78 3 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 269 464 1,438 11,185 31 0 5 NORTH DAKOTA 0 97 1 344,046 486 2,873 0 5,172 OHIO 0 11,177 577 30,939 2,799 578 15 105 OKLAHOMA 0 177 79 239,341 173 1,074 0 37 OREGON 0 27 0 125,613 518 137 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 370 33 16,344 299 1,303 63 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 188 117 0 60 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 34 143 1,863 22,718 308 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 14 1,344 61 95,466 246 5,258 33 15,176 TENNESSEE 2 156 73 20,271 8,227 426 25 0 TEXAS 0 1,786 82 795,281 3,070 3,523 92 5 UTAH 0 14 0 86,673 0 19 40 0 VERMONT 0 16 0 45 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 71 69 4,020 5,334 34 4 0 WASHINGTON 0 374 51 128,185 781 664 41,828 8 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 1 1,534 2,001 58,432 12,843 1,615 641 27 WYOMING 0 0 0 74,110 13 40 0 59 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 179 127,721 30,605 4,285,106 390,285 56,523 62,937 35,105 Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014, 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/

ALABAMA 0 0 604 33,271 0 5 0 0 ALASKA 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 5,686 61,681 8,184 25,092 12,201 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 1,233 569 0 0 0 COLORADO 27 7 81 684 369 0 378 4 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 936 102 246 81 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 0 0 368 1,147 380 37 0 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 757 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 62 0 851 5,632 1,066 0 25 0 ILLINOIS 56 4 120,533 108,648 29,882 18,259 3,249 0 INDIANA 1 0 52,471 5,752 2,475 2,192 3,464 0 IOWA 625 0 200,023 55,920 8,434 83,691 6,351 0 KANSAS 65 875 27,255 3,255 1,096 3,684 4,224 88 KENTUCKY 0 0 24,678 23,596 11 119 10 0 LOUISIANA 0 0 508 5,435 15,437 43,590 25,606 0 MAINE 0 0 69 80 0 0 0 0 MARYLAND 0 0 31,045 16,154 1,478 1,147 124 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 14 0 42,820 3,293 10,330 2,795 9,248 0 MINNESOTA 4,223 4,753 127,257 42,731 199,713 26,831 100,581 2 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 7,400 170,995 5,343 6,041 954 0 MISSOURI 0 0 33,429 28,971 1,182 12,119 478 0 MONTANA 41 93,802 206 3,218 2,222 234 311 0 NEBRASKA 123 638 17,252 2,778 879 2,714 2,133 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 365 243 0 0 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 5,280 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 0 0 467 12,557 5 60 31 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 2,792 31,015 1,409 1,119 0 0 NORTH DAKOTA 678 101,419 8,933 443 230,474 3,011 45,327 10 OHIO 0 0 70,990 7,025 2,477 3,130 5,372 0 OKLAHOMA 0 1,856 689 1,798 147 293 1,660 0 OREGON 0 0 2,211 36,655 76 77 115 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 1,441 25,049 288 664 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 297 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 2,254 19,365 0 172 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 619 14,566 9,211 5,739 81,665 32,138 83,288 0 TENNESSEE 0 0 7,692 6,294 210 405 0 0 TEXAS 0 436 1,273 30,746 6,222 917 433 9 UTAH 0 0 38 136 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 220 2,591 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 4,181 24,343 163 36 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 24 36,430 24,036 926 50 5 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 521 5,457 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 38 0 22,153 14,415 4,054 1,677 914 0 WYOMING 3 0 0 4,639 0 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 6,576 218,381 865,343 833,707 617,414 272,380 306,485 112 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. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014, 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 579 0 0 96 0 1,208 0 1,191 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 433 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 509 3,389 14,764 393 5,572 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 179 0 0 0 0 COLORADO 1,944 33 123 162 38 0 0 171 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 25 0 2,222 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 79 5 5 237 178 0 0 0 ILLINOIS 2,465 225 397 271 24 4,097 636 62,970 INDIANA 2,344 342 629 78 51 5,599 527 13,880 IOWA 165,081 22,509 53,857 10,032 2,250 2,801 1,546 25,388 KANSAS 773,193 690 1,288 19 0 221 0 40,412 KENTUCKY 39,077 0 0 71,867 5 294 234 7,815 LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 151 44,499 913 382 MAINE 0 0 0 5 12 0 0 0 MARYLAND 387 1 4 962 46 0 0 737 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 211 25 52 5 307 11 6 862 MINNESOTA 173,139 15,495 34,560 895 7,198 596 1,689 477 MISSISSIPPI 0 40 157 23 24 33,711 775 2,113 MISSOURI 61,854 4 5 1,250 2,026 1,188 541 34,248 MONTANA 166,651 188 155 105 0 0 0 0 NEBRASKA 204,360 1,538 2,341 1,329 252 9 0 5,980 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 2,578 1,104 2 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 54 0 46 0 8,642 NORTH DAKOTA 11,747 18,775 45,907 35 0 0 0 0 OHIO 6,747 72 165 2,845 130 95 39 15,572 OKLAHOMA 24,735 47 122 6 9 443 80 1,048 OREGON 34,271 0 0 13,322 390 0 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 1,235 460 0 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 545 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 47 86 8 0 5,501 SOUTH DAKOTA 18,900 26,162 55,891 5,134 24,239 0 4 1,514 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 60 0 2,866 1 5,196 TEXAS 52 0 0 2,289 2 381 0 4,722 UTAH 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 0 666 20 0 0 1,649 WASHINGTON 1,166 2 8 923 131 0 0 86 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 15,556 26 33 1,200 30 0 945 290 WYOMING 0 0 0 1,482 0 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 1,704,537 86,181 195,698 120,503 42,987 112,863 8,329 248,642 1/ For more FWP see page 21. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014 CON’T

STATE

LONGLEAF

PINE (CP36)

DUCK

NESTING HABITAT

(CP37)

STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE

ENHANCEMENT (CP38)

FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM

POLLINATOR HABITAT 2/

(CP42)

TOTAL

CONSTRUC-TED

WETLANDS (CP39) 1/

AQUACUL-TURE

WETLANDS (CP40)

FLOODED PRAIRIE WETLANDS (CP41) 1/

ALABAMA 11,152 0 2,224 0 37 0 21 307,772 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,977 ARKANSAS 0 0 14,242 0 2,191 0 32 236,058 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,821 83,114 COLORADO 0 0 25,326 0 0 0 12,057 1,988,096 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6,175 FLORIDA 909 0 0 0 0 0 0 43,004 GEORGIA 90,035 0 8,204 0 0 0 0 305,053 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 771 IDAHO 0 0 90,499 0 0 0 7,145 604,029 ILLINOIS 2 0 16,763 12 0 0 4,433 920,342 INDIANA 0 0 24,663 19 0 0 1,365 239,502 IOWA 0 965 48,604 234 0 125 2,355 1,457,518 KANSAS 0 0 65,007 4 0 0 1,741 2,271,468 KENTUCKY 0 0 9,192 0 0 0 209 276,899 LOUISIANA 59 0 215 0 3,324 0 17 308,391 MAINE 0 0 2,135 0 0 0 0 8,605 MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 70,136 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 MICHIGAN 0 0 5,845 0 0 0 141 175,185 MINNESOTA 0 9,722 38,396 71 0 672 648 1,299,533 MISSISSIPPI 457 0 8,014 0 10,717 0 0 759,117 MISSOURI 0 0 24,343 0 206 0 3,827 1,039,657 MONTANA 0 1,455 34,153 0 0 0 4,930 1,754,964 NEBRASKA 0 0 45,726 0 0 0 4,755 843,701 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 NEW JERSEY 0 0 654 0 0 0 1 2,086 NEW MEXICO 0 0 2,600 0 0 0 742 434,735 NEW YORK 0 0 1,233 0 0 0 23 44,607 NORTH CAROLINA 6,343 0 932 0 58 0 4 101,473 NORTH DAKOTA 0 133,043 84,803 0 0 31,035 1,430 1,619,317 OHIO 0 0 15,343 13 0 0 1,078 278,409 OKLAHOMA 0 0 7,172 0 0 0 142 756,939 OREGON 0 0 1,046 0 0 0 352 551,111 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174,667 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,243 SOUTH CAROLINA 10,426 0 1,100 0 0 0 0 112,260 SOUTH DAKOTA 0 124,164 85,235 0 0 8,598 962 932,566 TENNESSEE 0 0 5,435 0 0 0 94 148,230 TEXAS 0 0 79,490 0 0 0 12,138 3,176,613 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 766 176,919 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,884 VIRGINIA 527 0 302 0 0 0 61 56,142 WASHINGTON 0 0 70,570 0 0 0 3,005 1,395,724 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,372 WISCONSIN 0 0 9,769 0 0 0 117 262,368 WYOMING 0 0 9,688 0 0 0 19 196,848 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 119,909 269,350 838,920 353 16,533 40,430 66,472 25,448,835 1/ Includes buffers. 2/ Does not include about 40,000 acres from signup 39 before CP42 was implemented. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts.

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State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE)Active Contracts as of September 2014

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

PineGrass

Alabama 3,800 2,223.5 2,223.5Arkansas 17,400 2,174.2 4,650.4 7,748.7 14,573.3Colorado 52,050 28,361.9 28,361.9Georgia 11,800 8,305.7 9.7 8,315.4Idaho 131,100 155.7 1.0 105,621.3 105,778.0Illinois 23,000 433.8 66.3 17,902.8 18,402.9Indiana 28,100 53.4 3,522.2 21,889.3 25,465.0Iowa 95,550 977.3 981.6 59,896.3 61,855.3Kansas 99,200 72,641.1 72,641.1Kentucky 11,600 59.5 9,640.8 9,700.3Louisiana 1,700 215.4 215.4Maine 2,250 2,134.6 2,134.6Michigan 10,000 5,947.6 5,947.6Minnesota 48,700 43,156.4 43,156.4Mississippi 17,900 328.5 7,693.6 8,022.1Missouri 37,600 26,922.0 26,922.0Montana 36,500 126.9 34,026.1 34,153.0Nebraska 81,900 49,902.6 49,902.6Nevada 400New Jersey 1,750 4.2 650.1 654.3New Mexico 2,600 2,600.0 2,600.0New York 4,900 1,233.1 1,233.1North Carolina 2,600 931.9 931.9North Dakota 89,840 691.5 88,476.9 89,168.4Ohio 42,600 117.7 21.5 15,461.6 15,600.8Oklahoma 15,100 7,171.7 7,171.7Oregon 5,500 1,045.7 1,045.7Pennsylvania 2,600 0.0Puerto Rico 1,300 0.0South Carolina 2,300 1,100.3 1,100.3South Dakota 99,800 889.6 92,999.3 93,888.9Tennessee 12,200 39.2 46.6 5,354.6 5,440.4Texas 125,200 80,775.4 80,775.4Virginia 2,300 10.0 292.1 302.1Washington 100,100 399.4 71,554.4 71,953.8Wisconsin 12,750 60.2 9,988.0 10,048.2Wyoming 10,000 9,688.2 9,688.2Reserve 6,010Total: 1,250,000 555.1 5,568.0 17,993.4 292.1 884,965.1 909,373.6

SAFE Practice Practice T ype Applicable CRP PracticesCP38A Buffers CP8, CP21, CP22CP38B Wetlands CP9, CP23, CP23A, CP27, CP28CP38C TreesCP38D Longleaf Pine CP3A, CP36CP38E Grass

CP3, CP3A, CP11, CP16, CP17, CP25, CP31

CP1, CP2, CP4D, CP8, CP10, CP12, CP15, CP18, CP24, CP25, CP33

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SAFE Acres by Project Areaas of September 2014

State Project Name AllocationApproved Contract 

Acres

Alabama Alabama Black Belt Prairie SAF 3,800 2,223.5

Arkansas AR Trees SAFE 6,200 4,650.4

Arkansas Arkansas  Grass  SAFE 8,700 7,748.7

Arkansas Arkansas  Wetlands  SAFE 2,500 2,174.2

Colorado CO Lesser Prairie Chicken SAFE 21,500 15,015.2

Colorado CO Plains  Sharp‐tailed Grouse 6,475 4,496.1

Colorado CO Shortgrass  Prairie SAFE 11,475 1,474.7

Colorado CO Western Slope Grouse 12,600 7,376.0

Georgia GA Restoring Native Pine Savan 11,800 8,315.4

Idaho ID Columbian Sh. Grouse SAFE 106,100 105,085.3

Idaho Western Idaho Upland Game Bird 25,000 692.7

Il l inois IL Mercer County SAFE 1,800 1,204.0

Il l inois IL Prairie SAFE 15,600 12,533.3

Il l inois IL Sangamon SAFE 2,000 1,366.7

Il l inois IL Spoon River SAFE 3,600 3,298.9

Indiana Indiana  American Woodcock SAFE 1,000 198.9

Indiana Indiana  Bat SAFE 4,100 3,522.2

Indiana Indiana  Henslow`s  Sparrow 6,075 5,680.5

Indiana Indiana  Northern Bobwhite SAFE 8,875 8,657.3

Indiana Indiana  Ring‐Necked Pheasant 4,000 3,711.8

Indiana Indiana  Sedge Wren/Grasshopper 4,050 3,704.1

Iowa IA Early Successional/Neotrop 1,200 1,162.5

Iowa Iowa Gaining Ground 42,150 41,776.4

Iowa Iowa Grand River 2,200 2,200.0

Iowa Iowa Pheasant Recovery SAFE 50,000 16,716.4

Kansas KS Lesser Prairie‐Chicken 54,300 39,244.5

Kansas Kansas  Upland Game Birds  SAFE 44,900 33,429.4

Kentucky KY Early Successional/Bottomla 11,600 9,700.3

Louisiana Louisiana Bayou Bartholomew 700

Louisiana Louisiana Gulf Coast Prairies 1,000 215.4

Maine ME New England Cottontail  SAFE 0

Maine Maine Upland Sandpiper SAFE 2,250 2,134.6

Michigan MI Diverse Grassland SAFE 7,500 4,774.9

Michigan MI Native Poll inators  SAFE 2,500 1,172.7

Minnesota Minnesota Back Forty Pheasant 48,700 43,151.2

Mississippi Mississippi  Black Bear SAFE 2,450 328.5

Mississippi Mississippi  Black Belt Prairie 5,000 2,225.5

Mississippi Mississippi  Bobwhite Quail  SAF 10,450 5,468.1

Missouri Missouri  Bobwhite Quail  SAFE 25,050 22,924.1

Missouri Missouri  Delta Stewardship 6,000

Missouri Missouri  Nesting Habitat SAFE 1,500 733.4

Missouri Missouri  Sand Grassland SAFE 5,050 3,261.7

Montana MT Pheasant Winter Cover SAFE 19,600 19,287.2

Montana MT Prairie Pothole 14,400 13,984.6

Montana MT Sagebrush SAFE 2,500 881.2

Nebraska Nebraska Tallgrass  SAFE 28,850 16,496.2

Nebraska Nebraska Upland Bird SAFE 53,050 33,428.3

Nevada Nevada Sage Grouse Habitat Imp 400

New Jersey NJ Agricultural  Heritage SAFE 450 116.7

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SAFE Acres by Project Areaas of September 2014

State Project Name AllocationApproved Contract 

Acres

New Jersey NJ Grassland SAFE 750 344.1

New Jersey NJ Raritan‐Piedmont SAFE 550 193.5

New Mexico NM Lesser Prairie Chicken SAFE 2,600 2,600.0

New York New York Grassland SAFE 4,900 1,233.1

North Carolina North Carolina Grassland SAFE 2,600 931.9

North Dakota ND Coteau‐Drift Prairie Water 50,950 50,653.7

North Dakota ND Habitat for Pheasants  SAFE 29,800 29,654.7

North Dakota ND Sagebrush Restoration SAFE 2,000 1,742.2

North Dakota ND Tallgrass  Prairie 7,090 7,087.4

Ohio OH Big Island/Kil ldeer 1,925 300.5

Ohio OH Grand River/Mosquito 0

Ohio OH Grassland and Wetland Compl 0

Ohio OH Grasslands  for Pheasants 28,700 10,745.4

Ohio OH Killbuck SAFE 0

Ohio OH Kitty Todd SAFE 700 65.7

Ohio OH LaSuAn Grasslands  SAFE 6,350 2,263.8

Ohio OH Paint Creek SAFE 1,675 615.9

Ohio OH Western Lake Erie Mars 1,400 653.0

Ohio S. OH Grassland Bird 1,850 946.8

Oklahoma OK Mixed Grass  Prairie SAFE 15,100 7,119.9

Oregon Oregon Heppner Mule Deer 5,500 1,045.7

Pennsylvania PA Seasonal  Pools/Early Succes 2,600

Puerto Rico PR Sub‐Tropical  Forest SAFE 1,300

South Carolina South Carolina Northern Bobwhi 2,300 1,100.3

South Dakota NW South Dakota Sagebrush Rest 500

South Dakota South Dakota Pheasants  SAFE 66,500 64,184.4

South Dakota Western SD Grassland Wildlife 32,800 29,740.1

Tennessee TN Grass  SAFE 11,500 5,354.6

Tennessee TN Trees  SAFE 300 46.6

Tennessee TN Wetlands  SAFE 400 39.2

Texas TX Lower Rio Grande Thornscru 2,000 1,312.3

Texas Texas  Gulf Coast Prairies  SAFE 500

Texas Texas  Mixed Grass  SAFE 122,700 79,463.1

Virginia VA Culpeper Basin SAFE 500

Virginia VA Longleaf Pine SAFE 1,000 292.1

Virginia VA Rare & Declining Habitats 300 10.0

Virginia VA Riparian Buffer SAFE 500

Washington WA Coastal  Roosevelt Elk SAFE 0

Washington WA Columbia Basin SAFE 150 17.4

Washington WA Palouse Prairie SAFE 728 106

Washington WA Sage and Sharp‐Tail  Grouse 63,000 62,856.7

Washington WA Shrub‐steppe SAFE 16,222 7,646

Washington Washington Ferruginous  Hawk 20,000 1,327

Wisconsin Central  WI Grassland SAFE 500 204

Wisconsin Wisconsin Glacial  SAFE 3,250 2,502.5

Wisconsin Wisconsin SW Grassland SAFE 5,000 4,438

Wisconsin Wisconsin Shortgrass  SAFE 2,000 1,877.7

Wisconsin Wisconsin Western Prairie SAFE 2,000 1,026

Wyoming NE Wyoming Habitat Restoration 10,000 9,688.2

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) BY SIGN-UP TYPE, CUMULATIVE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2014

GENERAL CONTIN. CONTIN. FARMABLE PRACTICE SIGN-UP CREP NON-CREP WETLAND TOTAL CP1 INTROD. GRASSES AND LEGUMES 3,136,296 125,924 101,026 0 3,363,246 CP2 NATIVE GRASSES 6,479,649 218,987 50,019 0 6,748,655 CP3 SOFTWOOD TREES (NOT LONGLEAF) 534,762 1,412 1,097 0 537,271 CP3A LONGLEAF PINES 228,407 0 0 0 228,407 CP3A HARDWOOD TREES 379,894 15,897 3,429 0 399,220 CP4D PERMANENT WILDLIFE HABITAT 2,007,433 108,274 3,317 0 2,119,025 CP4B WILDLIFE HABITAT CORRIDOR 4,359 39 103 0 4,500 CP5 FIELD WINDBREAK 75 4,999 87,669 0 92,742 CP6 DIVERSION 19 0 0 0 19 CP7 EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURE 23 0 0 0 23 CP8 GRASS WATERWAYS 0 726 126,996 0 127,721 CP9 SHALLOW WATER AREAS FOR WILDLIFE 18 3,096 27,481 10 30,605 CP10 EXISTING GRASSES AND LEGUMES 1/ 4,258,261 15,299 11,546 0 4,285,106 CP11 EXISTING TREES 2/ 389,446 772 67 0 390,285 CP12 WILDLIFE FOOD PLOT 54,302 2,221 0 0 56,523 CP15 CONTOUR GRASS STRIP 0 325 62,612 0 62,937 CP16 SHELTERBELT 128 419 34,558 0 35,105 CP17 LIVING SNOW FENCE 0 0 6,576 0 6,576 CP18 SALINITY REDUCING VEGETATION 0 401 217,963 17 218,381 CP21 FILTER STRIPS (GRASS) 0 180,197 685,101 45 865,343 CP22 RIPARIAN BUFFER 0 224,059 609,648 0 833,707 CP23 WETLAND RESTORATION 538,630 78,770 14 0 617,414 CP23 WETLAND REST. (FLOODPLAIN) 0 27,484 244,896 0 272,380 CP23A WETLAND REST. (NON-FLOODPLAIN) 0 43,526 262,960 0 306,485 CP24 CROSS WIND TRAP STRIP 0 0 112 0 112 CP25 RARE AND DECLINING HABITAT 1,648,944 54,315 1,279 0 1,704,537 CP26 SEDIMENT RETENTION 0 51 17 0 67 CP27 FARMABLE WETLAND (WETLAND) 0 0 0 86,181 86,181 CP28 FARMABLE WETLAND (UPLAND) 3/ 0 0 0 195,698 195,698 CP29 WILDLIFE HABITAT BUFFER (MARG PAST) 0 88,479 32,023 0 120,503 CP30 WETLAND BUFFER (MARG PAST) 0 2,411 40,577 0 42,987 CP31 BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD TREES 0 17,024 95,839 0 112,863 CP32 HARDWOOD TREES (PREVIOUS EXPIRED) 8,329 0 0 0 8,329 CP33 UPLAND BIRD HABITAT BUFFER 0 5,351 243,291 0 248,642 CP34 FLOOD CONTROL STRUCTURE 0 69 0 0 69 CP36 LONGLEAF PINE 0 47 119,862 0 119,909 CP37 DUCK NESTING HABITAT 0 38,943 230,407 0 269,350 CP38 STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT 0 0 838,920 0 838,920 CP39 FWP--CONSTRUCTED WETLAND 0 0 0 353 353 CP40 FWP--AQUACULTURE WETLAND 24 0 0 16,510 16,533 CP41 FWP--FLOODED PRAIRIE WETLAND 0 0 0 40,430 40,430 CP42 POLLINATOR HABITAT 4/ 60,892 6 5,573 0 66,472 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 19,704,983 1,259,523 4,145,086 339,244 25,448,835 1/ Includes both introduced and native grasses. 2/ Includes both hardwood and softwood trees. 3/ Includes only the buffers associated with CP27 contracts. 4/ Does not include about 40,000 acres from signup 39 before CP42 was implemented. Note: Excludes land under FY 2015 contracts. 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.

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