USDA ERS · state ranking · fiscal year 2023
Conservation Leaders
States ranked by FY2023 USDA ERS conservation payments, including CRP, EQIP, and CSP.
USDA ERS · FY2023 · Conservation Payments
Iowa leads conservation payments at $464M, 12.7% of the listed-state total, ahead of Illinois ($220M).
According to the USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics.
- $464M
- #1 Iowa
- $220M
- #2 Illinois
- 12.7%
- share of this 50-state total
- 50
- states on this ranking
Figures are USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics, fiscal year 2023 ($1,000 units at source). Not the 2022 NASS Census county tables.
Iowa leads this USDA ERS ranking of conservation payments at $464M, ahead of Illinois ($220M) and Minnesota ($208M). According to USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics for fiscal year 2023, PlainFarmData ranks all listed states on the same published series used for state detail pages.
- 50 states ranked on Conservation Payments
- #2 Illinois at $220M
- ERS fiscal year 2023 snapshot
| # | State | Conservation Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa IA | $464M |
| 2 | Illinois IL | $220M |
| 3 | Minnesota MN | $208M |
| 4 | South Dakota SD | $186M |
| 5 | Texas TX | $186M |
| 6 | Missouri MO | $156M |
| 7 | Nebraska NE | $136M |
| 8 | Mississippi MS | $136M |
| 9 | North Dakota ND | $120M |
| 10 | Kansas KS | $119M |
| 11 | Arkansas AR | $101M |
| 12 | Washington WA | $96M |
| 13 | Colorado CO | $95M |
| 14 | Ohio OH | $91M |
| 15 | Louisiana LA | $86M |
| 16 | California CA | $86M |
| 17 | Indiana IN | $81M |
| 18 | Oregon OR | $77M |
| 19 | Wisconsin WI | $75M |
| 20 | Georgia GA | $73M |
| 21 | Montana MT | $71M |
| 22 | Kentucky KY | $65M |
| 23 | Oklahoma OK | $55M |
| 24 | Tennessee TN | $53M |
| 25 | New Mexico NM | $51M |
| 26 | Idaho ID | $47M |
| 27 | Pennsylvania PA | $46M |
| 28 | Michigan MI | $46M |
| 29 | Alabama AL | $43M |
| 30 | North Carolina NC | $39M |
| 31 | South Carolina SC | $37M |
| 32 | Virginia VA | $37M |
| 33 | Florida FL | $35M |
| 34 | Utah UT | $30M |
| 35 | Wyoming WY | $29M |
| 36 | Arizona AZ | $24M |
| 37 | Maryland MD | $23M |
| 38 | New York NY | $18M |
| 39 | Vermont VT | $17M |
| 40 | West Virginia WV | $14M |
| 41 | Maine ME | $12M |
| 42 | Hawaii HI | $10M |
| 43 | Alaska AK | $9M |
| 44 | Delaware DE | $9M |
| 45 | Massachusetts MA | $6M |
| 46 | New Jersey NJ | $6M |
| 47 | New Hampshire NH | $5M |
| 48 | Nevada NV | $5M |
| 49 | Connecticut CT | $4M |
| 50 | Rhode Island RI | $3M |
Source: USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics Fiscal year 2023 government payments by state
What to do with this ranking
Conservation Leaders leads with Iowa at $464M. Three places to take it further:
- Open Iowa's full USDA ERS profile, program mix and 5-year trend. View #1 in detail
- See every ranking cut, conservation leaders, disaster aid, crop-insurance loss ratios, and per-acre receipts. All rankings
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Figures are the USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics state snapshot for fiscal year 2023, a separate population from the 2022 NASS county Census.
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