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NRCS Conservation Programs
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)
The Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) program provides financial and technical assistance
to agricultural producers to voluntarily address issues such as water management, water quality,
and erosion control by incorporating conservation into their farming operations. Producers may
construct or improve water management structures or irrigation structures; plant trees for windbreaks
or to improve water quality; and mitigate risk through production diversification or resource conservation
practices, including soil erosion control, integrated pest management, or transition to organic farming.
AMA is available in 16 states where participation in the Federal Crop Insurance Program is historically
low: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
To learn more see AMA
Financial Information: Total Obligations | Technical Assistance | Financial Assistance | Reimbursable
Contracts: Contract Data |Maps
Conservation Practice Implementation Reports: by State | by State and Conservation Practices related to: Cropland Soil Quality | Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability | Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) | Irrigation Efficiency | Water Quality
Civil Rights Report
Financial Information
The Financial Information section presents data from the USDA Office of the Chief
Financial Officer's Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) system and
its predecessor, the Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS). The Financial Information
presented here is Total Obligations which the Government Accountability Office defines as
binding agreements (orders
placed, contracts awarded, services rendered, etc.) that will result in outlays,
immediately or in the future. Before obligations can be incurred, budgetary resources
must be made available by Congress. The obligations displayed for each year are the total
obligations reported as of the end of each fiscal year. Subsequent adjustments after the
close of the fiscal year are not included.
There are two categories of Total Obligations presented below:
- Technical Assistance (TA) Obligations
refer to the scientific expertise, natural resource
data, tools, and technology that USDA NRCS personnel provide to help producers, landowners,
and communities develop conservation plans and implement conservation practices to solve
natural resource problems at the field, operation, or larger landscape scales. NRCS is the
lead agency for providing technical assistance for USDA.
- Financial Assistance (FA) Obligations
refer to the commitment of funds to contracts for payments that will be made to program
participants for implementing conservation practices, which can provide both on-site and
off-site conservation benefits.
This program does not typically include Reimbursable funds. In FY 2017 and FY 2020 the Risk Management Agency
reimbursed NRCS for financial and technical assistance to assist producers in targeted
locations in AMA States with installation of the High Tunnel System practice.
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AMA Total Obligations, by Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Division |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Connecticut | $344.3
|
$118.3
|
$58.1
|
$113.6
|
$103.2
|
$217.7
|
$180.1
|
$169.9
|
$250.5
|
$116.1
|
$284.2
|
$331.5
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Delaware | $153.6
|
$138.5
|
$72.0
|
$83.6
|
$71.4
|
$19.5
|
$14.4
|
$16.1
|
$117.8
|
$61.3
|
$60.6
|
$328.4
|
Hawaii | $153.3
|
$336.9
|
$151.2
|
$121.1
|
$81.0
|
$316.9
|
$336.9
|
$211.4
|
$373.7
|
$126.0
|
$268.6
|
$436.0
|
Maine | $315.7
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$195.3
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$2,349.3
|
$312.2
|
$499.9
|
$1,410.7
|
$1,037.1
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$1,228.3
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$640.6
|
$914.7
|
$821.3
|
$1,045.1
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Maryland | $372.3
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$499.4
|
$149.1
|
$100.6
|
$99.8
|
$156.1
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$189.8
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$244.3
|
$292.3
|
$604.8
|
$291.9
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$1,031.3
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Massachusetts | $164.4
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$251.4
|
$476.0
|
$151.4
|
$74.6
|
$118.5
|
$134.1
|
$164.2
|
$337.4
|
$98.6
|
$229.3
|
$1,260.2
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Nevada | $429.7
|
$817.0
|
$123.6
|
$76.6
|
$66.4
|
$944.8
|
$134.6
|
$203.9
|
$231.7
|
$178.1
|
$192.9
|
$201.2
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New Hampshire | $150.2
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$155.6
|
$43.2
|
$38.8
|
$106.2
|
$16.8
|
$81.8
|
$27.2
|
$85.0
|
$59.9
|
$66.7
|
$285.3
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New Jersey | $370.7
|
$368.8
|
$409.0
|
$250.5
|
$197.2
|
$218.7
|
$293.4
|
$324.4
|
$238.4
|
$246.1
|
$88.2
|
$87.1
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New York | $1,113.8
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$698.6
|
$794.7
|
$188.3
|
$213.1
|
$515.9
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$404.1
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$399.6
|
$332.6
|
$282.0
|
$383.0
|
$223.6
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Pennsylvania | $1,291.8
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$1,056.1
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$916.9
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$229.1
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$335.0
|
$1,346.9
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$436.8
|
$408.4
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$760.3
|
$489.6
|
$489.2
|
$457.0
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Rhode Island | $81.5
|
$95.4
|
$71.2
|
$50.2
|
$47.7
|
$142.8
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$136.0
|
$164.3
|
$196.2
|
$154.9
|
$108.5
|
$141.5
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Utah | $789.9
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$587.6
|
$311.4
|
$207.3
|
$13.3
|
$333.0
|
$195.4
|
$247.5
|
$208.3
|
$73.2
|
$108.4
|
$253.4
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Vermont | $274.0
|
$411.1
|
$313.9
|
$114.5
|
$114.0
|
$77.7
|
$143.9
|
$149.6
|
$226.7
|
$156.4
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$266.2
|
$399.0
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West Virginia | $475.0
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$336.6
|
$441.4
|
$164.1
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$218.5
|
$288.7
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$353.1
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$408.7
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$877.3
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$611.2
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$674.2
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$1,252.5
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Wyoming | $898.0
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$1,183.2
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$787.8
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$178.1
|
$208.7
|
$346.5
|
$265.6
|
$135.9
|
$271.9
|
$48.5
|
$69.5
|
$410.8
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Other
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|
|
|
|
|
$98.9
|
$64.6
|
|
|
|
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Total
| $7,378.1
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$7,249.7
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$7,468.9
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$2,380.0
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$2,450.0
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$6,570.1
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$4,401.8
|
$4,503.7
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$5,440.7
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$4,221.4
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$4,402.7
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$8,143.9
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Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2020 data from Financial Management Modernization
Initiative (FMMI); 2009-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information
System (FFIS).
• Other indicates Headquarters, Regional, or other non-State divisions.
• Totals may not exactly match sum over divisions due to rounding.
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AMA Technical Assistance Obligations, by Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Division |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Connecticut | $37.9
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$31.8
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$32.4
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$17.4
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$9.4
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$69.9
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$48.2
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$49.9
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$30.9
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$61.2
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$58.1
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$28.5
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Delaware | $21.9
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$43.5
|
$47.6
|
$12.8
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$8.8
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$6.3
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$3.7
|
$6.5
|
|
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$1.4
|
$32.1
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Hawaii | $8.3
|
$39.8
|
$48.5
|
$14.7
|
$40.9
|
$59.0
|
$67.8
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$88.3
|
$42.6
|
$63.7
|
$61.6
|
$20.5
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Maine | $50.6
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$23.0
|
$164.1
|
$35.0
|
$46.7
|
$256.4
|
$152.0
|
$112.6
|
$89.8
|
$117.4
|
$99.6
|
$223.4
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Maryland | $59.0
|
$86.1
|
$88.2
|
$21.9
|
$37.1
|
$23.9
|
$30.3
|
$28.5
|
$19.1
|
$60.0
|
$66.5
|
$72.0
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Massachusetts | $24.3
|
$27.9
|
$52.5
|
$21.8
|
$17.9
|
$27.1
|
$14.4
|
$12.3
|
$6.5
|
$1.8
|
$12.5
|
$30.8
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Nevada | $50.2
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$27.9
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$42.3
|
$13.8
|
$7.6
|
$191.2
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$8.5
|
$24.9
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$30.1
|
$21.4
|
$24.4
|
$42.9
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New Hampshire | $27.8
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$22.3
|
$22.3
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$6.4
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$10.2
|
$6.7
|
$16.3
|
$3.2
|
$4.7
|
|
$8.2
|
$8.6
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New Jersey | $102.6
|
$44.1
|
$72.3
|
$32.6
|
$63.0
|
$38.2
|
$51.1
|
$73.3
|
$20.2
|
$35.6
|
$28.2
|
$43.2
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New York | $192.6
|
$169.9
|
$198.2
|
$60.3
|
$45.8
|
$78.5
|
$74.0
|
$67.4
|
$55.7
|
$15.2
|
$90.9
|
$62.2
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Pennsylvania | $214.2
|
$201.0
|
$228.5
|
$61.0
|
$55.6
|
$265.9
|
$75.3
|
$73.6
|
$74.1
|
$93.3
|
$97.0
|
$103.9
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Rhode Island | $3.6
|
$14.4
|
$17.2
|
$6.0
|
$10.6
|
$25.9
|
$22.0
|
$22.5
|
$19.0
|
$55.2
|
$56.9
|
$32.0
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Utah | $99.6
|
$105.6
|
$94.7
|
$31.8
|
$13.3
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$53.4
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$27.0
|
$37.8
|
$18.1
|
$0.4
|
$16.4
|
$23.8
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Vermont | $72.7
|
$169.0
|
$175.7
|
$33.4
|
$20.5
|
$20.5
|
$37.9
|
$41.8
|
$13.1
|
$29.1
|
$19.5
|
$45.9
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West Virginia | $100.7
|
$63.0
|
$81.9
|
$36.1
|
$35.1
|
$63.0
|
$119.0
|
$161.3
|
$75.6
|
$170.6
|
$174.1
|
$96.7
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Wyoming | $130.7
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$132.0
|
$162.6
|
$50.0
|
$69.9
|
$99.9
|
$78.4
|
$37.9
|
$27.5
|
$23.7
|
$42.8
|
$21.5
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Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
$99.0
|
$64.6
|
|
|
|
|
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Total
| $1,196.7
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$1,201.3
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$1,529.1
|
$454.9
|
$492.4
|
$1,384.8
|
$890.5
|
$841.8
|
$526.9
|
$748.6
|
$858.1
|
$888.0
|
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Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2020 data from Financial Management Modernization
Initiative (FMMI); 2009-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information
System (FFIS).
• Other indicates Headquarters, Regional, or other non-State divisions.
• Totals may not exactly match sum over divisions due to rounding.
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AMA Financial Assistance Obligations, by Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Division |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Connecticut | $306.5
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$86.4
|
$25.8
|
$96.2
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$93.8
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$147.9
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$131.8
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$120.0
|
$121.7
|
$54.9
|
$226.1
|
$153.2
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Delaware | $131.7
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$95.0
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$24.4
|
$70.8
|
$62.6
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$13.2
|
$10.7
|
$9.6
|
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$61.3
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$59.2
|
$89.7
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Hawaii | $144.9
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$297.0
|
$102.7
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$106.4
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$40.1
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$257.9
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$269.1
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$123.1
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$91.0
|
$62.3
|
$207.0
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Maine | $265.1
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$172.3
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$2,185.2
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$277.2
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$453.2
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$1,154.3
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$885.2
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$1,115.7
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$482.0
|
$797.3
|
$721.7
|
$821.7
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Maryland | $313.4
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$413.4
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$60.9
|
$78.7
|
$62.7
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$132.2
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$159.5
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$215.9
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$229.0
|
$544.8
|
$225.4
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$306.6
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Massachusetts | $140.1
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$223.5
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$423.6
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$129.6
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$56.7
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$91.3
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$119.8
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$151.9
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$43.9
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$96.8
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$216.8
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Nevada | $379.6
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$789.2
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$81.3
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$62.7
|
$58.8
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$753.6
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$126.2
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$179.0
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$179.0
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$156.7
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$168.5
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$158.3
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New Hampshire | $122.4
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$133.3
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$20.9
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$32.4
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$96.0
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$10.1
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$65.5
|
$24.0
|
$28.8
|
$59.9
|
$58.5
|
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New Jersey | $268.1
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$324.7
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$336.6
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$217.9
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$134.2
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$180.5
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$242.3
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$251.1
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$136.9
|
$210.5
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$60.0
|
$43.9
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New York | $921.2
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$528.6
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$596.5
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$128.1
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$167.3
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$437.4
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$330.1
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$332.2
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$167.2
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$266.8
|
$292.1
|
$161.4
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Pennsylvania | $1,077.6
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$855.1
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$688.4
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$168.0
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$279.4
|
$1,080.9
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$361.5
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$334.8
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$419.6
|
$396.3
|
$392.2
|
$353.1
|
Rhode Island | $78.0
|
$81.1
|
$54.0
|
$44.3
|
$37.1
|
$116.9
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$114.0
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$141.8
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$101.2
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$99.7
|
$51.6
|
$109.5
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Utah | $690.3
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$481.9
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$216.7
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$175.5
|
|
$279.6
|
$168.4
|
$209.7
|
$88.8
|
$72.8
|
$92.0
|
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Vermont | $201.3
|
$242.1
|
$138.3
|
$81.1
|
$93.5
|
$57.2
|
$106.0
|
$107.8
|
$96.3
|
$127.3
|
$246.7
|
$353.1
|
West Virginia | $374.2
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$273.6
|
$359.5
|
$128.1
|
$183.4
|
$225.7
|
$234.1
|
$247.4
|
$171.3
|
$440.6
|
$500.1
|
$669.7
|
Wyoming | $767.3
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$1,051.2
|
$625.2
|
$128.1
|
$138.8
|
$246.6
|
$187.1
|
$98.0
|
$155.3
|
$24.8
|
$26.7
|
$389.3
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Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
$-0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
| $6,181.4
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$6,048.4
|
$5,939.9
|
$1,925.2
|
$1,957.6
|
$5,185.3
|
$3,511.3
|
$3,662.0
|
$2,512.0
|
$3,472.8
|
$3,544.6
|
$3,609.5
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2020 data from Financial Management Modernization
Initiative (FMMI); 2009-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information
System (FFIS).
• Other indicates Headquarters, Regional, or other non-State divisions.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Totals may not exactly match sum over divisions due to rounding.
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AMA Reimbursable Obligations, by Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Division |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$97.9
|
|
|
$149.8
|
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$117.8
|
|
|
$206.6
|
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$240.1
|
|
|
$415.5
|
Maine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$68.9
|
|
|
|
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$44.2
|
|
|
$652.7
|
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$287.0
|
|
|
$1,229.4
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Nevada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$22.6
|
|
|
|
New Hampshire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$51.5
|
|
|
$276.7
|
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$81.3
|
|
|
|
New York |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$109.7
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$266.6
|
|
|
|
Rhode Island |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$76.0
|
|
|
|
Utah |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$101.4
|
|
|
$229.6
|
Vermont |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$117.3
|
|
|
|
West Virginia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$630.4
|
|
|
$486.1
|
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$89.1
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$2,401.8
|
|
|
$3,646.4
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2020 data from Financial Management Modernization
Initiative (FMMI); 2009-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information
System (FFIS).
• In FY 2017 and FY 2020 the Risk Management Agency
reimbursed NRCS for financial and technical assistance to assist producers in targeted
locations in AMA States with installation of the High Tunnel System practice.
• Totals may not exactly match sum over divisions due to rounding.
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Contracts
NRCS enters into AMA contracts with eligible producers or landowners willing to
implement conservation practices. Applicants must own or control the land. By entering
into a contract, the participant agrees to apply specified conservation practices, and
NRCS obligates funds to provide technical and financial assistance for planning and
applying these conservation practices. AMA contracts can be up to ten years in length.
The table below reports the number of active or completed AMA contracts signed during
each contract fiscal year, and the acres associated with those contracts.
For example,
for a ten year contract signed in contract year 2009, funds are obligated in fiscal year
2009, and conservation practices may be applied using those funds during the 2009-2020
fiscal year time period.
The Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Maps page
contains maps illustrating contracts enrolled, acres treated, and financial assistance
obligated by state and year.
|
AMA Contract Data by State and Fiscal Year
State |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
Number of Active and Completed Contracts* |
Total Acres on Active and Completed Contracts*
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Connecticut | 7
|
103.0
|
7
|
138.5
|
1
|
1.0
|
8
|
48.5
|
10
|
35.1
|
11
|
74.8
|
10
|
29.5
|
4
|
46.9
|
13
|
27.8
|
4
|
14.1
|
10
|
48.0
|
11
|
29.5
|
Delaware | 7
|
4.5
|
4
|
721.3
|
5
|
53.1
|
10
|
103.3
|
3
|
58.4
|
1
|
25.0
|
3
|
3.4
|
2
|
70.5
|
11
|
60.2
|
3
|
29.3
|
6
|
57.4
|
18
|
967.8
|
Hawaii | 5
|
19.1
|
4
|
48.7
|
5
|
76.0
|
4
|
24.0
|
3
|
8.4
|
15
|
888.8
|
15
|
314.7
|
8
|
78.4
|
18
|
70.6
|
7
|
22.9
|
5
|
15.6
|
10
|
33.5
|
Maine | 6
|
762.0
|
19
|
385.2
|
39
|
2,645.7
|
13
|
256.1
|
16
|
444.8
|
28
|
703.8
|
29
|
581.8
|
95
|
227.7
|
26
|
208.9
|
33
|
168.7
|
22
|
133.3
|
47
|
222.6
|
Maryland | 9
|
273.0
|
61
|
386.3
|
8
|
15.0
|
13
|
12.3
|
5
|
64.5
|
5
|
183.0
|
6
|
362.8
|
12
|
120.7
|
19
|
185.2
|
21
|
617.5
|
13
|
114.2
|
58
|
642.7
|
Massachusetts | 11
|
75.6
|
13
|
168.1
|
23
|
299.1
|
8
|
60.8
|
7
|
71.3
|
6
|
163.3
|
11
|
60.9
|
5
|
207.0
|
25
|
44.8
|
6
|
80.8
|
13
|
61.2
|
44
|
299.4
|
Nevada | 5
|
339.9
|
20
|
1,113.1
|
18
|
18.7
|
14
|
22.8
|
9
|
280.6
|
8
|
165.0
|
12
|
13.4
|
11
|
122.3
|
17
|
2.6
|
15
|
2.1
|
24
|
9.8
|
18
|
3.9
|
New Hampshire | 6
|
50.0
|
11
|
38.2
|
2
|
7.5
|
9
|
145.3
|
8
|
707.0
|
1
|
25.0
|
6
|
115.8
|
4
|
145.5
|
2
|
91.8
|
6
|
61.1
|
4
|
57.9
|
28
|
131.0
|
New Jersey | 10
|
623.3
|
17
|
473.2
|
15
|
234.8
|
11
|
288.1
|
6
|
125.8
|
11
|
217.1
|
12
|
641.9
|
8
|
249.8
|
10
|
93.7
|
11
|
209.7
|
5
|
116.3
|
5
|
86.3
|
New York | 37
|
1,871.6
|
58
|
526.4
|
46
|
581.9
|
4
|
75.5
|
2
|
193.2
|
8
|
176.5
|
6
|
112.5
|
18
|
207.0
|
28
|
12.3
|
19
|
18.2
|
15
|
67.7
|
6
|
269.1
|
Pennsylvania | 33
|
2,236.8
|
113
|
942.4
|
49
|
1,209.0
|
6
|
182.0
|
7
|
240.4
|
13
|
1,062.5
|
5
|
164.2
|
34
|
605.1
|
43
|
329.2
|
9
|
143.5
|
14
|
2,312.5
|
25
|
439.7
|
Rhode Island | 6
|
172.5
|
6
|
97.4
|
4
|
22.5
|
5
|
14.9
|
9
|
109.1
|
8
|
107.2
|
14
|
88.8
|
15
|
45.2
|
21
|
130.6
|
7
|
90.9
|
5
|
21.6
|
6
|
44.1
|
Utah | 6
|
1,832.9
|
18
|
1,334.9
|
8
|
685.3
|
3
|
120.5
|
|
|
7
|
78.5
|
4
|
81.0
|
5
|
216.2
|
26
|
215.0
|
5
|
37.0
|
15
|
22.9
|
24
|
28.0
|
Vermont | 8
|
248.0
|
19
|
134.7
|
8
|
163.3
|
2
|
12.8
|
8
|
25.1
|
5
|
23.5
|
4
|
19.5
|
6
|
23.9
|
9
|
15.2
|
11
|
17.6
|
18
|
60.4
|
30
|
173.4
|
West Virginia | 19
|
872.5
|
21
|
819.2
|
22
|
574.9
|
16
|
243.7
|
20
|
236.4
|
52
|
187.7
|
44
|
217.2
|
50
|
296.4
|
84
|
463.7
|
8
|
2,681.2
|
43
|
570.1
|
91
|
2,249.9
|
Wyoming | 39
|
4,390.3
|
35
|
3,774.0
|
22
|
1,280.8
|
14
|
501.0
|
6
|
821.7
|
11
|
145.4
|
19
|
691.1
|
9
|
78.3
|
25
|
69.9
|
3
|
7.0
|
5
|
324.1
|
28
|
987.2
|
Total
| 214
|
13,874.9
|
426
|
11,101.6
|
275
|
7,868.5
|
140
|
2,111.5
|
119
|
3,421.7
|
190
|
4,227.0
|
200
|
3,498.5
|
286
|
2,740.9
|
377
|
2,021.5
|
168
|
4,201.6
|
217
|
3,993.0
|
449
|
6,608.1
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, ProTracts Program Contracts System, October 2013.
• Totals may not exactly match sum over states due to rounding.
*Contract counts and contract acreages are based on the number of contracts and treated acres, respectively, at the end
of fiscal year when the contract was signed and do not account for contract cancellations or terminations that may have
happened in subsequent years.
Conservation Practice Implementation |
Conservation practices are planned and applied
at the land unit level. The land unit is the smallest unit of land that has a
permanent or contiguous boundary, a common land cover and land management, and a common owner or a
common producer. The following tables include data for the fiscal years since enactment of the 2008 Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act (Farm Bill) in 2009.
As conservation practices are measured in different units (acres, feet, square feet, etc.),
the challenge for reporting performance at various levels is how to aggregate across practices.
Although practices may affect resources beyond the land unit boundary, or be applied only on part
of the land unit, the land unit does provide a common metric to aggregate over practices since each
applied practice is associated with a specific land unit. Analysis of the data reveals that most
practices are measured in acres and most of the practice applied amounts match the land unit acres
of the field on which the practice was applied. Therefore, land unit acreage is the metric on which
the acres of land receiving conservation treatment are calculated.
The data presented in this section reflect the fiscal year in which conservation practices were
applied, which can occur at any point during the duration of the
AMA
contract.
Totals presented here are not comparable to program enrollment acres or contract acres.
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation
|
The following table summarizes land unit acres by fiscal year.
Here, land unit acres are counted once when the program has been used to apply one or
more practices on that land unit in a given fiscal year. Therefore, land unit acres
may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count),
by Fiscal Year
AMA Practices
State |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Connecticut | 12
|
7
|
70
|
24
|
54
|
29
|
91
|
15
|
37
|
21
|
91
|
27
|
42
|
24
|
138
|
58
|
163
|
54
|
92
|
68
|
63
|
30
|
77
|
38
|
Delaware | 260
|
22
|
735
|
44
|
640
|
33
|
712
|
74
|
326
|
25
|
52
|
16
|
108
|
10
|
|
|
45
|
6
|
42
|
12
|
8
|
4
|
16
|
6
|
Hawaii | 13,997
|
12
|
3,221
|
49
|
22
|
40
|
48
|
43
|
61
|
25
|
29
|
41
|
119
|
27
|
296
|
57
|
438
|
62
|
380
|
57
|
936
|
56
|
695
|
30
|
Maine | 37
|
1
|
102
|
9
|
708
|
32
|
1,500
|
95
|
803
|
66
|
817
|
67
|
2,227
|
95
|
1,249
|
112
|
1,366
|
101
|
1,259
|
90
|
772
|
51
|
1,132
|
84
|
Maryland | 1,591
|
115
|
561
|
79
|
850
|
128
|
929
|
150
|
1,394
|
97
|
379
|
48
|
410
|
27
|
125
|
13
|
403
|
24
|
401
|
34
|
652
|
37
|
703
|
38
|
Massachusetts | 57
|
7
|
117
|
26
|
184
|
38
|
330
|
56
|
357
|
48
|
61
|
22
|
79
|
18
|
42
|
22
|
216
|
36
|
108
|
18
|
155
|
14
|
72
|
31
|
Nevada | 262
|
11
|
841
|
32
|
800
|
37
|
282
|
24
|
237
|
31
|
159
|
11
|
323
|
18
|
169
|
29
|
31
|
17
|
122
|
13
|
18
|
14
|
105
|
16
|
New Hampshire | 181
|
12
|
343
|
17
|
110
|
13
|
378
|
16
|
219
|
19
|
296
|
33
|
527
|
41
|
427
|
62
|
29
|
5
|
82
|
6
|
91
|
15
|
62
|
18
|
New Jersey | 325
|
58
|
490
|
78
|
1,064
|
198
|
883
|
128
|
828
|
176
|
564
|
80
|
475
|
79
|
891
|
79
|
880
|
84
|
904
|
93
|
367
|
37
|
312
|
44
|
New York | 2,952
|
223
|
2,109
|
180
|
1,153
|
169
|
1,540
|
220
|
804
|
130
|
641
|
89
|
506
|
60
|
461
|
65
|
627
|
82
|
682
|
155
|
544
|
127
|
372
|
97
|
Pennsylvania | 2,153
|
231
|
2,914
|
279
|
2,801
|
323
|
1,535
|
145
|
1,561
|
147
|
715
|
57
|
768
|
57
|
1,230
|
67
|
1,313
|
95
|
1,351
|
130
|
1,022
|
74
|
2,788
|
163
|
Rhode Island | 78
|
61
|
60
|
13
|
5
|
8
|
31
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
15
|
2
|
14
|
9
|
77
|
14
|
22
|
7
|
48
|
23
|
63
|
21
|
Utah | 4,333
|
104
|
5,731
|
78
|
24,556
|
39
|
335
|
57
|
909
|
33
|
792
|
31
|
107
|
24
|
193
|
34
|
1,033
|
24
|
12,289
|
45
|
11,359
|
38
|
11,416
|
48
|
Vermont | 1,406
|
164
|
1,296
|
161
|
1,067
|
138
|
442
|
78
|
208
|
30
|
53
|
12
|
276
|
41
|
194
|
46
|
384
|
35
|
268
|
71
|
78
|
14
|
180
|
22
|
West Virginia | 1,431
|
115
|
902
|
98
|
1,175
|
88
|
691
|
62
|
479
|
92
|
425
|
73
|
728
|
108
|
702
|
189
|
428
|
159
|
463
|
208
|
1,329
|
173
|
2,033
|
220
|
Wyoming | 42,015
|
120
|
24,779
|
112
|
9,708
|
145
|
12,624
|
114
|
15,249
|
192
|
4,863
|
63
|
6,452
|
106
|
4,593
|
79
|
1,526
|
64
|
3,443
|
63
|
312
|
28
|
2,117
|
25
|
Total
| 71,090
|
1,263
|
44,271
|
1,279
|
44,897
|
1,458
|
22,350
|
1,287
|
23,473
|
1,133
|
9,942
|
672
|
13,161
|
737
|
10,724
|
921
|
8,957
|
862
|
21,908
|
1,070
|
17,753
|
735
|
22,142
|
901
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice
|
The following set of chart/table combinations present conservation practice data grouped by purpose:
Cropland Soil Quality, Cropland Soil Health, Irrigation Efficiency, and Water Quality. Any practices not included in one of these groups are
included in an All Other category. Data for practices in the All Other category can be
downloaded
in the Farm Bill Conservation Programs Profile csv file.
Note that there is some overlap between these groupings, since some practices address
multiple resource concerns.
Here land unit acres are counted each time a practice is applied on that land unit in the fiscal year.
Therefore land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices, practice groupings, and fiscal years.
To learn more about specific conservation practices, see the
National Handbook of Conservation Practices.
Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Quality |
The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Cropland Soil Quality Management.
The six components of soil quality management are: enhancing organic matter, avoiding excessive tillage,
managing pests and nutrients efficiently, preventing soil compaction, keeping the ground covered, and
diversifying cropping systems. Choosing specific practices within each component depends on the
situation since different types of soil respond differently to the same practice. Each combination
of soil type and land use calls for a different set of practices to enhance soil quality. Note that only
practices applied on cropland or hay land are included.
|
Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for
the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other
category.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Cropland Soil Quality Practices
Practice Name |
Practice Code |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Conservation Cover | 327 | 39
|
1
|
25
|
2
|
81
|
1
|
|
|
36
|
3
|
14
|
2
|
86
|
7
|
36
|
4
|
46
|
5
|
59
|
4
|
59
|
5
|
33
|
4
|
Conservation Crop Rotation | 328 | 254
|
17
|
294
|
12
|
113
|
2
|
53
|
7
|
14
|
2
|
13
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
34
|
3
|
Cover Crop | 340 | 1,280
|
76
|
1,239
|
100
|
778
|
69
|
887
|
94
|
1,156
|
61
|
438
|
49
|
441
|
41
|
951
|
79
|
1,249
|
77
|
903
|
81
|
1,685
|
92
|
3,885
|
196
|
Critical Area Planting | 342 |
|
|
67
|
3
|
136
|
12
|
7
|
2
|
19
|
4
|
|
|
28
|
2
|
67
|
7
|
62
|
13
|
232
|
26
|
132
|
23
|
11
|
9
|
Deep Tillage | 324 | 3
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversion | 362 | 28
|
2
|
53
|
2
|
81
|
1
|
20
|
1
|
47
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
Field Border | 386 |
|
|
|
|
93
|
5
|
|
|
8
|
2
|
|
|
28
|
2
|
16
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forage and Biomass Planting | 512 | 456
|
24
|
88
|
1
|
96
|
11
|
83
|
8
|
24
|
2
|
14
|
3
|
28
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grade Stabilization Structure | 410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
2
|
33
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grassed Waterway | 412 |
|
|
54
|
3
|
85
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
41
|
2
|
38
|
1
|
Herbaceous Wind Barriers | 603 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | 595 | 1,736
|
82
|
3,759
|
133
|
2,140
|
162
|
2,759
|
82
|
3,347
|
102
|
230
|
23
|
2
|
2
|
79
|
3
|
88
|
9
|
138
|
13
|
22
|
1
|
144
|
13
|
Irrigation Water Management | 449 | 3,287
|
59
|
999
|
66
|
1,576
|
110
|
1,395
|
111
|
1,761
|
110
|
1,564
|
99
|
1,766
|
120
|
1,718
|
104
|
1,324
|
89
|
2,276
|
152
|
1,480
|
126
|
1,272
|
110
|
Lined Waterway or Outlet | 468 |
|
|
|
|
81
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38
|
1
|
|
|
Mulching | 484 | 408
|
29
|
265
|
23
|
255
|
16
|
66
|
18
|
134
|
26
|
143
|
14
|
16
|
11
|
193
|
22
|
181
|
35
|
303
|
41
|
134
|
27
|
100
|
16
|
Nutrient Management | 590 | 154
|
18
|
1,657
|
58
|
822
|
70
|
926
|
75
|
751
|
72
|
143
|
17
|
136
|
12
|
127
|
11
|
115
|
10
|
356
|
24
|
437
|
29
|
660
|
31
|
Residue Management, Seasonal | 344 | 15
|
1
|
|
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till | 345 | 341
|
33
|
19
|
3
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed | 329 | 1,046
|
52
|
489
|
50
|
439
|
24
|
168
|
9
|
24
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Riparian Forest Buffer | 391 |
|
|
13
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stripcropping | 585 | 144
|
8
|
65
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsurface Drain | 606 | 96
|
4
|
|
|
46
|
4
|
51
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Underground Outlet | 620 | 93
|
4
|
|
|
48
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
2
|
41
|
2
|
13
|
1
|
34
|
4
|
15
|
4
|
35
|
5
|
44
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
Water and Sediment Control Basin | 638 | 81
|
3
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | 380 | 74
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
58
|
3
|
20
|
5
|
30
|
5
|
12
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
11
|
4
|
34
|
2
|
|
|
9
|
2
|
|
|
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation | 650 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
1
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
|
The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to
Cropland Soil Quality Management were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of
cropland treated with soil quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year.
Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted
once per fiscal year.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Cropland Soil Quality Practices
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice | 8,511
|
420
|
6,468
|
461
|
4,651
|
503
|
4,386
|
421
|
6,246
|
398
|
2,212
|
215
|
2,163
|
204
|
2,583
|
250
|
2,688
|
252
|
3,041
|
351
|
3,257
|
316
|
5,118
|
386
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability |
The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability.
This measure is intended as a step-wise measure to show progress towards implementing a Soil Health Management
System (SHMS). A SHMS is defined as a collection of NRCS conservation practices that focuses on maintaining or
enhancing soil health by addressing four soil health management principles: minimize disturbance, maximize soil cover,
maximize biodiversity and maximize presence of living roots. Note that only practices applied on cropland are included.
Also at least two eligible conservation practices or an eligible Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) bundle must be applied
during the fiscal year. Eligible conservation practices are those that indicate progress toward a SHMS and include:
Conservation Crop Rotation, Residue and Tillage Management (No Till and Reduced Till), Cover Crop, and corresponding CSP
activities and bundles. Some CSP bundles count as two eligible practices.
The following
AMA reports summarize where
AMA was responsible for funding all practices required to meet the performance measure. The performance measure, however, can
be satisfied by the application of eligible practices under more than one program (e.g.,
AMA and CSP). To see the overall contribution of
AMA-funded practices to fulfilling the requirements of the measure, please see the Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including
practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year, Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices table in the National Conservation
Profile found in the National Reports page of the RCA Data Viewer.
See National Conservation Profile report.
|
Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for
the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other
category.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
Practice Name |
Practice Code |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Conservation Crop Rotation | 328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
34
|
3
|
Cover Crop | 340 |
|
|
|
|
62
|
6
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
34
|
3
|
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till | 345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed | 329 |
|
|
|
|
93
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
|
The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to
Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of
cropland treated with soil health practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year.
Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted
once per fiscal year.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice |
|
|
|
|
31
|
15
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
34
|
6
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) |
The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Cropland SHMS or cropland on which a system
of practices to sustain or improve soil health was applied during the fiscal year. A SHMS is defined as a collection
of NRCS conservation practices that focuses on maintaining or enhancing soil health by addressing four soil health
management principles: minimize disturbance, maximize soil cover, maximize biodiversity and maximize presence of living
roots. Note that only practices applied on cropland are included. Three eligible core conservation practices must be in
place. They are: Conservation Crop Rotation, Residue and Tillage Management (No Till or Reduced Till), Cover Crop, and
corresponding CSP activities and bundles. Some CSP bundles fulfil the requirements of a Cropland SHMS.
The following
AMA reports summarize where
AMA was responsible for funding all practices required to meet the performance measure. The performance measure, however, can
be satisfied by the application of eligible practices under more than one program (e.g.,
AMA and CSP). To see the overall contribution of
AMA-funded practices to fulfilling the requirements of the measure, please see the Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including
practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year, Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices table in the National Conservation
Profile found in the National Reports page of the RCA Data Viewer.
See National Conservation Profile report.
|
Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for
the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other
category.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices
Practice Name |
Practice Code |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Conservation Crop Rotation | 328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Cover Crop | 340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till | 345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
|
The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to
Cropland SHMS were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of
cropland treated with SHMS practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year.
Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted
once per fiscal year.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Cropland SHMS Practices
|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
Conservation Practices Related to Irrigation Efficiency |
The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Irrigation Efficiency.
The goal of these practices is to assist in properly designing, installing and maintaining
irrigation systems to ensure uniform and efficient distribution of water, thereby conserving
water and protecting water resources. Note that pumping plant (533) installation is only counted
when applied on cropland or hay land.
|
Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for
the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other
category.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Irrigation Efficiency Practices
Practice Name |
Practice Code |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Irrigation Ditch Lining | 428 |
|
|
87
|
4
|
126
|
4
|
74
|
1
|
36
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
2
|
Irrigation Field Ditch | 388 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irrigation Land Leveling | 464 | 33
|
3
|
16
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irrigation Pipeline | 430 | 2,904
|
88
|
2,276
|
110
|
1,461
|
117
|
1,916
|
171
|
1,776
|
113
|
1,346
|
82
|
13,887
|
103
|
2,115
|
152
|
2,728
|
148
|
5,332
|
140
|
609
|
56
|
1,415
|
100
|
Irrigation Reservoir | 436 | 21
|
4
|
62
|
8
|
20
|
4
|
69
|
4
|
24
|
4
|
26
|
6
|
84
|
10
|
252
|
9
|
189
|
10
|
57
|
9
|
122
|
9
|
49
|
7
|
Irrigation System, Microirrigation | 441 | 2,182
|
58
|
3,125
|
72
|
976
|
128
|
935
|
105
|
745
|
109
|
978
|
113
|
13,212
|
115
|
1,566
|
157
|
1,051
|
125
|
4,456
|
139
|
777
|
63
|
1,342
|
83
|
Irrigation System, Sprinkler | 442 | 608
|
18
|
664
|
16
|
872
|
29
|
956
|
32
|
621
|
24
|
252
|
8
|
954
|
17
|
601
|
19
|
581
|
12
|
11,441
|
14
|
572
|
15
|
810
|
13
|
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface | 443 | 24
|
1
|
|
|
61
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irrigation Water Management | 449 | 3,287
|
59
|
1,122
|
70
|
1,622
|
111
|
1,450
|
113
|
1,791
|
113
|
1,587
|
105
|
1,795
|
123
|
1,721
|
105
|
1,396
|
91
|
2,344
|
156
|
12,525
|
134
|
1,335
|
119
|
Pumping Plant | 533 | 193
|
12
|
584
|
29
|
611
|
34
|
664
|
38
|
343
|
32
|
405
|
23
|
594
|
39
|
466
|
34
|
312
|
33
|
260
|
26
|
452
|
29
|
274
|
25
|
Structure for Water Control | 587 | 2,525
|
29
|
182
|
11
|
565
|
13
|
279
|
6
|
202
|
7
|
82
|
5
|
696
|
17
|
479
|
9
|
579
|
13
|
520
|
14
|
19
|
3
|
450
|
13
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
|
The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to
Irrigation Efficiency were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of
land treated to improve irrigation efficiency by each conservation program during a fiscal year.
Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted
once per fiscal year.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Irrigation Efficiency Practices
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice | 8,066
|
272
|
5,005
|
321
|
4,160
|
441
|
4,475
|
470
|
3,701
|
404
|
3,056
|
342
|
6,360
|
424
|
4,467
|
485
|
4,925
|
433
|
17,284
|
498
|
14,119
|
309
|
3,846
|
362
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
Conservation Practices Related to Water Quality |
The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Water Quality.
Water quality is an indicator of the health of our environment and reflects what occurs on the
land. The primary water quality issues from agriculture are sediment, nutrients,
pesticides, pathogens, and in some parts of the country, salinity. Using conservation practices
to improve land in an environmentally sound manner will result in better water quality for drinking,
recreation, wildlife, fisheries and industry.
|
Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for
the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other
category.
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Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Water Quality Practices
Practice Name |
Practice Code |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Access Control | 472 | 37
|
5
|
81
|
8
|
138
|
2
|
52
|
3
|
38
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Access Road | 560 | 19
|
3
|
34
|
4
|
23
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
102
|
5
|
53
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Animal Mortality Facility | 316 |
|
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brush Management | 314 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
157
|
8
|
1,883
|
11
|
Composting Facility | 317 |
|
|
14
|
2
|
|
|
37
|
2
|
|
|
20
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conservation Cover | 327 | 79
|
3
|
25
|
2
|
81
|
1
|
|
|
49
|
4
|
14
|
2
|
86
|
7
|
226
|
7
|
46
|
5
|
59
|
4
|
63
|
7
|
36
|
6
|
Conservation Crop Rotation | 328 | 254
|
17
|
294
|
12
|
113
|
2
|
53
|
7
|
18
|
3
|
13
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
34
|
3
|
Cover Crop | 340 | 1,280
|
76
|
1,239
|
100
|
778
|
69
|
887
|
94
|
1,156
|
61
|
448
|
50
|
441
|
41
|
961
|
80
|
1,249
|
77
|
903
|
81
|
1,685
|
93
|
3,889
|
197
|
Critical Area Planting | 342 | 89
|
9
|
89
|
5
|
139
|
13
|
11
|
3
|
49
|
9
|
11
|
2
|
29
|
3
|
131
|
8
|
90
|
17
|
238
|
28
|
174
|
25
|
27
|
12
|
Diversion | 362 | 35
|
3
|
53
|
2
|
81
|
1
|
20
|
1
|
47
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
Filter Strip | 393 |
|
|
|
|
113
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forage and Biomass Planting | 512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
3
|
10
|
3
|
Grade Stabilization Structure | 410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
46
|
3
|
33
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grassed Waterway | 412 |
|
|
58
|
4
|
85
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
43
|
3
|
38
|
1
|
Heavy Use Area Protection | 561 | 155
|
16
|
332
|
19
|
85
|
12
|
175
|
28
|
58
|
7
|
153
|
11
|
228
|
1
|
314
|
12
|
242
|
7
|
149
|
19
|
91
|
11
|
8
|
5
|
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | 595 | 6,985
|
153
|
8,305
|
169
|
6,033
|
180
|
5,260
|
102
|
4,632
|
116
|
239
|
24
|
2
|
2
|
82
|
4
|
88
|
9
|
194
|
15
|
81
|
4
|
152
|
18
|
Irrigation System, Microirrigation | 441 | 2,182
|
58
|
3,125
|
72
|
976
|
128
|
935
|
105
|
745
|
109
|
978
|
113
|
13,212
|
115
|
1,566
|
157
|
1,051
|
125
|
4,456
|
139
|
777
|
63
|
1,342
|
83
|
Irrigation Water Management | 449 | 3,287
|
59
|
1,122
|
70
|
1,622
|
111
|
1,450
|
113
|
1,791
|
113
|
1,587
|
105
|
1,795
|
123
|
1,721
|
105
|
1,396
|
91
|
2,344
|
156
|
12,525
|
134
|
1,335
|
119
|
Lined Waterway or Outlet | 468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38
|
1
|
|
|
Mulching | 484 | 1,014
|
30
|
1,535
|
26
|
255
|
16
|
66
|
18
|
134
|
26
|
143
|
14
|
1,065
|
21
|
726
|
30
|
261
|
43
|
3,630
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
Nutrient Management | 590 | 406
|
29
|
1,668
|
61
|
865
|
81
|
945
|
80
|
813
|
82
|
225
|
29
|
136
|
12
|
165
|
13
|
115
|
10
|
422
|
29
|
493
|
31
|
11,639
|
35
|
Prescribed Grazing | 528 | 9,030
|
129
|
1,437
|
108
|
621
|
53
|
645
|
61
|
605
|
48
|
407
|
27
|
69
|
8
|
39
|
9
|
119
|
8
|
82
|
4
|
694
|
11
|
697
|
18
|
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till | 345 | 341
|
33
|
19
|
3
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed | 329 | 1,056
|
54
|
489
|
50
|
439
|
24
|
168
|
9
|
24
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Riparian Forest Buffer | 391 | 7
|
2
|
37
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Riparian Herbaceous Cover | 390 | 9
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roof Runoff Structure | 558 |
|
|
15
|
2
|
57
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
122
|
2
|
50
|
8
|
243
|
3
|
67
|
9
|
183
|
7
|
22
|
9
|
20
|
8
|
40
|
11
|
Roofs and Covers | 367 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
|
|
Stream Crossing | 578 | 230
|
4
|
|
|
41
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Streambank and Shoreline Protection | 580 | 67
|
5
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stripcropping | 585 | 144
|
8
|
65
|
2
|
|
|
220
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Structure for Water Control | 587 | 2,525
|
29
|
182
|
11
|
565
|
13
|
279
|
6
|
202
|
7
|
82
|
5
|
696
|
17
|
479
|
9
|
579
|
13
|
520
|
14
|
19
|
3
|
450
|
13
|
Tree/Shrub Establishment | 612 | 10
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
254
|
5
|
|
|
46
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waste Facility Closure | 360 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
57
|
2
|
33
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waste Recycling | 633 | 17
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waste Storage Facility | 313 | 3
|
1
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
|
|
Waste Transfer | 634 | 1,262
|
81
|
450
|
22
|
662
|
38
|
28
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waste Treatment | 629 |
|
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water Well Decommissioning | 351 |
|
|
|
|
12,898
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water and Sediment Control Basin | 638 | 81
|
3
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wetland Enhancement | 659 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,013
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wetland Restoration | 657 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | 380 | 1,320
|
25
|
1,296
|
6
|
100
|
6
|
30
|
6
|
43
|
7
|
12
|
1
|
1,217
|
13
|
584
|
17
|
79
|
9
|
3,343
|
12
|
204
|
5
|
961
|
6
|
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation | 650 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
|
The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to
Water Quality were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of
land treated with water quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year.
Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted
once per fiscal year.
|
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
AMA Water Quality Practices
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Acres |
Count* |
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice | 27,490
|
839
|
13,165
|
771
|
21,068
|
775
|
9,184
|
661
|
8,975
|
606
|
3,259
|
398
|
5,890
|
374
|
4,288
|
471
|
4,045
|
436
|
6,354
|
567
|
15,697
|
414
|
20,039
|
541
|
|
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2020.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
*Count in this table refers to the number of records in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
NPAD contains a record for each time a practice is applied to a planning land unit. Counts may differ from practice
counts based on contract items in the ProTracts database because each contract item in ProTracts can cover multiple
planning land units.
|
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Citation for this website:
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) 2012-2020 Data October 2020
Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS) 2009-2011 Data
ProTracts Program Contracts System October 2020
National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD) October 2020
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC. 24 February 2021*
<http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/NRCS_RCA/reports/fb08_cp_ama.html>
*[use date the website was accessed]
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