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MONTHLY SUMMARY – DECEMBER 2011 Sign-up Type Contracts Farms Acres Annual Rental Payments a / ($Million) ($/Acre) General 321,201 212,352 24,413,074 $1,156 $47.33 Continuous Non-CREP 324,768 194,148 3,668,427 $342 $93.16 CREP 72,373 47,641 1,265,103 $167 $131.72 Farmable Wetland 14,999 11,678 305,293 $34 $111.65 Total Continuous 412,140 239,316 b/ 5,238,823 $542 $103.55 Total CRP 733,341 407,017 b/ 29,651,898 $1,698 $57.26 a/ Approximates FY 2013 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. CONTINUOUS SIGN-UP PROGRESS COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR (ACRES) * Sign-up Type Sign-up 42 (FY 2012) Sign-up 40 (FY 2011) Cumulative Month of December 2011 Cumulative Month of December 2010 Non-CREP 24,485 11,673 28,730 17,149 CREP 6,409 2,984 9,693 5,247 Farmable Wetland 8,251 3,537 7,284 4,689 Total 39,145 18,194 45,708 27,085 * Includes new and re-enrolled lands. --1-- 1 (Oct) 2 (Nov) 3 (Dec) 4 (Jan) 5 (Feb) 6 (Mar) 7 (Apr) 8 (May) 9 (Jun) 10 (Jul) 11 (Aug) 12 (Sep) 13 (Oct) 14 (Nov) 15 (Dec) 16 (Jan) 17 (Feb) 18 (Mar) Months Since Sign-ups Began 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 1,000 Acres #37 (FY 2009) #38 (FY 2010) #40 (FY 2011) #42 (FY 2012) * Includes contracts approved for FY 2013 enrollment. Continuous CRP Enrollment Progress Signups 37, 38, 40, and 42 *

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Page 1: MONTHLY SUMMARY – DECEMBER 2011

MONTHLY SUMMARY – DECEMBER 2011 Sign-up Type Contracts Farms Acres Annual Rental Payments a/ ($Million) ($/Acre) General 321,201 212,352 24,413,074 $1,156 $47.33 Continuous Non-CREP 324,768 194,148 3,668,427 $342 $93.16 CREP 72,373 47,641 1,265,103 $167 $131.72 Farmable Wetland 14,999 11,678 305,293 $34 $111.65 Total Continuous 412,140 239,316 b/ 5,238,823 $542 $103.55 Total CRP 733,341 407,017 b/ 29,651,898 $1,698 $57.26 a/ Approximates FY 2013 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.

CONTINUOUS SIGN-UP PROGRESS COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR (ACRES) *

Sign-up Type

Sign-up 42 (FY 2012) Sign-up 40 (FY 2011)

Cumulative Month of December 2011

Cumulative Month of December 2010

Non-CREP 24,485 11,673 28,730 17,149 CREP 6,409 2,984 9,693 5,247 Farmable Wetland 8,251 3,537 7,284 4,689

Total 39,145 18,194 45,708 27,085

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

ENROLLMENT ACTIVITY AND NEWS – December 2011

December ended with enrollment at 29.7 million acres, as continuous added 23,240 acres and general lost 18,386

acres.

FY 2011 general signup (#41) ended with 2.6 million acres accepted for enrollment. Offers were received on 3.8 million acres. A table with preliminary approvals (2.8 million acres) is located at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/crpsignupresults.pdf

FY 2011 continuous signup (#40) added 10,272 acres in December and now totals 482,351 acres.

FY 2012 continuous signup (#42) added 18,194 acres in December and now totals 39,145 acres.

Initiatives (and Allocations) * First Year

Practice Code

In Month (Acres)

Year-to-Date (Acres)

Cumulative (Acres)

Flood-plain wetlands (500,000 ac.) 2004 CP23 882 11,934 211,077

Bottomland hardwood trees (250,000 ac.) 2004 CP31 584 5,395 67,200

Non-flood plain and playa wetlands (250,000 ac.) 2005 CP23a 4,647 33,156 148,207

Upland bird habitat buffers (350,000 ac.) 2005 CP33 437 3,744 238,585

Longleaf pine plantings (250,000 ac.) 2007 CP36 614 5,585 109,762

Duck nesting habitat (150,000 ac.) 2007 CP37 -272 8,220 143,452

State acres for wildlife enhancement (850,000 ac.) 2008 CP38 5,842 125,357 605,980 * Excludes lands enrolled in CREPs.

Performance Measures (Acres)* Oct. Nov. Dec. Y-T-D Cumulative

Conservation buffers 1/ 47,250 6,077 3,429 56,756 1,978,658

Wetland restorations 2/ 69,683 21,737 12,970 104,390 2,267,652 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.

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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM INITIATIVES CUMULATIVE ACRES AS OF DECEMBER 2011 *

STATE

FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS (CP23)

NON- FLOODPLAIN

WETLANDS (CP23A)

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS

(CP31)

UPLAND BIRD HABITAT BUFFERS (CP33)

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DUCK NESTING HABITAT (CP37)

SAFE (CP38)

ALABAMA 5 0 859 1,202 10,684 0 2,187 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 20,965 8,511 12,785 5,606 0 0 12,549 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLORADO 0 172 0 171 0 0 18,844 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 890 0 0 GEORGIA 13 0 25 2,216 83,808 0 7,904 IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 49,816 ILLINOIS 9,222 2,193 3,471 58,680 0 0 11,463 INDIANA 1,545 1,151 2,243 13,592 0 0 15,221 IOWA 80,153 6,054 2,478 25,288 0 593 35,859 KANSAS 3,273 3,129 219 40,024 0 0 47,788 KENTUCKY 96 0 294 7,927 0 0 8,089 LOUISIANA 35,809 14,929 21,917 401 59 0 215 MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,136 MARYLAND 10 0 0 761 0 0 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 860 920 11 819 0 0 5,069 MINNESOTA 21,203 55,121 247 445 0 9,318 33,382 MISSISSIPPI 4,309 720 17,791 2,238 399 0 7,039 MISSOURI 10,974 427 1,084 29,039 11 0 19,435 MONTANA 93 0 0 0 0 28 17,488 NEBRASKA 1,500 1,035 9 5,858 0 0 28,711 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 555 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 823 NEW YORK 0 30 2 0 0 0 1,309 NORTH CAROLINA 23 0 22 8,710 5,579 0 726 NORTH DAKOTA 1,372 17,415 0 0 0 69,763 44,467 OHIO 547 170 53 15,587 0 0 9,006 OKLAHOMA 206 1,508 416 1,054 0 0 6,613 OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 726 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 5,681 7,843 0 979 SOUTH DAKOTA 17,369 34,287 0 1,550 0 63,749 66,612 TENNESSEE 280 0 2,892 5,151 0 0 5,084 TEXAS 891 352 381 4,853 0 0 73,738 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1,421 489 0 289 WASHINGTON 30 0 0 0 0 0 54,602 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 329 82 0 310 0 0 7,567 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,688 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 211,077 148,207 67,200 238,585 109,762 143,452 605,980 * Excludes land enrolled in CREPs.

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CONTINUOUS CRP ENROLLMENT SINCE INCEPTION THROUGH DECEMBER 2011

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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) 374,041 36,982 44,328 455,3512012 (#42) 24,485 6,409 8,251 39,145Expirations 1/ (933,195) (34,406) (4,958) (972,559)Current Enrollment 3,668,506 1,265,103 305,293 5,215,662

1/ Contracts that exited 2007-2012 (expired and not re-enrolled) plus attrition.

Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi Texas Total

Acceptable Acres 34,877 6,158 12,606 228,983 11,694 294,318

Longleaf Pine - New 18,856 3,249 1,525 19,517 321 43,468

Longleaf Pine - Existing 5,026 1,034 20 5,429 43 11,551

Bottomland Hardwood - New 156 0 351 14,929 186 15,622

Bottomland Hardwood - Existing 4,610 148 1,242 19,495 2,449 27,943

Softwood - New 3,396 709 6,845 105,147 3,881 119,978

Softwood - Existing 2,107 956 655 27,883 1,187 32,788

Upland Hardwood - New 23 0 111 2,252 102 2,489

Upland Hardwood - Existing 80 63 337 1,141 165 1,786

Mixed Trees - Existing 623 0 1,521 33,190 3,360 38,693

Estimated Damages 1/

Total $ $30,894,109 $4,870,552 $23,517,576 $396,987,370 $21,007,674 $477,277,281

Average % 71% 80% 66% 71% 70% 71%

Acceptable Offers (Number)

Annual 123 35 91 1,891 49 2,189

Lump Sum 64 28 36 300 56 484

Total 187 63 127 2,191 105 2,673

Average Size (Acres per Contract) 187 98 99 105 111 110

Rental Payments

Annual $1,649,834 $122,443 $214,176 $5,400,334 $214,973 $7,601,761

Lump Sum $1,485,448 $1,005,739 $962,096 $5,561,721 $788,930 $9,803,934

Total (10*Annual + Lump Sum) $17,983,787 $2,230,172 $3,103,858 $59,565,065 $2,938,663 $85,821,545

Average Per-Acre Rental Payment $51.56 $36.21 $24.62 $26.01 $25.13 $29.16

1/ Economic loss due to hurricanes to forests of EFCRP participants.

Emergency Forestry CRPEnrollment through December 31, 2011

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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 December 2011, 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 C Acres ............................................................................................................................................. 7 C Number of Contracts .................................................................................................................... 7 Current Enrollment by State and Sign-up Type C Total CRP ..................................................................................................................................... 8 C General Sign-up ............................................................................................................................ 9 C Total Continuous ...................................................................................................................... 10 C CREP (Continuous) .................................................................................................................... 11 C Non-CREP (Continuous) ............................................................................................................ 12 C Farmable Wetland (Continuous) ................................................................................................ 13 Enrollment Change from Previous Month ............................................................................................... 14 Contract Expirations by Year ................................................................................................................... 15 Conservation Practices Currently Installed by State ................................................................................ 17 State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Enrolled by State ........................................................ 22 State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Enrolled by Project Area............................................ 23 Conservation Practices Currently Installed, National ............................................................................. 25 NOTE: ** Data suppressed from States with fewer than 4 contracts **

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WETLAND PRACTICES IN CRP AS OF DECEMBER 2011 (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 56 5 0 18 859 0 132 1,070 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 433 433 ARKANSAS 12,546 20,965 8,523 1,808 13,129 0 6,968 63,939 CALIFORNIA 3,028 0 0 0 0 0 182 3,210 COLORADO 915 0 172 157 0 0 37 1,280 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 255 81 0 0 0 0 302 638 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 445 13 0 0 25 0 25 509 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 1,170 0 0 6 0 0 203 1,379 ILLINOIS 41,061 11,774 2,215 605 3,471 0 5,797 64,922 INDIANA 4,755 1,667 2,079 1,015 4,304 0 1,714 15,534 IOWA 11,780 82,204 6,054 80,060 2,478 593 15,300 198,468 KANSAS 3,318 3,273 3,129 1,939 219 0 1,066 12,944 KENTUCKY 34 96 0 0 294 0 2,555 2,979 LOUISIANA 20,333 35,814 14,938 3,339 34,087 0 772 109,282 MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 MARYLAND 1,803 891 83 5 0 0 1,198 3,980 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 10,516 2,045 8,475 74 11 0 2,643 23,764 MINNESOTA 274,037 22,214 57,743 44,527 253 9,318 5,862 413,955 MISSISSIPPI 9,356 4,309 720 9,911 17,791 0 652 42,739 MISSOURI 3,214 11,090 427 215 1,111 0 4,338 20,395 MONTANA 3,725 93 0 140 0 28 541 4,527 NEBRASKA 8,873 1,729 1,074 4,195 9 0 474 16,355 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 46 12 31 0 2 0 992 1,083 NORTH CAROLINA 1,112 1,104 0 54 28 0 882 3,181 NORTH DAKOTA 574,889 1,372 17,415 76,683 0 69,763 459 740,581 OHIO 3,195 2,712 4,977 265 57 0 858 12,065 OKLAHOMA 393 206 1,508 30 416 0 87 2,640 OREGON 267 73 0 0 0 0 390 730 PENNSYLVANIA 299 713 0 0 2 0 484 1,498 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 254 0 0 0 0 0 699 953 SOUTH DAKOTA 200,326 23,741 50,819 80,187 0 95,535 24,255 474,863 TENNESSEE 419 280 0 0 2,892 0 150 3,742 TEXAS 7,724 891 352 0 381 0 146 9,494 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 VIRGINIA 188 36 0 0 0 0 100 324 WASHINGTON 2,817 30 5 0 0 0 75 2,927 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 6,847 1,375 374 59 0 0 2,594 11,249 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ========== ========= ========= ========= ========== ========= ============ ========= 1,209,994 230,807 181,113 305,293 81,820 175,238 83,387 2,267,652 1/ Includes wetland and 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.

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CRP ENROLLMENT AS OF DECEMBER 2011 BY SIGN-UP AND INITIAL CONTRACT YEAR 1/

ACRES

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS

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, and 41. Continuous Sign-up Numbers: 14, 17, 19, 21-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, and 42. 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.

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BEFORE SIGNUP 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 TOTAL

<19 9,018,393 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,018,39319 138,270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138,27020 1,435,994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,435,99421 59,833 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59,83322 131,264 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131,26423 349,549 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 349,54924 426,355 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 426,35525 195,381 53,598 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248,98026 0 1,604,809 160,880 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,765,68827 11,351 167,626 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 178,97728 0 149,353 98,516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 247,86929 0 0 0 999,014 61,626 0 0 0 0 0 1,060,64030 0 0 195,177 192,616 0 0 0 0 0 0 387,79331 0 0 0 195,868 144,810 0 0 0 0 0 340,67832 0 0 0 0 0 2,318,325 868,506 563,466 253,740 0 4,004,03733 0 0 0 0 836,007 78 0 0 0 0 836,08535 0 0 0 0 155,790 358,607 0 0 0 0 514,39736 0 0 0 0 0 209,173 178,815 0 87 0 388,07437 0 0 0 0 0 0 230,902 235,647 41 0 466,59038 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 223,702 399,490 0 623,19339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,847,315 0 3,847,31540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175,101 307,250 482,35141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,660,504 2,660,50442 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39,066 39,066

ALL 11,766,391 1,975,386 454,573 1,387,498 1,198,233 2,886,183 1,278,223 1,022,815 4,675,774 3,006,821 29,651,898

BEFORESIGNUP 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 TOTAL

<19 124,261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124,26119 13,945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,94520 22,928 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22,92821 5,902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,90222 12,051 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,05123 32,336 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32,33624 43,640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43,64025 20,700 3,624 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,32426 0 34,975 1,852 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36,82727 1,688 11,337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,02528 0 16,788 8,059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,84729 0 0 0 17,716 508 0 0 0 0 0 18,22430 0 0 21,063 11,553 0 0 0 0 0 0 32,61631 0 0 0 19,780 10,383 0 0 0 0 0 30,16332 0 0 0 0 0 28,117 13,308 8,300 5,196 0 54,92133 0 0 0 0 15,748 2 0 0 0 0 15,75035 0 0 0 0 13,692 20,545 0 0 0 0 34,23736 0 0 0 0 0 15,638 12,123 0 2 0 27,76337 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,914 14,139 2 0 30,05538 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,870 19,426 0 33,29639 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41,432 0 41,43240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,623 19,983 30,60641 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28,368 28,36842 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,824 1,824

ALL 277,451 66,724 30,974 49,049 40,331 64,302 41,345 36,309 76,681 50,175 733,341

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF DECEMBER 2011

----------TOTAL CRP (ALL SIGN-UPS)--------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 733,341 407,017 29,651,898 1,698,002 57.26 ALABAMA 8,514 6,054 361,233 16,683 46.18 ALASKA 45 31 19,010 670 35.26 ARKANSAS 6,010 3,326 250,291 15,392 61.50 CALIFORNIA 417 327 102,390 4,066 39.71 COLORADO 12,396 6,056 2,182,756 73,113 33.50 CONNECTICUT 14 11 151 12 80.62 DELAWARE 645 341 6,751 751 111.28 FLORIDA 1,257 1,016 52,024 2,150 41.33 GEORGIA 9,086 6,393 316,196 15,351 48.55 HAWAII 10 9 490 26 52.39 IDAHO 5,012 2,848 647,250 30,570 47.23 ILLINOIS 82,217 44,884 1,029,108 123,127 119.64 INDIANA 37,738 21,098 279,965 31,800 113.59 IOWA 106,171 53,246 1,658,024 218,045 131.51 KANSAS 45,081 25,648 2,536,566 102,861 40.55 KENTUCKY 16,786 8,958 334,988 38,891 116.10 LOUISIANA 5,054 3,213 325,316 20,502 63.02 MAINE 493 356 13,573 672 49.48 MARYLAND 6,414 3,522 78,239 10,995 140.53 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 14,862 8,471 222,490 20,078 90.24 MINNESOTA 62,171 32,657 1,566,657 109,390 69.82 MISSISSIPPI 19,386 12,126 829,425 42,075 50.73 MISSOURI 35,482 20,488 1,293,768 102,632 79.33 MONTANA 13,449 5,531 2,507,415 79,937 31.88 NEBRASKA 27,174 15,298 1,005,973 62,826 62.45 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 4 13 1 68.90 NEW JERSEY 295 205 2,379 174 73.10 NEW MEXICO 1,908 1,213 420,560 14,961 35.57 NEW YORK 2,829 2,003 51,580 3,684 71.43 NORTH CAROLINA 7,841 5,076 111,704 7,888 70.62 NORTH DAKOTA 32,004 15,908 2,392,723 89,539 37.42 OHIO 37,797 21,112 337,689 41,058 121.58 OKLAHOMA 7,183 4,883 828,738 28,031 33.82 OREGON 4,352 2,278 547,088 29,834 54.53 PENNSYLVANIA 11,553 7,371 204,415 21,327 104.33 PUERTO RICO 19 19 2,032 130 63.93 SOUTH CAROLINA 7,117 4,002 144,020 5,600 38.89 SOUTH DAKOTA 31,234 14,604 1,103,113 65,697 59.56 TENNESSEE 7,078 4,698 191,655 13,752 71.75 TEXAS 21,684 15,851 3,367,692 123,062 36.54 UTAH 878 545 178,944 5,762 32.20 VERMONT 396 281 2,851 289 101.51 VIRGINIA 5,746 4,384 61,747 3,711 60.10 WASHINGTON 12,727 5,298 1,488,526 83,621 56.18 WEST VIRGINIA 466 381 6,090 455 74.65 WISCONSIN 23,438 14,373 372,377 31,016 83.29 WYOMING 903 615 215,729 5,790 26.84 NOT REPORTED 2 2 174 4 21.67 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Approximate payments scheduled to be made October 2012.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF DECEMBER 2011 ---------------GENERAL SIGN-UP------------- - NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 321,201 212,352 24,413,074 1,155,521 47.33 ALABAMA 6,866 4,990 311,227 14,168 45.52 ALASKA 35 24 18,409 630 34.21 ARKANSAS 2,015 1,385 116,215 5,733 49.33 CALIFORNIA 279 212 91,308 3,118 34.14 COLORADO 11,090 5,617 2,133,123 69,571 32.61 CONNECTICUT 9 9 96 6 63.74 DELAWARE 34 28 687 47 68.91 FLORIDA 1,220 989 51,069 2,100 41.11 GEORGIA 6,145 4,402 219,470 9,675 44.09 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 . IDAHO 4,060 2,327 571,421 25,414 44.48 ILLINOIS 23,723 16,432 558,151 50,279 90.08 INDIANA 7,084 5,367 155,430 13,360 85.96 IOWA 31,116 21,615 1,042,087 115,731 111.06 KANSAS 30,066 19,285 2,371,656 93,543 39.44 KENTUCKY 4,995 3,599 172,096 13,800 80.19 LOUISIANA 2,665 1,880 191,833 9,204 47.98 MAINE 325 238 11,182 508 45.39 MARYLAND 320 263 5,851 432 73.79 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 4,445 3,539 126,611 8,383 66.21 MINNESOTA 23,337 15,563 1,091,009 62,037 56.86 MISSISSIPPI 10,961 7,974 607,635 26,959 44.37 MISSOURI 21,623 14,582 1,117,757 85,721 76.69 MONTANA 12,143 5,107 2,375,820 75,440 31.75 NEBRASKA 13,451 8,858 828,630 45,758 55.22 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 49 32 1,081 44 40.58 NEW MEXICO 1,837 1,173 414,457 14,698 35.46 NEW YORK 1,044 778 28,724 1,218 42.42 NORTH CAROLINA 2,866 2,212 55,067 2,608 47.37 NORTH DAKOTA 20,045 11,198 2,053,462 70,305 34.24 OHIO 6,264 4,877 162,380 12,720 78.33 OKLAHOMA 6,766 4,634 814,130 27,416 33.68 OREGON 2,394 1,360 494,671 25,647 51.85 PENNSYLVANIA 462 383 12,719 615 48.36 PUERTO RICO 11 11 345 27 76.86 SOUTH CAROLINA 3,100 2,196 98,049 3,290 33.55 SOUTH DAKOTA 8,576 5,203 674,999 30,048 44.52 TENNESSEE 4,569 3,520 162,299 11,134 68.60 TEXAS 19,868 14,572 3,240,869 117,719 36.32 UTAH 847 525 178,631 5,747 32.17 VERMONT 2 2 52 4 73.17 VIRGINIA 1,276 1,019 28,870 1,213 42.03 WASHINGTON 8,178 3,862 1,322,143 71,313 53.94 WEST VIRGINIA 13 12 509 21 41.85 WISCONSIN 14,326 10,026 301,412 22,874 75.89 WYOMING 700 471 199,285 5,242 26.30 NOT REPORTED 1 1 146 1 10.16 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2012.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF DECEMBER 2011 ------------- TOTAL CONTINUOUS 1/ ---------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 3/ STATE 2/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 412,140 239,316 5,238,823 542,480 103.55 ALABAMA 1,648 1,269 50,006 2,515 50.29 ALASKA 10 7 602 41 67.36 ARKANSAS 3,995 2,306 134,075 9,659 72.04 CALIFORNIA 138 123 11,082 948 85.55 COLORADO 1,306 764 49,633 3,542 71.37 CONNECTICUT 5 2 56 6 109.66 DELAWARE 611 325 6,063 704 116.08 FLORIDA 37 30 954 50 52.72 GEORGIA 2,941 2,207 96,726 5,676 58.68 HAWAII 10 9 490 26 52.39 IDAHO 952 692 75,830 5,155 67.98 ILLINOIS 58,494 34,239 470,957 72,848 154.68 INDIANA 30,654 17,423 124,534 18,440 148.07 IOWA 75,055 40,737 615,937 102,314 166.11 KANSAS 15,015 9,128 164,910 9,318 56.50 KENTUCKY 11,791 6,310 162,892 25,091 154.03 LOUISIANA 2,389 1,629 133,483 11,298 84.64 MAINE 168 136 2,391 164 68.61 MARYLAND 6,094 3,420 72,388 10,563 145.93 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 10,417 5,575 95,879 11,696 121.99 MINNESOTA 38,834 22,316 475,648 47,353 99.55 MISSISSIPPI 8,425 5,670 221,790 15,116 68.16 MISSOURI 13,859 8,655 176,011 16,911 96.08 MONTANA 1,306 639 131,595 4,497 34.17 NEBRASKA 13,723 8,538 177,343 17,068 96.24 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 4 13 1 68.90 NEW JERSEY 246 176 1,297 130 100.20 NEW MEXICO 71 42 6,104 262 42.95 NEW YORK 1,785 1,274 22,855 2,466 107.89 NORTH CAROLINA 4,975 3,012 56,637 5,280 93.22 NORTH DAKOTA 11,959 6,600 339,261 19,234 56.69 OHIO 31,533 17,938 175,309 28,338 161.65 OKLAHOMA 417 340 14,608 615 42.07 OREGON 1,958 1,184 52,417 4,187 79.88 PENNSYLVANIA 11,091 7,123 191,696 20,712 108.05 PUERTO RICO 8 8 1,687 103 61.29 SOUTH CAROLINA 4,017 2,277 45,971 2,310 50.26 SOUTH DAKOTA 22,658 11,499 428,114 35,649 83.27 TENNESSEE 2,509 1,682 29,356 2,618 89.19 TEXAS 1,816 1,485 126,823 5,343 42.13 UTAH 31 24 314 15 46.33 VERMONT 394 279 2,798 286 102.04 VIRGINIA 4,470 3,454 32,877 2,498 75.97 WASHINGTON 4,549 2,484 166,383 12,308 73.98 WEST VIRGINIA 453 371 5,581 433 77.64 WISCONSIN 9,112 5,747 70,965 8,142 114.74 WYOMING 203 160 16,444 548 33.33 NOT REPORTED 1 1 28 2 82.00 1/ Includes Farmable Wetland enrollment. 2/ State in which land is located. 3/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2012. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF DECEMBER 2011 -------------------CREP ONLY--------------- _ NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 72,373 47,641 1,265,103 166,641 131.72 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 . ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 236 152 6,964 707 101.49 CALIFORNIA 46 44 4,283 500 116.65 COLORADO 153 102 22,265 2,436 109.41 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 . DELAWARE 535 300 5,755 679 117.92 FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 . GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 . HAWAII 9 8 471 24 50.77 IDAHO 159 107 17,403 2,311 132.81 ILLINOIS 7,326 5,203 138,506 23,610 170.46 INDIANA 905 662 7,196 1,502 208.68 IOWA 75 68 2,128 494 232.12 KANSAS 65 49 11,514 1,332 115.69 KENTUCKY 3,120 1,585 100,652 18,377 182.58 LOUISIANA 729 532 49,559 3,924 79.18 MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 5,628 3,298 70,100 10,344 147.57 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 6,529 3,453 72,802 9,382 128.88 MINNESOTA 3,013 2,439 90,194 10,345 114.70 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 . MISSOURI 1,102 801 38,281 3,694 96.51 MONTANA 134 53 11,449 992 86.63 NEBRASKA 3,153 2,297 72,553 8,156 112.41 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 . NEW JERSEY 181 131 695 94 135.72 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 . NEW YORK 1,069 762 13,236 1,960 148.07 NORTH CAROLINA 2,402 1,594 33,492 3,688 110.13 NORTH DAKOTA 82 61 1,616 57 35.54 OHIO 12,755 8,234 112,200 21,211 189.05 OKLAHOMA 51 46 555 35 62.37 OREGON 1,592 1,005 40,167 3,444 85.74 PENNSYLVANIA 10,755 6,902 190,859 20,667 108.29 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 680 435 59,741 6,303 105.51 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 . TEXAS 0 0 0 0 . UTAH 0 0 0 0 . VERMONT 352 257 2,516 270 107.29 VIRGINIA 3,834 3,060 28,378 2,254 79.43 WASHINGTON 952 771 12,914 2,321 179.76 WEST VIRGINIA 418 343 5,371 423 78.76 WISCONSIN 4,333 2,887 41,287 5,102 123.57 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 . 1/ State in which land is located. 2/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2012. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF DECEMBER 2011 -------------CONTINUOUS NON-CREP 1/--------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 3/ STATE 2/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 324,768 194,148 3,668,427 341,754 93.16 ALABAMA 1,644 1,265 49,988 2,514 50.30 ALASKA 10 7 602 41 67.36 ARKANSAS 3,745 2,188 125,303 8,801 70.24 CALIFORNIA 92 80 6,799 448 65.96 COLORADO 1,152 670 27,212 1,098 40.35 CONNECTICUT 5 2 56 6 109.66 DELAWARE 76 64 308 25 81.73 FLORIDA 37 30 954 50 52.72 GEORGIA 2,941 2,207 96,726 5,676 58.68 HAWAII 1 1 19 2 93.40 IDAHO 792 587 58,421 2,843 48.67 ILLINOIS 51,118 30,581 331,846 49,124 148.03 INDIANA 29,646 16,961 116,323 16,796 144.39 IOWA 69,876 38,687 533,749 88,195 165.24 KANSAS 14,838 9,017 151,457 7,882 52.04 KENTUCKY 8,671 4,749 62,240 6,714 107.87 LOUISIANA 1,621 1,113 80,585 7,054 87.53 MAINE 168 136 2,391 164 68.61 MARYLAND 465 348 2,282 218 95.64 MASSACHUSETTS 3 3 10 2 207.20 MICHIGAN 3,879 2,544 23,003 2,305 100.22 MINNESOTA 32,612 19,642 340,927 32,147 94.29 MISSISSIPPI 8,346 5,611 211,879 14,165 66.86 MISSOURI 12,753 8,013 137,515 13,193 95.94 MONTANA 1,158 585 120,006 3,500 29.17 NEBRASKA 10,095 6,586 100,594 8,556 85.05 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 4 13 1 68.90 NEW JERSEY 65 58 603 36 59.26 NEW MEXICO 71 42 6,104 262 42.95 NEW YORK 716 551 9,619 506 52.62 NORTH CAROLINA 2,572 1,655 23,091 1,586 68.69 NORTH DAKOTA 9,945 5,874 260,961 13,287 50.92 OHIO 18,737 12,055 62,844 7,090 112.82 OKLAHOMA 364 292 14,023 579 41.26 OREGON 366 238 12,250 743 60.64 PENNSYLVANIA 336 288 837 45 53.81 PUERTO RICO 8 8 1,687 103 61.29 SOUTH CAROLINA 4,017 2,277 45,971 2,310 50.26 SOUTH DAKOTA 18,183 9,986 288,186 21,871 75.89 TENNESSEE 2,509 1,682 29,356 2,618 89.19 TEXAS 1,816 1,485 126,823 5,343 42.13 UTAH 31 24 314 15 46.33 VERMONT 42 39 283 16 55.30 VIRGINIA 636 511 4,499 243 54.10 WASHINGTON 3,597 1,772 153,469 9,987 65.07 WEST VIRGINIA 35 29 210 10 48.96 WISCONSIN 4,770 3,440 29,619 3,031 102.34 WYOMING 203 160 16,444 548 33.33 NOT REPORTED 1 1 28 2 82.00 1/ Farmable Wetland Program enrollment not included. 2/ State in which land is located. 3/ Payments scheduled to be made October 2012. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT BY STATE AS OF DECEMBER 2011 -----------FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM--------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS 2/ STATE 1/ CONTRACTS FARMS ACRES ($1,000) ($/ACRE) U.S. 14,999 11,678 305,293 34,086 111.65 ALABAMA 4 4 18 1 33.47 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 . ARKANSAS 14 7 1,808 151 83.72 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 . COLORADO 1 0 157 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 1 1 6 0 78.55 ILLINOIS 50 49 605 114 187.82 INDIANA 103 95 1,015 142 139.45 IOWA 5,104 4,064 80,060 13,625 170.19 KANSAS 112 103 1,939 103 53.37 KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 . LOUISIANA 39 29 3,339 320 95.81 MAINE 0 0 0 0 . MARYLAND 1 1 5 0 97.00 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 . MICHIGAN 9 9 74 8 107.96 MINNESOTA 3,209 2,724 44,527 4,860 109.15 MISSISSIPPI 79 66 9,911 951 95.94 MISSOURI 4 3 215 23 108.73 MONTANA 14 6 140 5 34.82 NEBRASKA 475 409 4,195 356 84.96 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 1 1 54 5 99.22 NORTH DAKOTA 1,932 1,314 76,683 5,889 76.80 OHIO 41 40 265 37 138.56 OKLAHOMA 2 2 30 1 44.68 OREGON 0 0 0 0 . PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 . PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 . SOUTH DAKOTA 3,795 2,742 80,187 7,475 93.22 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 0 0 0 0 . 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 2012. Includes annual incentive and maintenance allowance payments, but not one-time signing and practice incentive payments or payment reductions, such as for lands enrolled less than a full year and lands hayed or grazed.

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CRP ENROLLMENT CHANGE, DECEMBER 2011 (ACRES) -------------CONTINUOUS-------------- GENERAL+ STATE 1/ NON-CREP CREP TOTAL GENERAL CONTINUOUS U.S. 18,881 4,359 23,240 -18,386 4,853 ALABAMA 99 0 99 -66 33 ALASKA 0 0 0 3 3 ARKANSAS 636 0 636 0 636 CALIFORNIA -2,322 0 -2,322 -1,513 -3,835 COLORADO -146 -1 -146 -2,118 -2,265 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 -8 -8 0 -8 FLORIDA 48 0 48 -0 48 GEORGIA 290 0 290 -90 199 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 996 0 996 -166 830 ILLINOIS 1,019 883 1,902 -223 1,679 INDIANA 658 88 746 249 996 IOWA 2,073 0 2,073 -883 1,190 KANSAS 1,206 0 1,206 -2,756 -1,550 KENTUCKY 86 -38 48 -177 -129 LOUISIANA 131 37 168 -1 167 MAINE 0 0 0 -0 -0 MARYLAND 15 256 271 -60 211 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 31 301 332 -241 90 MINNESOTA 2,763 0 2,763 -704 2,060 MISSISSIPPI 825 0 825 -185 641 MISSOURI 79 -48 31 -584 -553 MONTANA 87 137 224 -2,379 -2,155 NEBRASKA 838 24 863 -873 -10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 18 3 21 0 21 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 18 8 25 -7 18 NORTH CAROLINA 182 126 309 -70 238 NORTH DAKOTA 5,227 0 5,227 930 6,158 OHIO 256 287 543 -375 168 OKLAHOMA 92 28 119 -1,021 -901 OREGON 0 67 67 0 67 PENNSYLVANIA 1 -56 -55 0 -55 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA -102 0 -102 -63 -165 SOUTH DAKOTA 1,835 2,004 3,839 -1,785 2,054 TENNESSEE 1 0 1 -69 -68 TEXAS 1,126 0 1,126 -2,727 -1,601 UTAH 0 0 0 230 230 VERMONT 0 -0 -0 0 -0 VIRGINIA 56 15 71 -20 51 WASHINGTON 727 108 835 -224 612 WEST VIRGINIA 0 6 6 0 6 WISCONSIN 32 131 163 -421 -258 WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 1/ State in which land is located. Note: Negative numbers, indicating net reductions in acres, reflect contract terminations, data errors, and/or data corrections.

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CRP CONTRACT EXPIRATIONS BY YEAR (ACRES) 1/ AS OF DECEMBER 2011

STATE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ALABAMA 49,800 12,985 32,392 26,151 36,672 78,767 35,655 ALASKA 3,811 0 871 6,786 30 990 53 ARKANSAS 12,881 2,405 6,678 14,509 6,491 33,655 15,093 CALIFORNIA 19,493 5,104 2,322 5,131 12,775 23,897 8,190 COLORADO 41,460 23,390 409,399 136,052 131,779 572,049 222,272 CONNECTICUT 133 0 37 13 13 72 10 DELAWARE 358 445 591 143 74 299 289 FLORIDA 13,083 2,863 3,475 5,539 4,410 11,692 6,175 GEORGIA 21,438 5,703 24,371 18,069 8,478 33,719 15,674 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 45,821 13,201 46,395 94,101 44,203 164,830 67,124 ILLINOIS 52,820 43,046 37,439 38,665 30,597 111,166 186,989 INDIANA 25,723 19,752 10,864 12,110 13,442 36,344 47,854 IOWA 145,804 143,779 99,843 77,431 36,446 230,840 184,682 KANSAS 130,079 43,010 331,165 242,662 233,017 518,041 213,847 KENTUCKY 41,718 16,089 13,243 35,258 25,509 46,304 35,050 LOUISIANA 9,040 1,076 5,941 11,798 5,847 37,959 23,720 MAINE 2,780 1,302 1,106 2,921 4,552 5,291 433 MARYLAND 3,253 5,045 5,560 3,006 2,727 8,627 9,964 MASSACHUSETTS 19 14 11 0 5 0 0 MICHIGAN 17,797 22,003 11,961 9,957 7,440 18,902 44,258 MINNESOTA 78,676 107,119 57,216 41,241 91,604 290,248 129,764 MISSISSIPPI 77,664 14,590 31,396 34,018 30,527 165,626 65,170 MISSOURI 146,649 48,873 32,620 71,313 81,064 377,513 184,092 MONTANA 257,631 81,680 138,388 266,729 375,160 694,617 366,198 NEBRASKA 89,936 45,373 116,621 90,630 89,813 201,456 96,943 NEW HAMPSHIRE 90 17 0 6 45 0 0 NEW JERSEY 481 99 30 209 252 171 255 NEW MEXICO 28,531 2,530 29,264 91,820 106,409 120,462 9,626 NEW YORK 7,965 6,296 2,083 1,876 1,718 3,674 4,169 NORTH CAROLINA 9,761 4,324 7,093 9,278 7,348 10,729 7,811 NORTH DAKOTA 400,828 134,905 191,777 159,671 285,456 838,004 258,036 OHIO 24,678 13,755 10,574 12,172 9,427 26,600 55,739 OKLAHOMA 89,081 22,490 101,359 72,794 59,274 191,123 75,254 OREGON 10,643 5,421 14,696 15,030 16,479 90,000 56,362 PENNSYLVANIA 21,804 9,189 4,588 1,675 18,883 27,179 13,687 PUERTO RICO 157 264 0 20 0 167 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 17,438 5,035 17,481 17,143 14,981 35,246 14,661 SOUTH DAKOTA 301,794 118,663 183,719 90,518 85,016 224,868 106,038 TENNESSEE 41,452 9,752 8,920 18,278 14,360 28,834 51,446 TEXAS 151,718 109,082 561,493 267,495 215,922 827,254 362,269 UTAH 12,872 10,186 49,923 19,163 5,690 27,803 4,986 VERMONT 66 8 30 0 51 16 0 VIRGINIA 6,060 2,406 2,597 1,163 2,319 5,497 4,681 WASHINGTON 30,168 36,652 85,442 64,638 23,767 275,356 253,954 WEST VIRGINIA 131 49 129 0 138 103 179 WISCONSIN 72,832 64,816 31,550 38,650 28,261 69,490 73,399 WYOMING 11,493 3,544 62,618 37,327 23,969 61,233 5,445 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= 2,527,910 1,218,330 2,785,271 2,163,305 2,192,440 6,526,717 3,317,497 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/ AS OF DECEMBER 2011, CON’T

STATE 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020+ ALABAMA 34,559 27,918 14,031 33,137 15,788 5,135 116,242 ALASKA 459 103 0 14,732 0 2,146 528 ARKANSAS 11,166 17,566 12,140 16,511 26,100 14,551 103,508 CALIFORNIA 1,784 4,572 3,862 36,627 1,501 402 21,556 COLORADO 93,719 94,809 87,799 29,937 47,177 27,450 1,007,545 CONNECTICUT 10 0 0 20 34 3 1 DELAWARE 234 1,747 1,655 532 414 267 1,311 FLORIDA 6,975 5,070 693 5,882 2,511 402 12,623 GEORGIA 63,381 42,396 3,524 14,804 22,965 3,584 116,131 HAWAII 0 0 19 0 0 0 471 IDAHO 43,197 23,253 14,217 74,040 9,618 10,249 240,721 ILLINOIS 97,517 117,809 84,415 99,563 69,373 45,454 216,822 INDIANA 19,411 27,073 19,233 31,815 16,081 12,978 69,176 IOWA 92,190 112,970 97,346 223,353 162,194 131,472 422,971 KANSAS 120,622 112,784 98,021 142,029 107,902 50,501 1,172,818 KENTUCKY 20,495 25,733 14,767 25,756 37,573 12,782 116,517 LOUISIANA 50,164 28,440 3,391 8,917 32,445 8,184 132,095 MAINE 74 447 61 2,280 123 3 4,861 MARYLAND 6,149 8,922 9,987 13,258 6,424 3,772 11,135 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 MICHIGAN 7,636 24,080 38,319 20,413 11,852 7,333 49,696 MINNESOTA 207,253 100,951 90,486 103,815 212,356 101,399 330,398 MISSISSIPPI 45,327 64,686 41,057 126,964 56,864 29,856 233,875 MISSOURI 57,346 78,808 67,194 135,253 48,434 19,612 325,516 MONTANA 249,870 113,745 36,081 414,527 120,280 105,297 406,800 NEBRASKA 72,079 65,067 49,749 69,588 50,730 23,883 376,477 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 8 0 1 0 4 NEW JERSEY 95 72 81 437 136 73 1,059 NEW MEXICO 6,358 1,738 2,363 122,830 8,362 1,738 147,085 NEW YORK 987 6,119 5,531 11,472 4,888 3,785 10,954 NORTH CAROLINA 12,505 15,540 9,674 8,777 9,212 4,591 32,864 NORTH DAKOTA 146,979 53,185 39,204 360,535 22,594 45,211 628,973 OHIO 13,078 27,571 20,425 42,362 17,144 16,435 118,334 OKLAHOMA 20,101 25,054 27,194 69,759 18,757 9,098 392,398 OREGON 32,978 34,972 29,833 80,528 12,983 10,159 199,274 PENNSYLVANIA 13,938 15,898 9,863 19,262 23,989 27,356 53,242 PUERTO RICO 436 0 0 0 1,409 20 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 19,622 18,729 3,157 16,628 2,718 2,148 31,111 SOUTH DAKOTA 70,747 45,670 57,782 49,447 32,434 47,104 469,022 TENNESSEE 9,432 13,566 9,130 13,353 5,595 3,401 56,897 TEXAS 170,160 140,280 60,762 139,146 103,476 87,593 1,476,752 UTAH 396 2,969 3,133 3,361 34 0 136,262 VERMONT 54 133 596 207 199 177 1,468 VIRGINIA 2,418 8,235 8,741 10,166 5,721 2,370 13,918 WASHINGTON 140,458 130,572 103,480 10,607 165,243 46,360 362,496 WEST VIRGINIA 42 95 357 764 678 383 3,488 WISCONSIN 26,458 32,013 17,018 46,196 29,693 8,263 69,847 WYOMING 5,007 3,861 932 1,478 2,580 2,315 132,878 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= 1,993,914 1,675,224 1,197,324 2,651,077 1,526,588 935,370 9,828,265 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 DECEMBER 2011

STATE

NEW GRASS PLANTINGS

NEW 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 8,502 3,998 86,563 44,933 15,708 6,748 484 0 ALASKA 2,190 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 2,751 4,377 8,059 0 34,145 2,058 656 0 CALIFORNIA 12,942 1,232 5 0 50 721 0 0 COLORADO 36,887 632,959 82 0 17 513,658 162 1,451 CONNECTICUT 50 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 25 23 0 0 3,494 1,224 0 0 FLORIDA 81 138 7,408 11,140 827 2,038 0 0 GEORGIA 265 196 29,517 116,897 6,879 3,631 96 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 IDAHO 110,771 49,779 5,302 0 50 117,161 31 498 ILLINOIS 174,534 54,992 886 0 51,869 121,877 313 2,673 INDIANA 30,552 26,175 440 0 18,177 11,948 383 2,312 IOWA 176,866 138,169 384 0 15,573 190,662 564 6,758 KANSAS 13,588 768,960 75 0 569 236,261 570 1,997 KENTUCKY 61,972 36,695 250 0 5,833 460 99 0 LOUISIANA 248 2,127 18,271 1,151 117,414 33,492 7 0 MAINE 2,282 17 132 0 1 273 0 0 MARYLAND 10,524 2,631 527 0 596 1,600 8 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 28,246 26,574 3,344 0 3,258 16,858 343 2,709 MINNESOTA 156,279 97,068 7,167 0 25,773 259,652 372 9,636 MISSISSIPPI 8,839 2,047 149,932 1,049 89,398 6,073 64 0 MISSOURI 356,755 183,738 507 0 15,659 5,659 115 112 MONTANA 487,473 694,928 134 0 50 25,621 149 251 NEBRASKA 28,451 372,367 411 0 769 41,350 27 33,335 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 649 169 51 0 48 0 0 10 NEW MEXICO 18,484 217,661 0 0 0 140 0 0 NEW YORK 7,234 858 336 0 680 511 28 9 NORTH CAROLINA 1,739 1,035 12,523 11,098 3,826 1,331 64 26 NORTH DAKOTA 231,172 58,631 67 0 448 412,044 5 5,314 OHIO 19,923 62,805 1,362 0 7,264 38,550 205 3,575 OKLAHOMA 52,460 346,520 52 0 307 1,386 0 45 OREGON 152,081 104,211 1,987 0 61 10,636 1,173 4 PENNSYLVANIA 106,157 37,255 130 0 1,143 4,501 39 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 19 26 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 184 78 20,726 19,204 1,681 2,921 0 39 SOUTH DAKOTA 43,827 125,885 100 0 65 73,214 47 24,740 TENNESSEE 28,105 41,800 17,497 0 5,409 6,713 224 0 TEXAS 133,027 1,679,263 1,656 0 40 30,976 877 43 UTAH 51,105 19,337 0 0 0 504 0 3 VERMONT 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 3,202 1,666 8,035 0 249 434 173 3 WASHINGTON 127,217 762,785 1,281 0 0 158,252 0 8 WEST VIRGINIA 190 22 6 0 10 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 34,039 37,368 5,296 0 44,400 5,898 223 179 WYOMING 61,556 3,356 11 0 0 7,142 0 226 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 2,783,564 6,599,930 390,512 205,473 471,795 2,354,269 7,500 95,957 1/ See also CP36 (p. 21) 2/ Seedings that meet multiple seasonal requirements for wildlife of local or regional concern.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES)

CUMULATIVE, AS OF DECEMBER 2011, 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 7 132 49,774 92,420 1,400 0 0 ALASKA 0 0 0 16,216 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 2 15 709 12,325 38,551 602 0 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 182 77,994 310 41 0 0 COLORADO 0 593 18 964,255 108 829 0 4,592 CONNECTICUT 0 10 0 11 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 7 302 102 22 7 4 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 857 28,440 139 0 0 GEORGIA 0 45 25 2,170 58,489 1,672 1 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 3 1 25 299,169 1,980 956 51 168 ILLINOIS 22 33,581 5,339 179,064 16,273 6,873 1,328 155 INDIANA 1 19,655 1,160 50,242 8,759 1,177 65 23 IOWA 15 38,648 11,922 362,702 9,029 5,406 14,893 2,370 KANSAS 6 9,660 1,066 625,452 453 5,019 4,585 876 KENTUCKY 1 4,615 2,446 42,076 1,602 1,310 56 0 LOUISIANA 7 12 772 4,171 29,769 1,677 0 0 MAINE 0 43 0 8,018 461 0 0 0 MARYLAND 0 235 1,189 2,021 434 63 0 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 3 839 2,365 55,223 4,946 1,673 11 75 MINNESOTA 0 4,704 280 166,960 15,684 4,764 1,183 4,278 MISSISSIPPI 0 60 609 62,718 273,527 3,889 28 0 MISSOURI 261 2,269 2,302 495,533 9,619 4,654 1,284 59 MONTANA 0 83 85 974,007 671 3,186 0 254 NEBRASKA 0 1,816 246 257,215 1,655 2,120 509 2,397 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 133 0 134 22 7 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 177,674 50 24 0 0 NEW YORK 1 59 3 22,072 941 66 3 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 303 882 5,068 21,607 49 1 13 NORTH DAKOTA 1 105 1 763,507 951 4,086 0 5,447 OHIO 0 11,097 694 58,840 4,614 828 15 113 OKLAHOMA 36 184 79 383,795 173 1,413 0 37 OREGON 0 29 0 201,920 841 212 0 2 PENNSYLVANIA 0 502 46 22,575 376 1,649 89 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 188 121 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 49 613 3,904 48,816 359 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1,371 91 210,318 990 7,934 35 16,198 TENNESSEE 2 216 111 49,307 12,281 499 73 0 TEXAS 0 2,148 144 1,380,642 4,783 4,691 158 9 UTAH 0 14 0 107,114 0 28 22 0 VERMONT 0 16 0 45 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 61 80 6,802 8,293 32 4 0 WASHINGTON 0 417 51 266,363 1,373 765 39,160 9 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 321 4 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 2 1,844 2,490 139,077 21,503 2,566 903 26 WYOMING 0 4 0 127,126 19 72 0 63 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 361 135,453 36,459 8,635,069 720,962 72,741 64,461 37,164

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES) CUMULATIVE, AS OF DECEMBER 2011, 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 0 702 34,146 56 5 0 0 ALASKA 0 0 10 158 0 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 5,877 61,850 12,546 20,965 8,523 0 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 5,345 3,028 0 0 0 COLORADO 27 14 305 784 915 0 172 32 CONNECTICUT 0 0 14 31 0 0 0 0 DELAWARE 0 0 1,095 108 255 81 0 0 FLORIDA 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA 0 0 436 1,444 445 13 0 0 HAWAII 0 0 0 476 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 63 0 1,054 6,278 1,170 0 0 0 ILLINOIS 60 4 134,995 111,334 41,061 11,774 2,215 0 INDIANA 1 1 56,953 5,894 4,755 1,667 2,079 0 IOWA 601 4 223,880 65,731 11,780 82,204 6,054 0 KANSAS 67 913 31,169 3,868 3,318 3,273 3,129 133 KENTUCKY 0 0 28,880 24,810 34 96 0 0 LOUISIANA 0 0 622 5,456 20,333 35,814 14,938 0 MAINE 0 0 69 124 0 0 0 0 MARYLAND 0 0 36,912 16,752 1,803 891 83 0 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 14 0 45,029 3,392 10,516 2,045 8,475 0 MINNESOTA 4,172 6,534 151,938 47,041 274,037 22,214 57,743 5 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 7,963 170,648 9,356 4,309 720 0 MISSOURI 0 0 39,020 29,596 3,214 11,090 427 0 MONTANA 41 99,530 222 2,754 3,725 93 0 0 NEBRASKA 127 946 19,461 3,185 8,873 1,729 1,074 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 NEW JERSEY 0 0 377 222 0 0 0 0 NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 5,280 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK 0 0 482 13,422 46 12 31 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 3,308 31,415 1,112 1,104 0 0 NORTH DAKOTA 610 104,572 9,794 556 574,889 1,372 17,415 10 OHIO 0 0 74,419 7,163 3,195 2,712 4,977 0 OKLAHOMA 0 2,010 686 1,725 393 206 1,508 0 OREGON 0 0 2,401 37,192 267 73 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 1,724 25,574 299 713 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 717 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 4,144 26,410 254 0 0 0 SOUTH DAKOTA 589 15,426 9,823 5,762 200,326 23,741 50,819 11 TENNESSEE 0 0 9,121 6,395 419 280 0 0 TEXAS 0 436 1,364 34,103 7,724 891 352 167 UTAH 0 0 39 209 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 230 2,549 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 4,720 24,738 188 36 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 24 47,142 23,933 2,817 30 5 26 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 456 5,080 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 37 0 25,564 16,408 6,847 1,375 374 0 WYOMING 3 0 0 5,614 0 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 6,413 230,415 982,429 875,780 1,209,994 230,807 181,113 384 1/ Includes cropland and marginal pasture. 2/ Acres enrolled under general sign-up and CREP through 2003. 3/ Acres enrolled under continuous CREP and non-CREP sign-up after 2003.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES)

CUMULATIVE, AS OF DECEMBER 2011, 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 630 0 0 63 0 859 0 1,202 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 433 0 0 0 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 494 2,265 13,129 393 5,606 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 541 0 0 0 0 COLORADO 1,884 33 123 189 19 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 3 0 25 0 2,216 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IDAHO 79 4 2 288 178 0 0 0 ILLINOIS 2,391 217 386 244 24 3,471 637 58,736 INDIANA 2,180 352 655 79 51 4,304 575 13,592 IOWA 135,326 23,444 56,395 10,110 2,262 2,478 1,550 25,288 KANSAS 730,978 665 1,269 19 0 219 0 40,024 KENTUCKY 34,115 0 0 72,996 5 294 234 7,927 LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 34,087 922 401 MAINE 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 MARYLAND 311 1 4 863 9 0 0 763 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHIGAN 224 23 51 5 278 11 6 819 MINNESOTA 152,485 13,466 30,470 873 5,582 253 1,862 445 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 23 24 17,791 775 2,238 MISSOURI 72,163 4 5 1,229 2,036 1,111 546 34,252 MONTANA 194,761 50 90 98 0 0 0 0 NEBRASKA 185,642 1,637 2,558 1,245 228 9 0 5,892 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 2,485 989 2 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 54 0 28 0 8,711 NORTH DAKOTA 10,100 14,095 34,536 0 0 0 0 0 OHIO 7,108 80 184 2,880 100 57 39 15,588 OKLAHOMA 27,407 9 22 6 9 416 80 1,054 OREGON 21,019 0 0 11,531 390 0 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 1,201 439 2 0 0 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 961 0 0 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 47 86 0 0 5,681 SOUTH DAKOTA 19,617 23,773 50,839 4,956 22,947 0 0 1,550 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 26 0 2,892 1 5,151 TEXAS 52 0 0 2,157 2 381 0 4,853 UTAH 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 0 0 0 632 20 0 0 1,599 WASHINGTON 1,166 0 0 897 24 0 0 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WISCONSIN 15,834 23 36 1,224 30 0 945 310 WYOMING 0 0 0 845 0 0 0 0 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 1,615,472 77,875 177,624 119,294 38,444 81,820 8,564 244,069 1/ For more FWP see page 21.

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CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED ON CRP (ACRES CUMULATIVE, AS OF DECEMBER 2011 CON’T

STATE

LONGLEAF

PINE (CP36)

DUCK

NESTING HABITAT

(CP37)

STATE ACRES FOR

WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT (CP38)

CONSTRUC-

TED WETLANDS (CP39)

AQUACUL-

TURE WETLANDS (CP40)

FLOODED PRAIRIE WETLANDS (CP41) 1/

POLLINATOR HABITAT 2/

(CP42)

TOTAL

ALABAMA 10,684 0 2,187 0 18 0 12 361,233 ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19,010 ARKANSAS 0 0 12,549 0 1,808 0 34 250,291 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102,390 COLORADO 0 0 18,844 0 0 0 3,630 2,182,756 CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,751 FLORIDA 890 0 0 0 0 0 0 52,024 GEORGIA 83,808 0 7,904 0 0 0 1 316,178 HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 490 IDAHO 0 0 49,816 0 0 0 2,347 647,250 ILLINOIS 0 0 11,463 2 0 0 349 1,029,108 INDIANA 0 0 15,221 9 0 0 532 279,965 IOWA 0 593 35,859 97 0 125 364 1,658,018 KANSAS 0 0 47,788 4 0 0 604 2,536,566 KENTUCKY 0 0 8,089 0 0 0 80 334,977 LOUISIANA 59 0 215 0 3,339 0 12 325,316 MAINE 0 0 2,136 0 0 0 0 13,573 MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 78,239 MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 MICHIGAN 0 0 5,069 0 0 0 24 222,490 MINNESOTA 0 9,318 33,382 66 0 525 307 1,566,593 MISSISSIPPI 399 0 7,039 0 9,911 0 0 829,425 MISSOURI 11 0 19,435 0 206 0 966 1,293,768 MONTANA 0 28 17,488 0 0 0 1,682 2,507,415 NEBRASKA 0 0 28,711 0 0 0 2,010 1,005,973 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 NEW JERSEY 0 0 555 0 0 0 0 2,379 NEW MEXICO 0 0 823 0 0 0 425 420,560 NEW YORK 0 0 1,309 0 0 0 1 51,580 NORTH CAROLINA 5,626 0 726 0 54 0 0 111,704 NORTH DAKOTA 0 69,763 44,467 0 0 28,053 812 2,392,723 OHIO 0 0 9,006 2 0 0 294 337,689 OKLAHOMA 0 0 6,613 0 0 0 111 828,738 OREGON 0 0 726 0 0 0 299 547,088 PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 204,415 PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,032 SOUTH CAROLINA 7,843 0 979 0 0 0 0 144,020 SOUTH DAKOTA 0 95,535 66,612 0 0 5,575 399 1,103,113 TENNESSEE 0 0 5,084 0 0 0 55 191,655 TEXAS 0 0 73,738 0 0 0 3,101 3,367,692 UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 543 178,944 VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,851 VIRGINIA 491 0 289 0 0 0 0 61,747 WASHINGTON 0 0 54,602 0 0 0 253 1,488,526 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,090 WISCONSIN 0 0 7,567 0 0 0 21 372,377 WYOMING 0 0 9,688 0 0 0 4 215,729 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== 109,811 175,238 605,980 179 15,336 34,279 19,307 29,651,898 1/ Includes buffers. 2/ Does not include about 40,000 acres from signup 39 before CP42 was implemented.

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State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE)Active Contra cts as of De cember 2011

State Allocation CP38A CP38B CP38C CP38D CP38EBuffers Wetlands Trees Longleaf

PineGrass

Alabama 3,800 2,187.2 2,187.2Arkansas 16,200 2,182.4 4,233.7 6,132.9 12,549.0Colorado 52,050 0.0 18,844.5 18,844.5Georgia 8,800 7,894.4 9.7 7,904.1Idaho 94,300 735.3 1.0 49,079.6 49,815.9Illinois 22,000 434.7 61.6 10,966.7 11,463.0Indiana 19,100 100.4 2,254.3 12,866.0 15,220.6Iowa 39,650 1,034.6 471.8 34,352.6 35,859.0Kansas 60,100 47,788.1 47,788.1Kentucky 8,600 103.5 7,985.9 8,089.4Louisiana 1,700 215.4 215.4Maine 2,250 2,136.0 2,136.0Michigan 10,000 5,069.3 5,069.3Minnesota 33,900 33,381.9 33,381.9Mississippi 16,900 223.4 6,815.1 7,038.5Missouri 22,400 19,435.3 19,435.3Montana 24,700 455.8 17,032.2 17,488.0Nebraska 52,400 28,711.2 28,711.2New Jersey 1,000 4.2 550.4 554.6New Mexico 2,600 823.4 823.4New York 4,900 1,309.1 1,309.1North Carolina 2,600 725.9 725.9North Dakota 45,090 457.6 44,009.4 44,467.0Ohio 11,600 65.2 24.2 8,916.9 9,006.3Oklahoma 15,100 6,613.3 6,613.3Oregon 5,500 725.6 725.6Pennsylvania 2,600 0.0 0.0Puerto Rico 1,300 0.0 0.0South Carolina 2,300 978.6 978.6South Dakota 68,700 1,217.5 65,394.1 66,611.5Tennessee 10,700 39.2 5,044.5 5,083.7Texas 80,900 73,738.1 73,738.1Virginia 2,300 10.0 279.0 0.0 289.0Washington 71,200 419.7 54,182.1 54,601.8Wisconsin 12,750 73.9 7,492.8 7,566.7Wyoming 10,000 9,688.2 9,688.2Reserve 10,010Total: 850,000 1,155.0 6,065.4 15,277.9 279.0 583,201.9 605,979.2

SAFE Pra cticeCP38ACP38BCP38CCP38D

CP38E

Wetlands CP9, CP23, CP23A, CP27, CP28

Total Acres

Practice T ype Applica ble CRP Practice sBuffers CP8, CP21, CP22

Trees CP3, CP3A, CP11, CP16, CP17, CP25, CP31Longleaf Pine CP3A, CP36

GrassCP1, CP2, CP4D, CP8, CP10, CP12, CP15, CP18, CP24, CP25, CP33

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SAFE Acres by Project Areaas of December 2010

State Project Name AllocationApproved Contract 

Acres

Alabama Alabama Black Belt Prairie SAF 3,800 2,187.2

Arkansas AR Trees SAFE 5,000 4,233.7

Arkansas Arkansas Grass  SAFE 7,700 6,132.9

Arkansas Arkansas Wetlands  SAFE 3,500 2,182.4

Colorado CO Lesser Prairie Chicken SAFE 21,500 9,865.6

Colorado CO Plains  Sharp‐tailed Grouse 6,475 1,667.8

Colorado CO Shortgrass  Prairie SAFE 11,475 1,474.7

Colorado CO Western Slope Grouse 12,600 5,836.4

Georgia GA Restoring Native Pine Savan 8,800 7,904.1

Idaho ID Columbian Sh. Grouse SAFE 94,300 49,815.9

Il l inois IL Mercer County SAFE 800 702.1

Il l inois IL Prairie SAFE 15,600 6,216.4

Il l inois IL Sangamon SAFE 2,000 1,275.4

Il l inois IL Spoon River SAFE 3,600 3,269.1

Indiana Indiana Bat SAFE 3,100 2,254.3

Indiana Indiana Henslow`s  Sparrow 5,075 3,882.2

Indiana Indiana Northern Bobwhite SAFE 7,875 6,946.1

Indiana Indiana Sedge Wren/Grasshopper 3,050 2,138.7

Iowa IA Early Successional/Neotrop 1,200 640.1

Iowa Iowa Gaining Ground 36,250 33,157.4

Iowa Iowa Grand River 2,200 2,061.5

Kansas Kansas  Upland Game Birds  SAFE 30,100 25,901.6

Kansas KS Lesser Prairie‐Chicken 30,000 21,914.0

Kentucky KY Early Successional/Bottomla 8,600 8,089.4

Louisiana Louisiana Bayou Bartholomew 700

Louisiana Louisiana Gulf Coast Prairies 1,000 215.4

Maine Maine Upland Sandpiper SAFE 2,250 2,136.0

Maine ME New England Cottontail  SAFE 0

Michigan MI Diverse Grassland SAFE 7,500 4,087.9

Michigan MI Native Poll inators  SAFE 2,500 981.4

Minnesota Minnesota Back Forty Pheasant 33,900 33,381.9

Mississippi Mississippi  Black Bear SAFE 2,450 223.4

Mississippi Mississippi  Black Belt Prairie 5,000 2,399.7

Mississippi Mississippi  Bobwhite Quail  SAF 9,450 4,415.4

Missouri Missouri  Bobwhite Quail  SAFE 17,650 15,509.9

Missouri Missouri  Nesting Habitat SAFE 1,500 720.4

Missouri Missouri  Sand Grassland SAFE 3,250 3,202.2

Montana MT Pheasant Winter Cover SAFE 15,200 9,244.7

Montana MT Prairie Pothole 8,500 7,362.1

Montana MT Sagebrush SAFE 1,000 881.2

Nebraska Nebraska Tallgrass  SAFE 21,450 11,324.1

Nebraska Nebraska Upland Bird SAFE 30,950 17,386.2

New Jersey NJ Agricultural  Heritage SAFE 300 123.4

New Jersey NJ Grassland SAFE 400 320.4

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SAFE Acres by Project Areaas of December 2010

State Project Name AllocationApproved Contract 

Acres

New Jersey NJ Raritan‐Piedmont SAFE 300 110.8

New Mexico NM Lesser Prairie Chicken SAFE 2,600 823.4

New York New York Grassland SAFE 4,900 1,309.1

North Carolina North Carolina Grassland SAFE 2,600 725.9

North Dakota ND Coteau‐Drift Prairie Water 20,000 19,494.6

North Dakota ND Habitat for Pheasants  SAFE 18,000 17,888.0

North Dakota ND Sagebrush Restoration SAFE 1,000 999.8

North Dakota ND Tallgrass  Prairie 6,090 6,084.6

Ohio OH Big Island/Killdeer 925 269.4

Ohio OH Grand River/Mosquito 0

Ohio OH Grassland and Wetland Compl 0

Ohio OH Grasslands  for Pheasants 6,600 5,775.0

Ohio OH Killbuck SAFE 0

Ohio OH Kitty Todd SAFE 200 58.5

Ohio OH LaSuAn Grasslands  SAFE 1,950 1,916.5

Ohio OH Paint Creek SAFE 675 239.3

Ohio OH Western Lake Erie Mars 400 330.5

Ohio S. OH Grassland Bird 850 417.1

Oklahoma OK Mixed Grass Prairie SAFE 15,100 6,589.5

Oregon Oregon Heppner Mule Deer 5,500 725.6

Pennsylvania PA Seasonal  Pools/Early Succes 2,600

Puerto Rico PR Sub‐Tropical  Forest SAFE 1,300

South Carolina South Carolina Northern Bobwhi 2,300 978.6

South Dakota NW South Dakota Sagebrush Rest 500

South Dakota South Dakota Pheasants  SAFE 50,200 48,909.4

South Dakota Western SD Grassland Wildlife 18,000 17,702.1

Tennessee TN Grass  SAFE 10,000 5,044.5

Tennessee TN Trees  SAFE 300

Tennessee TN Wetlands  SAFE 400 39.2

Texas Texas  Gulf Coast Prairies  SAFE 500

Texas Texas  Mixed Grass  SAFE 78,400 72,803.1

Texas TX Lower Rio Grande Thornscru 2,000 935.0

Virginia VA Culpeper Basin SAFE 500

Virginia VA Longleaf Pine SAFE 1,000 279.0

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 95.2

Washington WA Sage and Sharp‐Tail  Grouse 63,000 48,086.2

Washington WA Shrub‐steppe SAFE 7,322 6,403.0

Wisconsin Central  WI Grassland SAFE 1,000 204.4

Wisconsin Wisconsin Glacial  SAFE 2,250 1,420.3

Wisconsin Wisconsin Shortgrass  SAFE 2,000 1,613.4

Wisconsin Wisconsin SW Grassland SAFE 5,000 3,212.0

Wisconsin Wisconsin Western Prairie SAFE 2,500 1,116.6

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 DECEMBER 2011

GENERAL CONTIN. CONTIN. FARMABLE PRACTICE SIGN-UP CREP NON-CREP 1/ WETLAND TOTAL 2/ CP1 NEW INTROD. GRASSES AND LEGUMES 2,636,078 142,938 4,547 0 2,783,564 CP2 NEW NATIVE GRASSES 6,363,816 227,272 8,842 0 6,599,930 CP3 NEW SOFTWOOD TREES (NOT LONGLEAF) 388,854 1,428 230 0 390,512 CP3A NEW LONGLEAF PINES 205,473 0 0 0 205,473 CP3A NEW HARDWOOD TREES 454,640 14,963 2,192 0 471,795 CP4D PERMANENT WILDLIFE HABITAT 2,250,536 103,000 733 0 2,354,269 CP4B WILDLIFE HABITAT CORRIDORS 7,181 188 131 0 7,500 CP5 FIELD WINDBREAKS 75 5,062 90,819 0 95,957 CP6 DIVERSIONS 265 0 0 0 265 CP7 EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES 96 0 0 0 97 CP8 GRASS WATERWAYS 14 780 134,659 0 135,453 CP9 SHALLOW WATER AREAS FOR WILDLIFE 18 3,147 33,294 0 36,459 CP10 EXISTING GRASSES AND LEGUMES 3/ 8,603,782 19,143 12,144 0 8,635,069 CP11 EXISTING TREES 4/ 720,184 670 108 0 720,962 CP12 WILDLIFE FOOD PLOTS 70,132 2,607 2 0 72,741 CP13 VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS 0 0 0 0 0 CP15 CONTOUR GRASS STRIPS 0 341 64,120 0 64,461 CP16 SHELTERBELTS 124 419 36,621 0 37,164 CP17 LIVING SNOW FENCES 0 0 6,413 0 6,413 CP18 SALINITY REDUCING VEGETATION 0 401 230,015 0 230,415 CP19 ALLEY CROPPING 0 0 0 0 0 CP20 ALTERNATIVE PERENNIALS 0 0 0 0 0 CP21 FILTER STRIPS (GRASS) 0 186,557 795,872 0 982,429 CP22 RIPARIAN BUFFERS 0 220,911 654,868 0 875,780 CP23 WETLAND RESTORATION 1,123,280 86,714 0 0 1,209,994 CP23 WETLAND REST. (FLOODPLAIN) 0 19,730 211,077 0 230,807 CP23A WETLAND REST. (NON-FLOODPLAIN) 0 32,906 148,207 0 181,113 CP24 CROSS WIND TRAP STRIPS 0 0 384 0 384 CP25 RARE AND DECLINING HABITAT 1,561,172 54,296 4 0 1,615,472 CP26 SEDIMENT RETENTION 0 45 0 0 45 CP27 FARMABLE WETLAND (WETLAND) 0 0 0 77,875 77,875 CP28 FARMABLE WETLAND (BUFFER) 0 0 0 177,624 177,624 CP29 WILDLIFE HABITAT BUFFER (MARG PAST) 0 87,687 31,607 0 119,294 CP30 WETLAND BUFFER (MARG PAST) 0 1,889 36,555 0 38,444 CP31 BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD TREES 0 14,620 67,200 0 81,820 CP32 HARDWOOD TREES (PREVIOUS EXPIRED) 8,564 0 0 0 8,564 CP33 UPLAND BIRD HABITAT BUFFER 0 5,484 238,585 0 244,069 CP34 FLOOD CONTROL STRUCTURE 0 71 0 0 71 CP36 LONGLEAF PINE 0 49 109,762 0 109,811 CP37 DUCK NESTING HABITAT 0 31,786 143,452 0 175,238 CP38 STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT 0 0 605,980 0 605,980 CP39 FWP--CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS 0 0 0 179 179 CP40 FWP--AQUACULTURE WETLANDS 0 0 0 15,336 15,336 CP41 FWP--FLOODED PRAIRIE WETLANDS 0 0 0 34,279 34,279 CP42 POLLINATOR HABITAT 19,307 5/ 0 0 0 19,307 5/ ========== ========== =========== ========== ========== 24,413,074 1,265,103 3,668,427 305,293 29,651,898 1/ Includes 46,291 acres in designated wellhead protection areas. 2/ Includes 625,035 acres of marginal pasture and 68,732 acres of former Water Bank lands. 3/ Includes both introduced grasses, legumes, and native grasses. 4/ Includes both hardwood and softwood trees. 5/ Does not include about 40,000 acres from signup 39 before CP42 was implemented. For more information about this summary, contact Alex Barbarika at 202-720-7093 or at [email protected]. Additional information about CRP (including monthly and annual summaries)is posted at FSA’s CRP website. See the Reports and Statistics web pages.

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