Conservation Reserve Program payments in Kansas totaled $2.2 billion from 1995-2012.
Counties in Kansas Receiving Conservation Reserve Program payments, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Conservation Reserve Program 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $85,128,715 | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 2 | Reno County, Kansas | $70,673,163 | 3.3% | 7.2% |
| 3 | Stanton County, Kansas | $63,846,730 | 2.9% | 10.1% |
| 4 | Morton County, Kansas | $61,884,447 | 2.9% | 13.0% |
| 5 | Greeley County, Kansas | $53,673,628 | 2.5% | 15.5% |
| 6 | Ness County, Kansas | $52,123,632 | 2.4% | 17.9% |
| 7 | Finney County, Kansas | $49,858,208 | 2.3% | 20.2% |
| 8 | Kearny County, Kansas | $49,289,596 | 2.3% | 22.4% |
| 9 | Ford County, Kansas | $46,104,011 | 2.1% | 24.6% |
| 10 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $43,977,809 | 2.0% | 26.6% |
| 11 | Gray County, Kansas | $43,099,605 | 2.0% | 28.6% |
| 12 | Wallace County, Kansas | $42,372,643 | 2.0% | 30.5% |
| 13 | Meade County, Kansas | $38,159,244 | 1.8% | 32.3% |
| 14 | Stevens County, Kansas | $37,125,923 | 1.7% | 34.0% |
| 15 | Kiowa County, Kansas | $37,114,544 | 1.7% | 35.7% |
| 16 | Russell County, Kansas | $36,540,596 | 1.7% | 37.4% |
| 17 | Stafford County, Kansas | $34,860,366 | 1.6% | 39.0% |
| 18 | Clark County, Kansas | $34,819,656 | 1.6% | 40.6% |
| 19 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $34,090,210 | 1.6% | 42.2% |
| 20 | Graham County, Kansas | $33,842,842 | 1.6% | 43.7% |
| 21 | Lane County, Kansas | $33,350,000 | 1.5% | 45.3% |
| 22 | Rush County, Kansas | $33,217,922 | 1.5% | 46.8% |
| 23 | Pratt County, Kansas | $32,310,631 | 1.5% | 48.3% |
| 24 | Seward County, Kansas | $32,181,178 | 1.5% | 49.8% |
| 25 | Sherman County, Kansas | $31,786,799 | 1.5% | 51.3% |
| 26 | Wichita County, Kansas | $31,676,266 | 1.5% | 52.7% |
| 27 | Kingman County, Kansas | $29,442,679 | 1.4% | 54.1% |
| 28 | Cheyenne County, Kansas | $29,171,118 | 1.3% | 55.4% |
| 29 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $29,054,732 | 1.3% | 56.8% |
| 30 | Nemaha County, Kansas | $28,939,211 | 1.3% | 58.1% |
| 31 | Washington County, Kansas | $26,962,475 | 1.2% | 59.3% |
| 32 | Grant County, Kansas | $26,630,670 | 1.2% | 60.6% |
| 33 | Edwards County, Kansas | $26,168,297 | 1.2% | 61.8% |
| 34 | Ellsworth County, Kansas | $24,109,526 | 1.1% | 62.9% |
| 35 | Marshall County, Kansas | $23,964,367 | 1.1% | 64.0% |
| 36 | Rooks County, Kansas | $22,504,605 | 1.0% | 65.0% |
| 37 | Gove County, Kansas | $22,360,256 | 1.0% | 66.1% |
| 38 | Clay County, Kansas | $21,884,956 | 1.0% | 67.1% |
| 39 | Harper County, Kansas | $21,643,818 | 1.0% | 68.1% |
| 40 | Jackson County, Kansas | $21,421,829 | 1.0% | 69.1% |
| 41 | Linn County, Kansas | $21,219,987 | 1.0% | 70.0% |
| 42 | Norton County, Kansas | $20,714,601 | 1.0% | 71.0% |
| 43 | Comanche County, Kansas | $19,773,593 | 0.9% | 71.9% |
| 44 | Jewell County, Kansas | $19,379,754 | 0.9% | 72.8% |
| 45 | Ellis County, Kansas | $18,948,149 | 0.9% | 73.7% |
| 46 | Haskell County, Kansas | $18,896,124 | 0.9% | 74.5% |
| 47 | Trego County, Kansas | $18,747,195 | 0.9% | 75.4% |
| 48 | Logan County, Kansas | $18,693,070 | 0.9% | 76.3% |
| 49 | Coffey County, Kansas | $18,644,091 | 0.9% | 77.1% |
| 50 | Barton County, Kansas | $17,290,871 | 0.8% | 77.9% |
| 51 | Bourbon County, Kansas | $17,219,262 | 0.8% | 78.7% |
| 52 | Doniphan County, Kansas | $16,843,596 | 0.8% | 79.5% |
| 53 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $15,914,380 | 0.7% | 80.2% |
| 54 | Saline County, Kansas | $15,722,680 | 0.7% | 81.0% |
| 55 | Thomas County, Kansas | $15,086,465 | 0.7% | 81.7% |
| 56 | Lyon County, Kansas | $14,968,786 | 0.7% | 82.3% |
| 57 | Scott County, Kansas | $14,795,340 | 0.7% | 83.0% |
| 58 | Phillips County, Kansas | $14,724,154 | 0.7% | 83.7% |
| 59 | Osage County, Kansas | $14,643,154 | 0.7% | 84.4% |
| 60 | Pottawatomie County, Kansas | $14,382,054 | 0.7% | 85.0% |
| 61 | Barber County, Kansas | $13,913,071 | 0.6% | 85.7% |
| 62 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $13,777,543 | 0.6% | 86.3% |
| 63 | Smith County, Kansas | $13,713,996 | 0.6% | 87.0% |
| 64 | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | $13,692,987 | 0.6% | 87.6% |
| 65 | Marion County, Kansas | $13,605,454 | 0.6% | 88.2% |
| 66 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $13,143,030 | 0.6% | 88.8% |
| 67 | Brown County, Kansas | $13,063,269 | 0.6% | 89.4% |
| 68 | Jefferson County, Kansas | $12,644,335 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 69 | Osborne County, Kansas | $12,460,607 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 70 | Rice County, Kansas | $11,845,482 | 0.5% | 91.1% |
| 71 | Republic County, Kansas | $11,700,254 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 72 | Cloud County, Kansas | $11,560,011 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 73 | Neosho County, Kansas | $8,980,634 | 0.4% | 92.6% |
| 74 | McPherson County, Kansas | $8,641,828 | 0.4% | 93.0% |
| 75 | Allen County, Kansas | $8,565,321 | 0.4% | 93.4% |
| 76 | Crawford County, Kansas | $8,289,873 | 0.4% | 93.8% |
| 77 | Douglas County, Kansas | $7,314,638 | 0.3% | 94.1% |
| 78 | Franklin County, Kansas | $7,249,627 | 0.3% | 94.5% |
| 79 | Sumner County, Kansas | $7,161,702 | 0.3% | 94.8% |
| 80 | Miami County, Kansas | $7,119,263 | 0.3% | 95.1% |
| 81 | Anderson County, Kansas | $7,096,838 | 0.3% | 95.4% |
| 82 | Shawnee County, Kansas | $7,072,069 | 0.3% | 95.8% |
| 83 | Atchison County, Kansas | $6,958,696 | 0.3% | 96.1% |
| 84 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | $6,791,427 | 0.3% | 96.4% |
| 85 | Sheridan County, Kansas | $6,708,939 | 0.3% | 96.7% |
| 86 | Cowley County, Kansas | $5,690,680 | 0.3% | 97.0% |
| 87 | Labette County, Kansas | $5,591,388 | 0.3% | 97.2% |
| 88 | Wilson County, Kansas | $5,412,988 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 89 | Decatur County, Kansas | $5,002,013 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 90 | Rawlins County, Kansas | $4,708,764 | 0.2% | 97.9% |
| 91 | Morris County, Kansas | $4,475,220 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 92 | Elk County, Kansas | $4,291,128 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 93 | Riley County, Kansas | $4,148,377 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 94 | Woodson County, Kansas | $4,140,917 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 95 | Sedgwick County, Kansas | $4,112,549 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 96 | Greenwood County, Kansas | $3,954,160 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 97 | Harvey County, Kansas | $3,941,679 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 98 | Geary County, Kansas | $2,993,270 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 99 | Chautauqua County, Kansas | $2,740,566 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 100 | Montgomery County, Kansas | $2,618,892 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 101 | Butler County, Kansas | $2,427,891 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 102 | Cherokee County, Kansas | $2,029,371 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 103 | Johnson County, Kansas | $1,594,366 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 104 | Chase County, Kansas | $1,256,845 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Wyandotte County, Kansas | $86,722 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
