Share of conservation spending by major programs and predecessors in the 2018 and previous farm acts

Percent

Stacked Bar chart with 5 groups and 4 items per group.

Group 1, Actual 1996-2001, Total value of 99.9
Item 1, Regional Conservation Partnership Program* value of 0
Item 2, Agricultural Conservation Easements Progam* value of 7.8
Item 3, Conservation Reserve Program* value of 82
Item 4, Working land programs (EQIP and CSP)** value of 10.1
Group 2, Actual 2002-07, Total value of 100.1
Item 1, Regional Conservation Partnership Program* value of 1.7
Item 2, Agricultural Conservation Easements Progam* value of 11.2
Item 3, Conservation Reserve Program* value of 57.1
Item 4, Working land programs (EQIP and CSP)** value of 30.1
Group 3, Actual 2008-13, Total value of 100
Item 1, Regional Conservation Partnership Program* value of 2.2
Item 2, Agricultural Conservation Easements Progam* value of 13.7
Item 3, Conservation Reserve Program* value of 42.2
Item 4, Working land programs (EQIP and CSP)** value of 41.9
Group 4, Actual 2014-18, Total value of 100.
Item 1, Regional Conservation Partnership Program* value of 1.8
Item 2, Agricultural Conservation Easements Progam* value of 7.5
Item 3, Conservation Reserve Program* value of 37.5
Item 4, Working land programs (EQIP and CSP)** value of 53.2
Group 5, Projected 2019-23, Total value of 100.
Item 1, Regional Conservation Partnership Program* value of 4.7
Item 2, Agricultural Conservation Easements Progam* value of 7.3
Item 3, Conservation Reserve Program* value of 35.5
Item 4, Working land programs (EQIP and CSP)** value of 52.5

*Includes predecessor programs. **Includes the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and predecessor programs (these are combined in the Congressional Budget Office estimates of spending under the 2018 Farm Act).

Sources: USDA, Economic Research Service using Office of Budget and Policy Analysis data for 1996-2018 and Congressional Budget Office projections for 2019-23.