EWG Farm Subsidy Database
USDA subsidies for farms in United States
totaled $177,589,000,000 from 1995 through 2006.
| Subsidy Category |
Type |
1995
1996
1997
1998 |
1999
2000
2001
2002 |
2003
2004
2005
2006 |
TOTAL
1995-2006 | |
payments |
$7,242,190,859
$7,273,804,179
$7,455,101,106
$12,357,632,210 |
$21,572,285,472
$23,392,635,892
$22,478,299,483
$12,318,465,745 |
$16,074,966,605
$12,865,864,069
$21,152,913,251
$13,405,184,103
|
$177,589,342,975 |
recipients | 1,336,234
1,570,749
1,529,392
1,458,747
| 1,634,585
1,902,014
1,880,274
1,705,726
| 1,836,597
1,456,609
1,514,222
1,446,280
| 3,263,857 |
 | Commodity Subsidies |
|
payments |
$4,679,764,533
$5,322,161,643
$5,616,337,125
$10,767,204,784 |
$17,723,999,810
$20,224,767,431
$18,126,966,692
$8,969,002,441 |
$11,102,816,553
$10,234,552,177
$16,226,360,490
$11,225,437,719
|
$140,219,371,397 |
recipients | 1,025,820
1,352,477
1,338,946
1,312,575
| 1,372,191
1,656,471
1,621,781
1,319,208
| 1,556,856
1,228,744
1,266,090
1,223,295
| 2,644,848 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$367,100,323 |
$6,700,711,119
$5,240,340,028
$5,186,069,767
$5,099,684,654
|
$22,593,905,890 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
209,934
| 1,260,454
1,158,746
1,120,729
1,100,971
| 1,466,759 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$203,398,453 |
$2,300,645,423
$1,121,992,078
$4,067,952,832
$4,045,543,487
|
$11,739,532,273 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
41,345
| 428,197
448,290
1,075,417
1,036,379
| 1,164,379 |
|
payments |
$0
$5,973,002,030
$6,119,813,779
$6,000,580,272 |
$5,045,689,528
$5,045,477,787
$4,037,485,694
$3,499,705,835 |
$-281,190,312
$-4,263,534
$-932,363
$0
|
$35,435,368,716 |
recipients | 0
1,274,714
1,290,247
1,292,678
| 1,183,957
1,214,775
1,176,548
1,145,713
| 428,897
3,502
253
0
| 1,694,871 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$2,809,143,889 |
$5,464,631,529
$5,459,547,890
$4,641,432,878
$1,437,097 |
$-1,073,063
$-995,820
$-299,923
$0
|
$18,373,824,477 |
recipients | 0
0
0
1,269,755
| 1,258,987
1,242,882
1,223,999
1,284
| 254
251
58
0
| 1,493,366 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$198,740,732
$1,016,369,495
$285,494,272
$5,509,671 |
$63,232
$-329
$6,823,690
$127,616
|
$1,513,128,379 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 86,894
426,264
374,366
18,051
| 74
6
140
2
| 456,422 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$459,984,769
$920,781,015
$234,989 |
$-13,598
$5,631
$-2,663
$0
|
$1,380,990,143 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
602,089
591,265
360
| 11
3
1
0
| 703,342 |
|
payments |
$4,426,535,711
$-787,698,204
$-574,571,556
$-5,088,412 |
$-1,372,615
$-687,740
$-431,984
$-459,509 |
$-341,032
$-81,107
$-1,911
$0
|
$3,055,801,641 |
recipients | 951,885
524,046
303,831
5,440
| 1,460
725
398
459
| 120
27
3
0
| 897,435 |
|
payments |
$5,471,435
$-11,167
$-57,558
$1,782,974,205 |
$5,918,784,023
$6,476,136,711
$5,509,276,887
$1,296,355,572 |
$576,291,912
$2,865,015,147
$5,071,129,441
$759,980,136
|
$30,261,346,744 |
recipients | 9,512
407
22
563,867
| 870,361
859,110
728,295
334,655
| 218,056
536,023
585,409
209,575
| 1,265,267 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$352,421 |
$73,842,604
$438,117,427
$1,777,100,074
$1,107,814,640 |
$311,789,246
$631,361,812
$1,461,081,217
$651,492,237
|
$6,452,951,677 |
recipients | 0
0
0
28
| 982
16,432
23,564
23,879
| 13,072
24,359
30,893
21,424
| 54,771 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$6,236,060
$480,947 |
$4,756,038
$352,564
$153,164
$160,725
|
$12,139,498 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
4,154
442
| 4,529
368
66
56
| 8,914 |
|
payments |
$43,452,508
$-158,424
$-34,172
$171,119,022 |
$895,529,983
$1,111,188,184
$704,274,484
$459,750,909 |
$197,871,062
$131,183,436
$368,739,175
$188,333,284
|
$4,271,249,450 |
recipients | 8,656
141
122
50,899
| 118,041
108,299
73,090
56,101
| 35,694
25,039
55,295
42,364
| 207,886 |
|
payments |
$73,019,975
$82,292,739
$16,741,822
$446,797 |
$96,461
$35,093
$56,162
$848,805,144 |
$891,657,620
$206,160,460
$9,929,798
$431,360,419
|
$2,560,602,488 |
recipients | 53,732
42,154
45,739
57
| 29
9
22
71,911
| 71,398
63,686
51,940
58,412
| 138,943 |
|
payments |
$98,254,583
$55,689,037
$14,146
$90,256 |
$-4,200
$-800
$-2,465
$-16,025 |
$-99,571
$0
$0
$0
|
$153,924,963 |
recipients | 51,331
44,534
80
7
| 2
1
2
1
| 3
0
0
0
| 59,469 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$12,232,206
$11,066,804
$32,413,854 |
$16,153,261
$72,108
$12,944,303
$34,868
|
$84,917,405 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
17,546
8,888
17,209
| 12,434
102
15,299
36
| 34,048 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$49,740,239
$8,213,273 |
$231,531
$2,192,538
$170,313
$3,174,473 |
$5,149
$0
$0
$22,109,819
|
$85,837,335 |
recipients | 0
0
15,584
17,693
| 50
2,154
130
2,099
| 3
0
0
1,581
| 23,528 |
|
payments |
$33,030,321
$-954,368
$4,690,423
$-626,938 |
$127,830,235
$204,173,871
$234,026,497
$1,143,296,066 |
$330,938,016
$25,653,627
$23,710,004
$21,886,959
|
$2,147,654,714 |
recipients | 25,021
9,886
7,752
66,470
| 274,567
246,429
156,151
130,390
| 75,698
59,107
66,908
22,681
| 660,834 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$51,121,823
$5,610
$0
$0
|
$51,127,433 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 292,833
26
0
0
| 292,842 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$3,530,228
$6,316,571
$4,069,249
$3,383,930
|
$17,299,977 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 3,210
5,862
3,595
2,884
| 8,896 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$11,433,895
$14,994,712
$1,339,586
|
$27,768,193 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
4,017
3,457
270
| 6,309 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
| Conservation Payments |
|
payments |
$1,904,452,900
$1,804,021,315
$1,732,828,816
$1,548,032,756 |
$1,584,294,106
$1,731,207,875
$1,945,843,939
$1,990,918,128 |
$2,021,149,009
$2,084,040,924
$1,892,906,479
$2,013,325,671
|
$22,253,021,918 |
recipients | 432,904
414,145
387,122
347,367
| 345,573
399,615
415,896
429,667
| 445,068
461,281
453,234
474,714
| 1,055,868 |
|
payments |
$1,728,566,124
$1,667,951,702
$1,610,718,137
$1,429,540,100 |
$1,452,337,430
$1,550,311,825
$1,768,730,637
$1,807,362,118 |
$1,784,399,851
$1,816,524,999
$1,813,565,349
$1,907,273,991
|
$20,337,282,263 |
recipients | 349,293
350,880
343,799
316,353
| 311,921
336,968
376,272
397,701
| 413,625
427,815
441,364
456,573
| 768,180 |
|
payments |
$0
$18,119,237
$44,542,229
$76,553,843 |
$93,040,172
$92,848,727
$94,836,513
$118,220,261 |
$181,229,863
$223,805,687
$496,818
$261,850
|
$943,955,199 |
recipients | 0
9,267
15,439
19,111
| 22,956
23,324
22,585
23,585
| 24,862
32,734
81
38
| 115,206 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$130,526,537
$93,207,569
$44,274,900
$17,502,368 |
$8,974,352
$2,765,764
$1,341,653
$378,688 |
$-20,902
$-17,003
$-843
$0
|
$298,933,082 |
recipients | 79,686
58,366
22,600
7,707
| 3,623
1,175
477
120
| 12
6
1
0
| 136,931 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$24,743,861
$24,681,705
$33,291,063
$24,435,089 |
$29,941,219
$58,437,534
$30,456,348
$38,763,548 |
$31,929,661
$24,068,349
$64,981,803
$92,376,691
|
$478,106,871 |
recipients | 6,689
6,381
12,348
10,037
| 12,889
29,496
10,816
13,577
| 12,537
8,213
11,775
17,768
| 126,434 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$7,100
$1,660,240
$3,717,293
$5,685,263
|
$11,069,896 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 1
614
1,341
2,005
| 2,132 |
|
payments |
$9,464,779
$61,101
$2,487
$0 |
$0
$26,839,315
$27,476,936
$8,954,188 |
$5,253,336
$2,880,962
$1,907,500
$1,735,962
|
$84,576,566 |
recipients | 4,247
13
2
0
| 0
21,776
13,543
1,890
| 1,089
662
443
370
| 39,938 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$0 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0 |
|
payments |
$528,485
$0
$0
$1,356 |
$935
$4,710
$23,001,853
$17,239,324 |
$18,350,099
$15,117,691
$8,238,559
$5,991,915
|
$88,474,926 |
recipients | 92
0
0
2
| 2
8
698
679
| 649
397
319
231
| 2,121 |
|
payments |
$10,623,115
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0
|
$10,623,115 |
recipients | 7,249
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 7,249 |
| Disaster Payments |
|
payments |
$657,973,426
$147,621,222
$105,935,165
$42,394,671 |
$2,263,991,556
$1,436,475,735
$2,405,487,177
$1,358,545,176 |
$2,951,001,044
$546,881,095
$3,032,173,649
$166,038,477
|
$15,114,518,393 |
recipients | 145,206
54,645
55,460
9,544
| 370,858
392,292
392,840
469,197
| 492,035
83,783
356,139
26,653
| 1,246,432 |
|
payments |
$584,585,632
$52,848,891
$49,943,058
$30,950,327 |
$1,980,105,561
$1,240,132,159
$1,970,643,412
$1,355,045,121 |
$2,876,553,967
$517,447,640
$2,775,724,126
$92,332,236
|
$13,526,309,491 |
recipients | 129,931
23,611
22,455
8,721
| 255,975
247,526
290,136
469,095
| 466,223
70,682
309,597
17,166
| 1,155,482 |
|
payments |
$63,337,904
$84,507,627
$46,191,897
$202,265 |
$275,751,142
$193,437,382
$433,925,859
$431,298 |
$71,489,194
$27,528,480
$251,758,260
$7,540,317
|
$1,456,101,626 |
recipients | 18,996
34,149
33,797
439
| 156,528
201,599
170,993
182
| 51,541
15,552
75,054
2,077
| 407,507 |
|
payments |
$0
$9,627,635
$8,613,678
$8,759,845 |
$1,200,402
$1,373,426
$866,712
$3,068,973 |
$2,982,882
$0
$0
$0
|
$36,493,552 |
recipients | 0
308
144
43
| 23
19
104
242
| 7
0
0
0
| 788 |
|
payments |
$10,049,890
$637,069
$1,186,533
$2,482,233 |
$6,934,452
$1,532,769
$51,194
$-216 |
$-25,000
$1,904,974
$4,691,263
$3,967,991
|
$33,413,152 |
recipients | 1,070
122
247
387
| 763
203
17
1
| 1
99
374
497
| 3,162 |
|
payments |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$0 |
$0
$0
$0
$62,197,933
|
$62,197,933 |
recipients | 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
0
| 0
0
0
7,452
| 7,452 |
|
