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EWG Farm Subsidy Database

USDA subsidies for farms in United States totaled $177,589,000,000 from 1995 through 2006.

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Subsidy Category Type 1995
1996
1997
1998		 1999
2000
2001
2002		 2003
2004
2005
2006		 TOTAL
1995-2006
Total USDA - Subsidies
 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
recipients1,336,234
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
recipients1,025,820
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
Total Direct Payments
 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
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
209,934 		1,260,454
1,158,746
1,120,729
1,100,971 		1,466,759
Total Counter Cyclical Payments
 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
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
41,345 		428,197
448,290
1,075,417
1,036,379 		1,164,379
Production Flexibility Contracts
 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
recipients0
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
Mkt. Loss Asst. - Commodity Crops
 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
recipients0
0
0
1,269,755 		1,258,987
1,242,882
1,223,999
1,284 		254
251
58
0 		1,493,366
Market Loss Assistance - Non-Commodity
 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
recipients0
0
0
0 		86,894
426,264
374,366
18,051 		74
6
140
2 		456,422
Oilseed Program
 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
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
602,089
591,265
360 		11
3
1
0 		703,342
Deficiency Payments
 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
recipients951,885
524,046
303,831
5,440 		1,460
725
398
459 		120
27
3
0 		897,435
Loan Deficiency Payments
 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
recipients9,512
407
22
563,867 		870,361
859,110
728,295
334,655 		218,056
536,023
585,409
209,575 		1,265,267
Total Commodity Certificates
 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
recipients0
0
0
28 		982
16,432
23,564
23,879 		13,072
24,359
30,893
21,424 		54,771
Total LDP-like Grazing Payments
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$6,236,060
$480,947		 $4,756,038
$352,564
$153,164
$160,725 		$12,139,498
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
4,154
442 		4,529
368
66
56 		8,914
Marketing Loan Gains
 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
recipients8,656
141
122
50,899 		118,041
108,299
73,090
56,101 		35,694
25,039
55,295
42,364 		207,886
Total Dairy Program
 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
recipients53,732
42,154
45,739
57 		29
9
22
71,911 		71,398
63,686
51,940
58,412 		138,943
Wool and Mohair Programs
 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
recipients51,331
44,534
80
7 		2
1
2
1 		3
0
0
0 		59,469
Total Lamb Payments
 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
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
17,546
8,888
17,209 		12,434
102
15,299
36 		34,048
Total Livestock Indemnity Program
 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
recipients0
0
15,584
17,693 		50
2,154
130
2,099 		3
0
0
1,581 		23,528
Misc. Farm - Subsidies
 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
recipients25,021
9,886
7,752
66,470 		274,567
246,429
156,151
130,390 		75,698
59,107
66,908
22,681 		660,834
Total Peanut Load-in Charges
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Tobacco Payment Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $51,121,823
$5,610
$0
$0 		$51,127,433
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		292,833
26
0
0 		292,842
Hard Winter Wheat Incentive Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $3,530,228
$6,316,571
$4,069,249
$3,383,930 		$17,299,977
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		3,210
5,862
3,595
2,884 		8,896
Total Agricultural Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$11,433,895
$14,994,712
$1,339,586 		$27,768,193
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
4,017
3,457
270 		6,309
Total Storage Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Total Step 2 Cotton Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
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
recipients432,904
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
Conservation Reserve Program
 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
recipients349,293
350,880
343,799
316,353 		311,921
336,968
376,272
397,701 		413,625
427,815
441,364
456,573 		768,180
Env. Quality Incentive Program
 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
recipients0
9,267
15,439
19,111 		22,956
23,324
22,585
23,585 		24,862
32,734
81
38 		115,206
Total Conservation Security Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Agricultural Conservation Program
 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
recipients79,686
58,366
22,600
7,707 		3,623
1,175
477
120 		12
6
1
0 		136,931
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Emergency Conservation
 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
recipients6,689
6,381
12,348
10,037 		12,889
29,496
10,816
13,577 		12,537
8,213
11,775
17,768 		126,434
Grasslands Reserve Program
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $7,100
$1,660,240
$3,717,293
$5,685,263 		$11,069,896
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		1
614
1,341
2,005 		2,132
Misc. Conservation Payments
 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
recipients4,247
13
2
0 		0
21,776
13,543
1,890 		1,089
662
443
370 		39,938
Total Agricultural Management Assistance
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Farmland Protection Program (FPP)
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Resource Conservation & Development Program (RCD)
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$0
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
Wetlands Reserve Program
 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
recipients92
0
0
2 		2
8
698
679 		649
397
319
231 		2,121
Water Bank Program
 payments $10,623,115
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0 		$10,623,115
recipients7,249
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
recipients145,206
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
Misc. Disaster Payments
 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
recipients129,931
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
Livestock Disaster / Emergency
 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
recipients18,996
34,149
33,797
439 		156,528
201,599
170,993
182 		51,541
15,552
75,054
2,077 		407,507
Karnal Bunt Programs
 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
recipients0
308
144
43 		23
19
104
242 		7
0
0
0 		788
Tree Assistance - Total
 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
recipients1,070
122
247
387 		763
203
17
1 		1
99
374
497 		3,162
Programmatic Environmental Assistance
 payments $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$0		 $0
$0
$0
$62,197,933 		$62,197,933
recipients0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
0 		0
0
0
7,452 		7,452



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