| Rank |
District |
Sugar Beet Subsidies
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 7th District of Minnesota (Rep. Collin C.Peterson) | $73,869,290 | 30.5% | 30.5% |
| 2 | At-large District of North Dakota (Rep. Kevin Cramer) | $38,632,684 | 16.0% | 46.5% |
| 3 | 2nd District of Idaho (Rep. Michael K.Simpson) | $32,701,369 | 13.5% | 60.0% |
| 4 | 10th District of Michigan (Rep. Candice S.Miller) | $13,008,724 | 5.4% | 65.4% |
| 5 | 1st District of Idaho (Rep. Raúl R.Labrador) | $10,494,804 | 4.3% | 69.7% |
| 6 | 4th District of Colorado (Rep. Cory Gardner) | $9,946,560 | 4.1% | 73.8% |
| 7 | 3rd District of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith) | $9,110,627 | 3.8% | 77.6% |
| 8 | At-large District of Wyoming (Rep. Cynthia M.Lummis) | $7,985,328 | 3.3% | 80.9% |
| 9 | At-large District of Montana (Rep. Steve Daines) | $6,628,479 | 2.7% | 83.6% |
| 10 | 2nd District of Oregon (Rep. Greg Walden) | $5,199,002 | 2.1% | 85.8% |
| 11 | 4th District of Michigan (Rep. Dave Camp) | $4,706,723 | 1.9% | 87.7% |
| 12 | 5th District of Michigan (Rep. Daniel T.Kildee) | $2,780,430 | 1.1% | 88.8% |
| 13 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $1,823,173 | 0.8% | 89.6% |
| 14 | 2nd District of Colorado (Rep. Jared Polis) | $1,199,969 | 0.5% | 90.1% |
| 15 | 4th District of Washington (Rep. Doc Hastings) | $1,159,871 | 0.5% | 90.6% |
| 16 | 21st District of California (Rep. David G.Valadao) | $815,761 | 0.3% | 90.9% |
| 17 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $727,228 | 0.3% | 91.2% |
| 18 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $718,849 | 0.3% | 91.5% |
| 19 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $541,625 | 0.2% | 91.7% |
| 20 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Rubén Hinojosa) | $409,378 | 0.2% | 91.9% |
| 21 | 7th District of Michigan (Rep. Tim Walberg) | $392,596 | 0.2% | 92.1% |
| 22 | 4th District of Ohio (Rep. Jim Jordan) | $357,675 | 0.1% | 92.2% |
| 23 | 6th District of Louisiana (Rep. Bill Cassidy) | $329,376 | 0.1% | 92.3% |
| 24 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $233,226 | 0.1% | 92.4% |
| 25 | 1st District of Minnesota (Rep. Timothy J.Walz) | $186,280 | 0.1% | 92.5% |
| 26 | 5th District of Ohio (Rep. Robert E.Latta) | $181,975 | 0.1% | 92.6% |
| 27 | 5th District of Washington (Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers) | $180,000 | 0.1% | 92.7% |
| 28 | 3rd District of Louisiana (Rep. Charles W.Boustany) | $171,756 | 0.1% | 92.7% |
| 29 | 5th District of Louisiana (Rep. Rodney Alexander) | $159,353 | 0.1% | 92.8% |
| 30 | 2nd District of Louisiana (Rep. Cedric L.Richmond) | $155,721 | 0.1% | 92.9% |
| 31 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $144,785 | 0.1% | 92.9% |
| 32 | 10th District of California (Rep. Jeff Denham) | $114,486 | 0.0% | 93.0% |
| 33 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. Thomas J.Rooney) | $79,925 | 0.0% | 93.0% |
| 34 | 9th District of Ohio (Rep. Marcy Kaptur) | $79,259 | 0.0% | 93.0% |
| 35 | 20th District of Florida (Rep. Alcee L.Hastings) | $39,988 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 36 | 20th District of California (Rep. Sam Farr) | $39,985 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 37 | 3rd District of Colorado (Rep. Scott R.Tipton) | $39,982 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 38 | 1st District of Utah (Rep. Rob Bishop) | $39,783 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 39 | 6th District of Colorado (Rep. Mike Coffman) | $34,207 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 40 | 1st District of Nebraska (Rep. Jeff Fortenberry) | $25,701 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 41 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $24,237 | 0.0% | 93.1% |
| 42 | 2nd District of Hawaii (Rep. Tulsi Gabbard) | $20,000 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 43 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris O.Matsui) | $20,000 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 44 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $20,000 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 45 | 1st District of Louisiana (Rep. Steve Scalise) | $19,999 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 46 | 1st District of Michigan (Rep. Dan Benishek) | $19,979 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 47 | 2nd District of Utah (Rep. Chris Stewart) | $19,896 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 48 | 3rd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Frank D.Lucas) | $16,992 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 49 | 3rd District of Michigan (Rep. Justin Amash) | $13,866 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 50 | 7th District of Colorado (Rep. Ed Perlmutter) | $12,587 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 51 | 1st District of Colorado (Rep. Diana DeGette) | $9,790 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 52 | 15th District of California (Rep. Eric Swalwell) | $4,370 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
| 53 | 4th District of Kansas (Rep. Mike Pompeo) | $271 | 0.0% | 93.2% |
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.
