Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) payments in Adams County, Iowa totaled $122,231 in 2011
Counties in Adams County, Iowa Receiving Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) payments, 2011
| Rank | County | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) 2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wright County, Iowa | $2,384,482 | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| 2 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $1,887,662 | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| 3 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $1,794,565 | 2.6% | 8.9% |
| 4 | Franklin County, Iowa | $1,791,493 | 2.6% | 11.6% |
| 5 | Webster County, Iowa | $1,764,233 | 2.6% | 14.2% |
| 6 | Story County, Iowa | $1,724,551 | 2.5% | 16.7% |
| 7 | Marshall County, Iowa | $1,687,448 | 2.5% | 19.2% |
| 8 | Delaware County, Iowa | $1,592,313 | 2.3% | 21.5% |
| 9 | Lyon County, Iowa | $1,367,302 | 2.0% | 23.5% |
| 10 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $1,355,687 | 2.0% | 25.5% |
| 11 | Hardin County, Iowa | $1,349,978 | 2.0% | 27.5% |
| 12 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $1,258,530 | 1.9% | 29.4% |
| 13 | Floyd County, Iowa | $1,234,548 | 1.8% | 31.2% |
| 14 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $1,233,082 | 1.8% | 33.0% |
| 15 | Sioux County, Iowa | $1,210,618 | 1.8% | 34.8% |
| 16 | Clay County, Iowa | $1,203,385 | 1.8% | 36.6% |
| 17 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $1,143,632 | 1.7% | 38.2% |
| 18 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $1,093,409 | 1.6% | 39.8% |
| 19 | Grundy County, Iowa | $1,085,764 | 1.6% | 41.4% |
| 20 | Jasper County, Iowa | $1,062,218 | 1.6% | 43.0% |
| 21 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $1,005,451 | 1.5% | 44.5% |
| 22 | Jones County, Iowa | $997,575 | 1.5% | 46.0% |
| 23 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $990,302 | 1.5% | 47.4% |
| 24 | Clayton County, Iowa | $985,720 | 1.5% | 48.9% |
| 25 | Greene County, Iowa | $960,266 | 1.4% | 50.3% |
| 26 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $956,398 | 1.4% | 51.7% |
| 27 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $954,763 | 1.4% | 53.1% |
| 28 | Cedar County, Iowa | $946,288 | 1.4% | 54.5% |
| 29 | Fayette County, Iowa | $930,500 | 1.4% | 55.9% |
| 30 | Shelby County, Iowa | $926,339 | 1.4% | 57.2% |
| 31 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $840,188 | 1.2% | 58.5% |
| 32 | Hancock County, Iowa | $805,941 | 1.2% | 59.6% |
| 33 | Sac County, Iowa | $804,801 | 1.2% | 60.8% |
| 34 | Boone County, Iowa | $792,766 | 1.2% | 62.0% |
| 35 | Butler County, Iowa | $789,190 | 1.2% | 63.2% |
| 36 | Howard County, Iowa | $773,870 | 1.1% | 64.3% |
| 37 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $765,169 | 1.1% | 65.4% |
| 38 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $741,257 | 1.1% | 66.5% |
| 39 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $733,798 | 1.1% | 67.6% |
| 40 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $732,487 | 1.1% | 68.7% |
| 41 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $726,645 | 1.1% | 69.7% |
| 42 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $710,589 | 1.0% | 70.8% |
| 43 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $703,006 | 1.0% | 71.8% |
| 44 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $687,331 | 1.0% | 72.8% |
| 45 | Benton County, Iowa | $659,086 | 1.0% | 73.8% |
| 46 | Cass County, Iowa | $620,669 | 0.9% | 74.7% |
| 47 | Bremer County, Iowa | $605,245 | 0.9% | 75.6% |
| 48 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $583,556 | 0.9% | 76.5% |
| 49 | Tama County, Iowa | $574,787 | 0.8% | 77.3% |
| 50 | Dallas County, Iowa | $563,580 | 0.8% | 78.1% |
| 51 | Carroll County, Iowa | $557,572 | 0.8% | 79.0% |
| 52 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $549,935 | 0.8% | 79.8% |
| 53 | Washington County, Iowa | $546,331 | 0.8% | 80.6% |
| 54 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $531,383 | 0.8% | 81.3% |
| 55 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $529,592 | 0.8% | 82.1% |
| 56 | Emmet County, Iowa | $514,112 | 0.8% | 82.9% |
| 57 | Harrison County, Iowa | $499,792 | 0.7% | 83.6% |
| 58 | Johnson County, Iowa | $485,764 | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| 59 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $481,867 | 0.7% | 85.0% |
| 60 | Osceola County, Iowa | $478,614 | 0.7% | 85.7% |
| 61 | Worth County, Iowa | $467,897 | 0.7% | 86.4% |
| 62 | Clinton County, Iowa | $463,341 | 0.7% | 87.1% |
| 63 | Ida County, Iowa | $459,528 | 0.7% | 87.8% |
| 64 | Polk County, Iowa | $453,236 | 0.7% | 88.5% |
| 65 | Linn County, Iowa | $422,208 | 0.6% | 89.1% |
| 66 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $418,473 | 0.6% | 89.7% |
| 67 | Louisa County, Iowa | $413,687 | 0.6% | 90.3% |
| 68 | Crawford County, Iowa | $381,576 | 0.6% | 90.9% |
| 69 | Iowa County, Iowa | $363,339 | 0.5% | 91.4% |
| 70 | Page County, Iowa | $362,203 | 0.5% | 91.9% |
| 71 | Audubon County, Iowa | $357,865 | 0.5% | 92.5% |
| 72 | Monona County, Iowa | $344,838 | 0.5% | 93.0% |
| 73 | Scott County, Iowa | $324,540 | 0.5% | 93.5% |
| 74 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $318,968 | 0.5% | 93.9% |
| 75 | Adair County, Iowa | $285,580 | 0.4% | 94.3% |
| 76 | Henry County, Iowa | $256,777 | 0.4% | 94.7% |
| 77 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $254,978 | 0.4% | 95.1% |
| 78 | Jackson County, Iowa | $250,505 | 0.4% | 95.5% |
| 79 | Marion County, Iowa | $249,575 | 0.4% | 95.8% |
| 80 | Fremont County, Iowa | $221,209 | 0.3% | 96.2% |
| 81 | Madison County, Iowa | $206,659 | 0.3% | 96.5% |
| 82 | Taylor County, Iowa | $205,843 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 83 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $194,969 | 0.3% | 97.0% |
| 84 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $190,818 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 85 | Lee County, Iowa | $177,027 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 86 | Mills County, Iowa | $174,780 | 0.3% | 97.8% |
| 87 | Davis County, Iowa | $168,652 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 88 | Warren County, Iowa | $167,846 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 89 | Union County, Iowa | $157,295 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 90 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $150,648 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 91 | Monroe County, Iowa | $147,391 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 92 | Adams County, Iowa | $122,231 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 93 | Lucas County, Iowa | $109,299 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 94 | Decatur County, Iowa | $107,289 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 95 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $94,168 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 96 | Clarke County, Iowa | $89,303 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 97 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $64,792 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 98 | Wayne County, Iowa | $50,423 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 99 | Wapello County, Iowa | $33,362 | 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.
