Soybean Subsidies** in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa totaled $52.3 million from 1995-2011.
Counties in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Receiving soybean subsidies**, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Soybean Subsidies** 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $95,836,023 | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| 2 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $77,426,916 | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| 3 | Sioux County, Iowa | $76,317,207 | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| 4 | Webster County, Iowa | $68,093,889 | 1.7% | 7.9% |
| 5 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $66,620,033 | 1.7% | 9.6% |
| 6 | Benton County, Iowa | $65,748,223 | 1.6% | 11.2% |
| 7 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $64,966,219 | 1.6% | 12.9% |
| 8 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $63,514,826 | 1.6% | 14.5% |
| 9 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $63,311,989 | 1.6% | 16.0% |
| 10 | Crawford County, Iowa | $62,317,796 | 1.6% | 17.6% |
| 11 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $60,299,377 | 1.5% | 19.1% |
| 12 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $58,453,621 | 1.5% | 20.6% |
| 13 | Clay County, Iowa | $57,908,596 | 1.4% | 22.0% |
| 14 | Wright County, Iowa | $57,581,383 | 1.4% | 23.4% |
| 15 | Sac County, Iowa | $57,278,395 | 1.4% | 24.9% |
| 16 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $56,469,494 | 1.4% | 26.3% |
| 17 | Lyon County, Iowa | $56,347,473 | 1.4% | 27.7% |
| 18 | Tama County, Iowa | $55,967,130 | 1.4% | 29.1% |
| 19 | Greene County, Iowa | $54,744,377 | 1.4% | 30.5% |
| 20 | Jasper County, Iowa | $54,681,181 | 1.4% | 31.8% |
| 21 | Monona County, Iowa | $54,365,967 | 1.4% | 33.2% |
| 22 | Grundy County, Iowa | $54,355,177 | 1.4% | 34.5% |
| 23 | Harrison County, Iowa | $53,954,092 | 1.3% | 35.9% |
| 24 | Shelby County, Iowa | $53,719,181 | 1.3% | 37.2% |
| 25 | Franklin County, Iowa | $53,067,144 | 1.3% | 38.6% |
| 26 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $52,261,092 | 1.3% | 39.9% |
| 27 | Carroll County, Iowa | $52,247,170 | 1.3% | 41.2% |
| 28 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $52,154,984 | 1.3% | 42.5% |
| 29 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $51,965,503 | 1.3% | 43.8% |
| 30 | Story County, Iowa | $51,650,021 | 1.3% | 45.1% |
| 31 | Hancock County, Iowa | $51,160,294 | 1.3% | 46.3% |
| 32 | Marshall County, Iowa | $49,556,091 | 1.2% | 47.6% |
| 33 | Clinton County, Iowa | $48,280,623 | 1.2% | 48.8% |
| 34 | Hardin County, Iowa | $47,720,182 | 1.2% | 50.0% |
| 35 | Butler County, Iowa | $47,660,546 | 1.2% | 51.2% |
| 36 | Fayette County, Iowa | $46,904,227 | 1.2% | 52.3% |
| 37 | Cedar County, Iowa | $46,562,316 | 1.2% | 53.5% |
| 38 | Fremont County, Iowa | $46,319,383 | 1.2% | 54.7% |
| 39 | Osceola County, Iowa | $45,652,441 | 1.1% | 55.8% |
| 40 | Boone County, Iowa | $45,636,838 | 1.1% | 56.9% |
| 41 | Floyd County, Iowa | $44,814,729 | 1.1% | 58.1% |
| 42 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $44,198,020 | 1.1% | 59.2% |
| 43 | Linn County, Iowa | $43,835,641 | 1.1% | 60.3% |
| 44 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $43,698,612 | 1.1% | 61.4% |
| 45 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $43,126,444 | 1.1% | 62.4% |
| 46 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $42,718,246 | 1.1% | 63.5% |
| 47 | Dallas County, Iowa | $41,535,594 | 1.0% | 64.5% |
| 48 | Ida County, Iowa | $41,353,701 | 1.0% | 65.6% |
| 49 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $41,164,507 | 1.0% | 66.6% |
| 50 | Cass County, Iowa | $39,851,164 | 1.0% | 67.6% |
| 51 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $39,796,005 | 1.0% | 68.6% |
| 52 | Page County, Iowa | $38,886,430 | 1.0% | 69.6% |
| 53 | Emmet County, Iowa | $38,884,422 | 1.0% | 70.5% |
| 54 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $38,731,755 | 1.0% | 71.5% |
| 55 | Audubon County, Iowa | $37,761,090 | 0.9% | 72.5% |
| 56 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $37,740,534 | 0.9% | 73.4% |
| 57 | Washington County, Iowa | $36,968,243 | 0.9% | 74.3% |
| 58 | Howard County, Iowa | $36,917,850 | 0.9% | 75.2% |
| 59 | Worth County, Iowa | $36,608,969 | 0.9% | 76.2% |
| 60 | Adair County, Iowa | $35,510,241 | 0.9% | 77.0% |
| 61 | Bremer County, Iowa | $35,502,395 | 0.9% | 77.9% |
| 62 | Mills County, Iowa | $35,019,859 | 0.9% | 78.8% |
| 63 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $34,158,434 | 0.9% | 79.7% |
| 64 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $33,763,543 | 0.8% | 80.5% |
| 65 | Iowa County, Iowa | $33,744,779 | 0.8% | 81.3% |
| 66 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $32,607,939 | 0.8% | 82.2% |
| 67 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $32,341,261 | 0.8% | 83.0% |
| 68 | Johnson County, Iowa | $31,338,912 | 0.8% | 83.8% |
| 69 | Jones County, Iowa | $30,262,780 | 0.8% | 84.5% |
| 70 | Scott County, Iowa | $29,542,744 | 0.7% | 85.2% |
| 71 | Delaware County, Iowa | $28,808,287 | 0.7% | 86.0% |
| 72 | Polk County, Iowa | $28,583,774 | 0.7% | 86.7% |
| 73 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $27,867,305 | 0.7% | 87.4% |
| 74 | Marion County, Iowa | $27,769,803 | 0.7% | 88.1% |
| 75 | Taylor County, Iowa | $26,036,837 | 0.7% | 88.7% |
| 76 | Henry County, Iowa | $25,611,143 | 0.6% | 89.4% |
| 77 | Warren County, Iowa | $25,045,830 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 78 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $24,761,852 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 79 | Madison County, Iowa | $24,730,533 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 80 | Louisa County, Iowa | $24,599,899 | 0.6% | 91.8% |
| 81 | Lee County, Iowa | $23,368,314 | 0.6% | 92.4% |
| 82 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $23,212,883 | 0.6% | 93.0% |
| 83 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $22,376,766 | 0.6% | 93.6% |
| 84 | Adams County, Iowa | $22,269,392 | 0.6% | 94.1% |
| 85 | Wayne County, Iowa | $20,388,772 | 0.5% | 94.6% |
| 86 | Wapello County, Iowa | $19,582,613 | 0.5% | 95.1% |
| 87 | Union County, Iowa | $18,435,097 | 0.5% | 95.6% |
| 88 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $17,409,049 | 0.4% | 96.0% |
| 89 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $16,255,028 | 0.4% | 96.4% |
| 90 | Clayton County, Iowa | $16,126,602 | 0.4% | 96.8% |
| 91 | Davis County, Iowa | $15,146,697 | 0.4% | 97.2% |
| 92 | Jackson County, Iowa | $14,642,687 | 0.4% | 97.6% |
| 93 | Decatur County, Iowa | $14,416,524 | 0.4% | 97.9% |
| 94 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $14,044,868 | 0.4% | 98.3% |
| 95 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $13,290,676 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 96 | Clarke County, Iowa | $12,687,235 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 97 | Monroe County, Iowa | $11,588,014 | 0.3% | 99.2% |
| 98 | Lucas County, Iowa | $10,024,026 | 0.3% | 99.5% |
| 99 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $9,362,863 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is 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 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.
