Conservation Reserve Program payments in Floyd County, Iowa totaled $35.6 million from 1995-2012.
Counties in Floyd County, Iowa Receiving Conservation Reserve Program payments, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Conservation Reserve Program 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $100,189,334 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 2 | Clayton County, Iowa | $94,955,759 | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| 3 | Washington County, Iowa | $89,155,780 | 2.5% | 8.0% |
| 4 | Taylor County, Iowa | $77,553,541 | 2.2% | 10.2% |
| 5 | Jackson County, Iowa | $73,942,228 | 2.1% | 12.3% |
| 6 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $73,491,466 | 2.1% | 14.4% |
| 7 | Wayne County, Iowa | $70,233,373 | 2.0% | 16.4% |
| 8 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $70,063,499 | 2.0% | 18.3% |
| 9 | Iowa County, Iowa | $69,785,244 | 2.0% | 20.3% |
| 10 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $68,936,505 | 1.9% | 22.2% |
| 11 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $61,750,274 | 1.7% | 24.0% |
| 12 | Davis County, Iowa | $61,459,347 | 1.7% | 25.7% |
| 13 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $59,684,558 | 1.7% | 27.4% |
| 14 | Tama County, Iowa | $58,292,620 | 1.6% | 29.1% |
| 15 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $58,255,480 | 1.6% | 30.7% |
| 16 | Fayette County, Iowa | $56,959,379 | 1.6% | 32.3% |
| 17 | Decatur County, Iowa | $54,823,430 | 1.5% | 33.9% |
| 18 | Henry County, Iowa | $52,825,485 | 1.5% | 35.3% |
| 19 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $52,342,364 | 1.5% | 36.8% |
| 20 | Lucas County, Iowa | $49,071,827 | 1.4% | 38.2% |
| 21 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $48,498,213 | 1.4% | 39.6% |
| 22 | Audubon County, Iowa | $46,709,121 | 1.3% | 40.9% |
| 23 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $46,566,156 | 1.3% | 42.2% |
| 24 | Howard County, Iowa | $46,303,238 | 1.3% | 43.5% |
| 25 | Marion County, Iowa | $46,024,950 | 1.3% | 44.8% |
| 26 | Adams County, Iowa | $45,482,835 | 1.3% | 46.1% |
| 27 | Johnson County, Iowa | $45,387,242 | 1.3% | 47.4% |
| 28 | Clarke County, Iowa | $44,842,116 | 1.3% | 48.6% |
| 29 | Adair County, Iowa | $44,674,519 | 1.3% | 49.9% |
| 30 | Warren County, Iowa | $43,835,927 | 1.2% | 51.1% |
| 31 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $43,704,900 | 1.2% | 52.4% |
| 32 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $42,376,737 | 1.2% | 53.6% |
| 33 | Union County, Iowa | $41,958,067 | 1.2% | 54.8% |
| 34 | Butler County, Iowa | $41,202,563 | 1.2% | 55.9% |
| 35 | Clinton County, Iowa | $38,442,724 | 1.1% | 57.0% |
| 36 | Louisa County, Iowa | $38,107,893 | 1.1% | 58.1% |
| 37 | Cass County, Iowa | $37,820,588 | 1.1% | 59.1% |
| 38 | Monroe County, Iowa | $37,571,008 | 1.1% | 60.2% |
| 39 | Delaware County, Iowa | $36,855,181 | 1.0% | 61.2% |
| 40 | Page County, Iowa | $36,759,395 | 1.0% | 62.3% |
| 41 | Jones County, Iowa | $36,236,845 | 1.0% | 63.3% |
| 42 | Jasper County, Iowa | $36,082,950 | 1.0% | 64.3% |
| 43 | Floyd County, Iowa | $35,594,617 | 1.0% | 65.3% |
| 44 | Benton County, Iowa | $35,473,404 | 1.0% | 66.3% |
| 45 | Madison County, Iowa | $34,624,388 | 1.0% | 67.3% |
| 46 | Wapello County, Iowa | $33,846,570 | 1.0% | 68.3% |
| 47 | Wright County, Iowa | $33,627,865 | 0.9% | 69.2% |
| 48 | Lee County, Iowa | $32,968,793 | 0.9% | 70.1% |
| 49 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $32,096,848 | 0.9% | 71.0% |
| 50 | Cedar County, Iowa | $31,931,221 | 0.9% | 71.9% |
| 51 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $31,928,863 | 0.9% | 72.8% |
| 52 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $31,264,837 | 0.9% | 73.7% |
| 53 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $29,900,310 | 0.8% | 74.6% |
| 54 | Marshall County, Iowa | $29,175,451 | 0.8% | 75.4% |
| 55 | Linn County, Iowa | $29,121,608 | 0.8% | 76.2% |
| 56 | Webster County, Iowa | $29,088,193 | 0.8% | 77.0% |
| 57 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $28,647,326 | 0.8% | 77.8% |
| 58 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $27,722,282 | 0.8% | 78.6% |
| 59 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $27,499,244 | 0.8% | 79.4% |
| 60 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $26,960,436 | 0.8% | 80.2% |
| 61 | Harrison County, Iowa | $26,892,164 | 0.8% | 80.9% |
| 62 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $25,420,097 | 0.7% | 81.6% |
| 63 | Franklin County, Iowa | $24,951,204 | 0.7% | 82.3% |
| 64 | Carroll County, Iowa | $24,837,845 | 0.7% | 83.0% |
| 65 | Crawford County, Iowa | $24,327,747 | 0.7% | 83.7% |
| 66 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $23,965,317 | 0.7% | 84.4% |
| 67 | Hancock County, Iowa | $22,614,616 | 0.6% | 85.0% |
| 68 | Clay County, Iowa | $22,371,623 | 0.6% | 85.7% |
| 69 | Worth County, Iowa | $22,095,522 | 0.6% | 86.3% |
| 70 | Dallas County, Iowa | $21,842,698 | 0.6% | 86.9% |
| 71 | Greene County, Iowa | $21,288,463 | 0.6% | 87.5% |
| 72 | Boone County, Iowa | $21,276,919 | 0.6% | 88.1% |
| 73 | Hardin County, Iowa | $21,181,500 | 0.6% | 88.7% |
| 74 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $20,470,694 | 0.6% | 89.3% |
| 75 | Shelby County, Iowa | $19,814,202 | 0.6% | 89.9% |
| 76 | Monona County, Iowa | $19,584,968 | 0.6% | 90.4% |
| 77 | Fremont County, Iowa | $18,266,462 | 0.5% | 90.9% |
| 78 | Sac County, Iowa | $17,578,813 | 0.5% | 91.4% |
| 79 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $17,532,148 | 0.5% | 91.9% |
| 80 | Emmet County, Iowa | $17,498,294 | 0.5% | 92.4% |
| 81 | Ida County, Iowa | $17,389,567 | 0.5% | 92.9% |
| 82 | Story County, Iowa | $17,218,971 | 0.5% | 93.4% |
| 83 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $17,191,474 | 0.5% | 93.9% |
| 84 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $17,050,404 | 0.5% | 94.3% |
| 85 | Bremer County, Iowa | $16,739,265 | 0.5% | 94.8% |
| 86 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $16,733,416 | 0.5% | 95.3% |
| 87 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $16,623,858 | 0.5% | 95.8% |
| 88 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $16,340,598 | 0.5% | 96.2% |
| 89 | Osceola County, Iowa | $16,159,842 | 0.5% | 96.7% |
| 90 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $15,558,706 | 0.4% | 97.1% |
| 91 | Sioux County, Iowa | $14,960,591 | 0.4% | 97.5% |
| 92 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $13,678,095 | 0.4% | 97.9% |
| 93 | Grundy County, Iowa | $12,530,270 | 0.4% | 98.3% |
| 94 | Mills County, Iowa | $11,652,412 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 95 | Polk County, Iowa | $11,525,522 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 96 | Scott County, Iowa | $11,119,450 | 0.3% | 99.2% |
| 97 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $10,243,223 | 0.3% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Lyon County, Iowa | $8,472,944 | 0.2% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $7,923,282 | 0.2% | 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.
