Soybean Subsidies** in Kossuth County, Iowa totaled $5.5 million in 2011
Counties in Kossuth County, Iowa Receiving soybean subsidies**, 2011
| Rank | County | Soybean Subsidies** 2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $5,485,466 | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| 2 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $4,870,443 | 2.0% | 4.2% |
| 3 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $4,816,015 | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| 4 | Crawford County, Iowa | $4,096,264 | 1.7% | 7.8% |
| 5 | Benton County, Iowa | $3,821,064 | 1.5% | 9.3% |
| 6 | Sioux County, Iowa | $3,810,356 | 1.5% | 10.8% |
| 7 | Monona County, Iowa | $3,652,181 | 1.5% | 12.3% |
| 8 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $3,614,415 | 1.5% | 13.8% |
| 9 | Sac County, Iowa | $3,597,543 | 1.4% | 15.2% |
| 10 | Tama County, Iowa | $3,522,026 | 1.4% | 16.6% |
| 11 | Harrison County, Iowa | $3,509,610 | 1.4% | 18.0% |
| 12 | Webster County, Iowa | $3,495,910 | 1.4% | 19.5% |
| 13 | Shelby County, Iowa | $3,472,310 | 1.4% | 20.9% |
| 14 | Fremont County, Iowa | $3,458,454 | 1.4% | 22.2% |
| 15 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $3,411,290 | 1.4% | 23.6% |
| 16 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $3,371,686 | 1.4% | 25.0% |
| 17 | Jasper County, Iowa | $3,368,180 | 1.4% | 26.3% |
| 18 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $3,353,486 | 1.4% | 27.7% |
| 19 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $3,346,719 | 1.3% | 29.0% |
| 20 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $3,266,565 | 1.3% | 30.4% |
| 21 | Greene County, Iowa | $3,245,811 | 1.3% | 31.7% |
| 22 | Clay County, Iowa | $3,212,920 | 1.3% | 33.0% |
| 23 | Wright County, Iowa | $3,168,298 | 1.3% | 34.2% |
| 24 | Page County, Iowa | $3,024,439 | 1.2% | 35.5% |
| 25 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $3,014,355 | 1.2% | 36.7% |
| 26 | Carroll County, Iowa | $2,953,149 | 1.2% | 37.9% |
| 27 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $2,914,913 | 1.2% | 39.0% |
| 28 | Grundy County, Iowa | $2,850,023 | 1.1% | 40.2% |
| 29 | Lyon County, Iowa | $2,847,802 | 1.1% | 41.3% |
| 30 | Butler County, Iowa | $2,831,756 | 1.1% | 42.5% |
| 31 | Franklin County, Iowa | $2,810,087 | 1.1% | 43.6% |
| 32 | Clinton County, Iowa | $2,796,000 | 1.1% | 44.7% |
| 33 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $2,790,431 | 1.1% | 45.9% |
| 34 | Floyd County, Iowa | $2,763,691 | 1.1% | 47.0% |
| 35 | Marshall County, Iowa | $2,756,821 | 1.1% | 48.1% |
| 36 | Hancock County, Iowa | $2,742,982 | 1.1% | 49.2% |
| 37 | Fayette County, Iowa | $2,699,457 | 1.1% | 50.3% |
| 38 | Iowa County, Iowa | $2,675,527 | 1.1% | 51.3% |
| 39 | Osceola County, Iowa | $2,657,390 | 1.1% | 52.4% |
| 40 | Story County, Iowa | $2,592,260 | 1.0% | 53.5% |
| 41 | Taylor County, Iowa | $2,587,994 | 1.0% | 54.5% |
| 42 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $2,578,157 | 1.0% | 55.5% |
| 43 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $2,554,004 | 1.0% | 56.6% |
| 44 | Adair County, Iowa | $2,548,121 | 1.0% | 57.6% |
| 45 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $2,545,099 | 1.0% | 58.6% |
| 46 | Boone County, Iowa | $2,540,683 | 1.0% | 59.6% |
| 47 | Cass County, Iowa | $2,529,345 | 1.0% | 60.7% |
| 48 | Mills County, Iowa | $2,523,708 | 1.0% | 61.7% |
| 49 | Cedar County, Iowa | $2,520,160 | 1.0% | 62.7% |
| 50 | Ida County, Iowa | $2,509,792 | 1.0% | 63.7% |
| 51 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $2,506,619 | 1.0% | 64.7% |
| 52 | Hardin County, Iowa | $2,456,562 | 1.0% | 65.7% |
| 53 | Audubon County, Iowa | $2,440,540 | 1.0% | 66.7% |
| 54 | Dallas County, Iowa | $2,420,299 | 1.0% | 67.7% |
| 55 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $2,359,035 | 1.0% | 68.6% |
| 56 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $2,330,082 | 0.9% | 69.6% |
| 57 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $2,318,422 | 0.9% | 70.5% |
| 58 | Washington County, Iowa | $2,305,434 | 0.9% | 71.4% |
| 59 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $2,301,488 | 0.9% | 72.3% |
| 60 | Howard County, Iowa | $2,295,281 | 0.9% | 73.3% |
| 61 | Linn County, Iowa | $2,253,672 | 0.9% | 74.2% |
| 62 | Wayne County, Iowa | $2,245,687 | 0.9% | 75.1% |
| 63 | Emmet County, Iowa | $2,146,787 | 0.9% | 75.9% |
| 64 | Warren County, Iowa | $2,129,659 | 0.9% | 76.8% |
| 65 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $2,124,669 | 0.9% | 77.7% |
| 66 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $2,112,477 | 0.9% | 78.5% |
| 67 | Worth County, Iowa | $2,080,724 | 0.8% | 79.4% |
| 68 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $2,078,483 | 0.8% | 80.2% |
| 69 | Marion County, Iowa | $2,044,027 | 0.8% | 81.0% |
| 70 | Bremer County, Iowa | $2,032,562 | 0.8% | 81.8% |
| 71 | Johnson County, Iowa | $1,967,581 | 0.8% | 82.6% |
| 72 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $1,898,303 | 0.8% | 83.4% |
| 73 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $1,891,775 | 0.8% | 84.2% |
| 74 | Madison County, Iowa | $1,853,791 | 0.7% | 84.9% |
| 75 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $1,829,912 | 0.7% | 85.6% |
| 76 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $1,829,820 | 0.7% | 86.4% |
| 77 | Scott County, Iowa | $1,781,191 | 0.7% | 87.1% |
| 78 | Adams County, Iowa | $1,765,702 | 0.7% | 87.8% |
| 79 | Henry County, Iowa | $1,738,293 | 0.7% | 88.5% |
| 80 | Louisa County, Iowa | $1,651,918 | 0.7% | 89.2% |
| 81 | Polk County, Iowa | $1,604,856 | 0.6% | 89.8% |
| 82 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $1,586,693 | 0.6% | 90.5% |
| 83 | Union County, Iowa | $1,579,874 | 0.6% | 91.1% |
| 84 | Lee County, Iowa | $1,539,658 | 0.6% | 91.7% |
| 85 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $1,520,437 | 0.6% | 92.3% |
| 86 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $1,514,420 | 0.6% | 92.9% |
| 87 | Jones County, Iowa | $1,457,360 | 0.6% | 93.5% |
| 88 | Wapello County, Iowa | $1,450,336 | 0.6% | 94.1% |
| 89 | Decatur County, Iowa | $1,438,552 | 0.6% | 94.7% |
| 90 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $1,434,477 | 0.6% | 95.3% |
| 91 | Davis County, Iowa | $1,384,482 | 0.6% | 95.8% |
| 92 | Clarke County, Iowa | $1,361,990 | 0.5% | 96.4% |
| 93 | Delaware County, Iowa | $1,195,918 | 0.5% | 96.9% |
| 94 | Monroe County, Iowa | $1,188,077 | 0.5% | 97.3% |
| 95 | Jackson County, Iowa | $1,085,450 | 0.4% | 97.8% |
| 96 | Lucas County, Iowa | $1,075,450 | 0.4% | 98.2% |
| 97 | Clayton County, Iowa | $1,023,934 | 0.4% | 98.6% |
| 98 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $827,753 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 99 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $642,526 | 0.3% | 99.2% |
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.
