Conservation payments in Kossuth County, Iowa totaled $2.5 million in 2011
Counties in Kossuth County, Iowa Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2011
| Rank | County | Subtotal, Conservation Programs 2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $6,740,747 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 2 | Clayton County, Iowa | $6,369,719 | 2.6% | 5.4% |
| 3 | Washington County, Iowa | $6,358,791 | 2.6% | 8.0% |
| 4 | Decatur County, Iowa | $4,635,260 | 1.9% | 9.9% |
| 5 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $4,476,831 | 1.8% | 11.8% |
| 6 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $4,450,608 | 1.8% | 13.6% |
| 7 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $4,357,111 | 1.8% | 15.4% |
| 8 | Taylor County, Iowa | $4,347,757 | 1.8% | 17.2% |
| 9 | Wayne County, Iowa | $4,343,841 | 1.8% | 19.0% |
| 10 | Fayette County, Iowa | $4,299,226 | 1.8% | 20.7% |
| 11 | Henry County, Iowa | $4,194,524 | 1.7% | 22.5% |
| 12 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $4,102,074 | 1.7% | 24.2% |
| 13 | Marion County, Iowa | $4,019,748 | 1.7% | 25.8% |
| 14 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $3,918,645 | 1.6% | 27.4% |
| 15 | Iowa County, Iowa | $3,862,111 | 1.6% | 29.0% |
| 16 | Jackson County, Iowa | $3,809,560 | 1.6% | 30.6% |
| 17 | Madison County, Iowa | $3,720,146 | 1.5% | 32.1% |
| 18 | Tama County, Iowa | $3,639,839 | 1.5% | 33.6% |
| 19 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $3,441,456 | 1.4% | 35.0% |
| 20 | Audubon County, Iowa | $3,416,991 | 1.4% | 36.4% |
| 21 | Adair County, Iowa | $3,373,174 | 1.4% | 37.8% |
| 22 | Clarke County, Iowa | $3,225,684 | 1.3% | 39.2% |
| 23 | Butler County, Iowa | $3,144,929 | 1.3% | 40.5% |
| 24 | Monroe County, Iowa | $3,086,169 | 1.3% | 41.7% |
| 25 | Lucas County, Iowa | $3,072,385 | 1.3% | 43.0% |
| 26 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $3,014,474 | 1.2% | 44.2% |
| 27 | Davis County, Iowa | $2,978,175 | 1.2% | 45.5% |
| 28 | Warren County, Iowa | $2,947,426 | 1.2% | 46.7% |
| 29 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $2,934,461 | 1.2% | 47.9% |
| 30 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $2,932,378 | 1.2% | 49.1% |
| 31 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $2,897,022 | 1.2% | 50.3% |
| 32 | Wright County, Iowa | $2,895,775 | 1.2% | 51.5% |
| 33 | Webster County, Iowa | $2,817,878 | 1.2% | 52.6% |
| 34 | Adams County, Iowa | $2,784,309 | 1.1% | 53.8% |
| 35 | Union County, Iowa | $2,744,821 | 1.1% | 54.9% |
| 36 | Johnson County, Iowa | $2,713,482 | 1.1% | 56.0% |
| 37 | Howard County, Iowa | $2,686,295 | 1.1% | 57.1% |
| 38 | Jones County, Iowa | $2,626,585 | 1.1% | 58.2% |
| 39 | Cass County, Iowa | $2,620,890 | 1.1% | 59.3% |
| 40 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $2,584,754 | 1.1% | 60.4% |
| 41 | Delaware County, Iowa | $2,539,404 | 1.0% | 61.4% |
| 42 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $2,521,025 | 1.0% | 62.4% |
| 43 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $2,494,351 | 1.0% | 63.5% |
| 44 | Carroll County, Iowa | $2,477,910 | 1.0% | 64.5% |
| 45 | Floyd County, Iowa | $2,435,791 | 1.0% | 65.5% |
| 46 | Louisa County, Iowa | $2,421,722 | 1.0% | 66.5% |
| 47 | Benton County, Iowa | $2,383,026 | 1.0% | 67.5% |
| 48 | Jasper County, Iowa | $2,310,211 | 1.0% | 68.4% |
| 49 | Lee County, Iowa | $2,284,742 | 0.9% | 69.4% |
| 50 | Wapello County, Iowa | $2,280,264 | 0.9% | 70.3% |
| 51 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $2,140,744 | 0.9% | 71.2% |
| 52 | Marshall County, Iowa | $2,104,438 | 0.9% | 72.0% |
| 53 | Clay County, Iowa | $2,073,771 | 0.9% | 72.9% |
| 54 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $2,036,893 | 0.8% | 73.7% |
| 55 | Boone County, Iowa | $2,033,841 | 0.8% | 74.6% |
| 56 | Page County, Iowa | $2,023,410 | 0.8% | 75.4% |
| 57 | Franklin County, Iowa | $2,002,031 | 0.8% | 76.2% |
| 58 | Cedar County, Iowa | $1,929,239 | 0.8% | 77.0% |
| 59 | Greene County, Iowa | $1,896,713 | 0.8% | 77.8% |
| 60 | Hancock County, Iowa | $1,885,280 | 0.8% | 78.6% |
| 61 | Clinton County, Iowa | $1,851,137 | 0.8% | 79.3% |
| 62 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $1,821,396 | 0.7% | 80.1% |
| 63 | Sac County, Iowa | $1,803,596 | 0.7% | 80.8% |
| 64 | Harrison County, Iowa | $1,778,097 | 0.7% | 81.6% |
| 65 | Hardin County, Iowa | $1,735,981 | 0.7% | 82.3% |
| 66 | Shelby County, Iowa | $1,729,780 | 0.7% | 83.0% |
| 67 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $1,712,299 | 0.7% | 83.7% |
| 68 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $1,702,125 | 0.7% | 84.4% |
| 69 | Story County, Iowa | $1,692,403 | 0.7% | 85.1% |
| 70 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $1,654,361 | 0.7% | 85.8% |
| 71 | Dallas County, Iowa | $1,640,897 | 0.7% | 86.5% |
| 72 | Linn County, Iowa | $1,636,103 | 0.7% | 87.1% |
| 73 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $1,608,109 | 0.7% | 87.8% |
| 74 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $1,591,180 | 0.7% | 88.5% |
| 75 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $1,562,431 | 0.6% | 89.1% |
| 76 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $1,532,399 | 0.6% | 89.7% |
| 77 | Worth County, Iowa | $1,508,670 | 0.6% | 90.3% |
| 78 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $1,439,320 | 0.6% | 90.9% |
| 79 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $1,401,643 | 0.6% | 91.5% |
| 80 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $1,376,850 | 0.6% | 92.1% |
| 81 | Osceola County, Iowa | $1,343,055 | 0.6% | 92.6% |
| 82 | Fremont County, Iowa | $1,316,132 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 83 | Bremer County, Iowa | $1,264,572 | 0.5% | 93.7% |
| 84 | Grundy County, Iowa | $1,262,192 | 0.5% | 94.2% |
| 85 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $1,185,559 | 0.5% | 94.7% |
| 86 | Sioux County, Iowa | $1,142,549 | 0.5% | 95.2% |
| 87 | Crawford County, Iowa | $1,122,165 | 0.5% | 95.6% |
| 88 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $1,073,573 | 0.4% | 96.1% |
| 89 | Polk County, Iowa | $1,061,985 | 0.4% | 96.5% |
| 90 | Emmet County, Iowa | $1,061,814 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 91 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $1,021,000 | 0.4% | 97.4% |
| 92 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $974,214 | 0.4% | 97.8% |
| 93 | Mills County, Iowa | $965,926 | 0.4% | 98.2% |
| 94 | Monona County, Iowa | $944,210 | 0.4% | 98.6% |
| 95 | Ida County, Iowa | $869,924 | 0.4% | 98.9% |
| 96 | Scott County, Iowa | $810,473 | 0.3% | 99.3% |
| 97 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $794,689 | 0.3% | 99.6% |
| 98 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $567,305 | 0.2% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Lyon County, Iowa | $448,208 | 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.
