Total Direct Payments in Mahaska County, Iowa totaled $3.9 million in 2011
Counties in Mahaska County, Iowa Receiving Total Direct Payments payments, 2011
| Rank | County | Total Direct Payments 2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $9,766,314 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| 2 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $7,258,108 | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| 3 | Clinton County, Iowa | $7,115,336 | 1.8% | 6.1% |
| 4 | Sioux County, Iowa | $6,990,071 | 1.8% | 7.8% |
| 5 | Benton County, Iowa | $6,853,543 | 1.7% | 9.5% |
| 6 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $6,625,188 | 1.7% | 11.2% |
| 7 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $6,547,258 | 1.6% | 12.8% |
| 8 | Tama County, Iowa | $6,164,070 | 1.5% | 14.4% |
| 9 | Fayette County, Iowa | $6,065,077 | 1.5% | 15.9% |
| 10 | Cedar County, Iowa | $5,753,295 | 1.4% | 17.4% |
| 11 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $5,738,455 | 1.4% | 18.8% |
| 12 | Crawford County, Iowa | $5,612,764 | 1.4% | 20.2% |
| 13 | Hancock County, Iowa | $5,610,756 | 1.4% | 21.6% |
| 14 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $5,544,989 | 1.4% | 23.0% |
| 15 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $5,476,343 | 1.4% | 24.4% |
| 16 | Webster County, Iowa | $5,434,360 | 1.4% | 25.7% |
| 17 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $5,379,857 | 1.4% | 27.1% |
| 18 | Carroll County, Iowa | $5,272,644 | 1.3% | 28.4% |
| 19 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $5,217,052 | 1.3% | 29.7% |
| 20 | Jasper County, Iowa | $5,190,764 | 1.3% | 31.0% |
| 21 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $5,130,096 | 1.3% | 32.3% |
| 22 | Linn County, Iowa | $5,101,916 | 1.3% | 33.6% |
| 23 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $5,027,208 | 1.3% | 34.9% |
| 24 | Greene County, Iowa | $5,013,781 | 1.3% | 36.1% |
| 25 | Grundy County, Iowa | $5,012,470 | 1.3% | 37.4% |
| 26 | Monona County, Iowa | $4,944,035 | 1.2% | 38.6% |
| 27 | Hardin County, Iowa | $4,924,693 | 1.2% | 39.8% |
| 28 | Shelby County, Iowa | $4,897,161 | 1.2% | 41.1% |
| 29 | Sac County, Iowa | $4,888,638 | 1.2% | 42.3% |
| 30 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $4,888,546 | 1.2% | 43.5% |
| 31 | Franklin County, Iowa | $4,876,154 | 1.2% | 44.8% |
| 32 | Harrison County, Iowa | $4,850,625 | 1.2% | 46.0% |
| 33 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $4,794,913 | 1.2% | 47.2% |
| 34 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $4,738,895 | 1.2% | 48.4% |
| 35 | Butler County, Iowa | $4,622,116 | 1.2% | 49.5% |
| 36 | Clay County, Iowa | $4,449,752 | 1.1% | 50.6% |
| 37 | Boone County, Iowa | $4,447,104 | 1.1% | 51.8% |
| 38 | Washington County, Iowa | $4,413,634 | 1.1% | 52.9% |
| 39 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $4,411,170 | 1.1% | 54.0% |
| 40 | Scott County, Iowa | $4,309,651 | 1.1% | 55.0% |
| 41 | Jones County, Iowa | $4,299,165 | 1.1% | 56.1% |
| 42 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $4,280,787 | 1.1% | 57.2% |
| 43 | Delaware County, Iowa | $4,269,566 | 1.1% | 58.3% |
| 44 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $4,175,082 | 1.0% | 59.3% |
| 45 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $4,143,008 | 1.0% | 60.4% |
| 46 | Iowa County, Iowa | $4,124,246 | 1.0% | 61.4% |
| 47 | Wright County, Iowa | $4,044,270 | 1.0% | 62.4% |
| 48 | Lyon County, Iowa | $4,028,508 | 1.0% | 63.4% |
| 49 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $4,021,519 | 1.0% | 64.4% |
| 50 | Emmet County, Iowa | $3,967,043 | 1.0% | 65.4% |
| 51 | Dallas County, Iowa | $3,945,906 | 1.0% | 66.4% |
| 52 | Bremer County, Iowa | $3,905,096 | 1.0% | 67.4% |
| 53 | Marshall County, Iowa | $3,904,505 | 1.0% | 68.4% |
| 54 | Osceola County, Iowa | $3,899,557 | 1.0% | 69.4% |
| 55 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $3,886,960 | 1.0% | 70.3% |
| 56 | Floyd County, Iowa | $3,823,573 | 1.0% | 71.3% |
| 57 | Worth County, Iowa | $3,820,965 | 1.0% | 72.2% |
| 58 | Ida County, Iowa | $3,818,524 | 1.0% | 73.2% |
| 59 | Cass County, Iowa | $3,813,087 | 1.0% | 74.2% |
| 60 | Fremont County, Iowa | $3,770,830 | 0.9% | 75.1% |
| 61 | Story County, Iowa | $3,748,335 | 0.9% | 76.1% |
| 62 | Clayton County, Iowa | $3,741,758 | 0.9% | 77.0% |
| 63 | Johnson County, Iowa | $3,606,680 | 0.9% | 77.9% |
| 64 | Audubon County, Iowa | $3,598,180 | 0.9% | 78.8% |
| 65 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $3,489,731 | 0.9% | 79.7% |
| 66 | Jackson County, Iowa | $3,386,346 | 0.8% | 80.5% |
| 67 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $3,310,187 | 0.8% | 81.4% |
| 68 | Mills County, Iowa | $3,296,590 | 0.8% | 82.2% |
| 69 | Howard County, Iowa | $3,239,352 | 0.8% | 83.0% |
| 70 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $3,230,674 | 0.8% | 83.8% |
| 71 | Henry County, Iowa | $3,211,399 | 0.8% | 84.6% |
| 72 | Adair County, Iowa | $3,189,952 | 0.8% | 85.4% |
| 73 | Page County, Iowa | $3,091,136 | 0.8% | 86.2% |
| 74 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $2,938,343 | 0.7% | 86.9% |
| 75 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $2,919,947 | 0.7% | 87.7% |
| 76 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $2,874,631 | 0.7% | 88.4% |
| 77 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $2,831,964 | 0.7% | 89.1% |
| 78 | Louisa County, Iowa | $2,752,057 | 0.7% | 89.8% |
| 79 | Marion County, Iowa | $2,640,186 | 0.7% | 90.4% |
| 80 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $2,626,901 | 0.7% | 91.1% |
| 81 | Polk County, Iowa | $2,588,330 | 0.6% | 91.8% |
| 82 | Lee County, Iowa | $2,588,225 | 0.6% | 92.4% |
| 83 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $2,538,220 | 0.6% | 93.0% |
| 84 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $2,371,290 | 0.6% | 93.6% |
| 85 | Warren County, Iowa | $2,318,357 | 0.6% | 94.2% |
| 86 | Wapello County, Iowa | $2,301,981 | 0.6% | 94.8% |
| 87 | Madison County, Iowa | $2,279,644 | 0.6% | 95.4% |
| 88 | Adams County, Iowa | $2,234,903 | 0.6% | 95.9% |
| 89 | Taylor County, Iowa | $2,220,272 | 0.6% | 96.5% |
| 90 | Wayne County, Iowa | $1,944,738 | 0.5% | 97.0% |
| 91 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $1,783,580 | 0.4% | 97.4% |
| 92 | Union County, Iowa | $1,685,888 | 0.4% | 97.8% |
| 93 | Davis County, Iowa | $1,501,717 | 0.4% | 98.2% |
| 94 | Clarke County, Iowa | $1,342,022 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 95 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $1,333,722 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 96 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $1,230,097 | 0.3% | 99.2% |
| 97 | Decatur County, Iowa | $1,195,035 | 0.3% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Monroe County, Iowa | $1,030,425 | 0.3% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Lucas County, Iowa | $968,278 | 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.
