Total Counter Cyclical Payments in Shelby County, Iowa totaled $12.0 million from 1995-2011.
Counties in Shelby County, Iowa Receiving Total Counter Cyclical Payments payments, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Total Counter Cyclical Payments 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $24,043,845 | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| 2 | Sioux County, Iowa | $18,160,330 | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| 3 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $16,333,038 | 1.7% | 6.0% |
| 4 | Clinton County, Iowa | $16,325,671 | 1.7% | 7.6% |
| 5 | Fayette County, Iowa | $15,580,552 | 1.6% | 9.2% |
| 6 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $15,198,131 | 1.5% | 10.8% |
| 7 | Webster County, Iowa | $14,842,247 | 1.5% | 12.3% |
| 8 | Benton County, Iowa | $14,680,104 | 1.5% | 13.8% |
| 9 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $14,673,622 | 1.5% | 15.3% |
| 10 | Delaware County, Iowa | $14,607,046 | 1.5% | 16.8% |
| 11 | Cedar County, Iowa | $14,505,613 | 1.5% | 18.2% |
| 12 | Franklin County, Iowa | $14,201,887 | 1.4% | 19.7% |
| 13 | Tama County, Iowa | $13,935,497 | 1.4% | 21.1% |
| 14 | Hardin County, Iowa | $13,715,288 | 1.4% | 22.5% |
| 15 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $13,609,418 | 1.4% | 23.9% |
| 16 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $13,585,938 | 1.4% | 25.3% |
| 17 | Wright County, Iowa | $13,488,271 | 1.4% | 26.6% |
| 18 | Hancock County, Iowa | $13,430,352 | 1.4% | 28.0% |
| 19 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $13,320,496 | 1.4% | 29.4% |
| 20 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $13,267,572 | 1.4% | 30.7% |
| 21 | Grundy County, Iowa | $13,004,896 | 1.3% | 32.0% |
| 22 | Jasper County, Iowa | $12,684,157 | 1.3% | 33.3% |
| 23 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $12,670,524 | 1.3% | 34.6% |
| 24 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $12,448,831 | 1.3% | 35.9% |
| 25 | Story County, Iowa | $12,429,757 | 1.3% | 37.2% |
| 26 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $12,373,460 | 1.3% | 38.4% |
| 27 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $12,320,946 | 1.3% | 39.7% |
| 28 | Crawford County, Iowa | $12,267,505 | 1.2% | 40.9% |
| 29 | Marshall County, Iowa | $12,195,870 | 1.2% | 42.2% |
| 30 | Shelby County, Iowa | $11,961,775 | 1.2% | 43.4% |
| 31 | Butler County, Iowa | $11,941,778 | 1.2% | 44.6% |
| 32 | Greene County, Iowa | $11,923,584 | 1.2% | 45.8% |
| 33 | Jones County, Iowa | $11,905,188 | 1.2% | 47.0% |
| 34 | Lyon County, Iowa | $11,745,566 | 1.2% | 48.2% |
| 35 | Linn County, Iowa | $11,620,696 | 1.2% | 49.4% |
| 36 | Sac County, Iowa | $11,527,159 | 1.2% | 50.6% |
| 37 | Carroll County, Iowa | $11,467,635 | 1.2% | 51.8% |
| 38 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $11,384,827 | 1.2% | 52.9% |
| 39 | Monona County, Iowa | $11,362,637 | 1.2% | 54.1% |
| 40 | Clay County, Iowa | $11,362,206 | 1.2% | 55.2% |
| 41 | Clayton County, Iowa | $11,332,979 | 1.2% | 56.4% |
| 42 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $11,253,531 | 1.1% | 57.5% |
| 43 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $11,237,130 | 1.1% | 58.7% |
| 44 | Boone County, Iowa | $11,128,649 | 1.1% | 59.8% |
| 45 | Harrison County, Iowa | $11,117,579 | 1.1% | 60.9% |
| 46 | Floyd County, Iowa | $10,746,494 | 1.1% | 62.0% |
| 47 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $10,586,233 | 1.1% | 63.1% |
| 48 | Scott County, Iowa | $10,561,742 | 1.1% | 64.2% |
| 49 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $10,414,792 | 1.1% | 65.3% |
| 50 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $10,348,670 | 1.1% | 66.3% |
| 51 | Washington County, Iowa | $10,294,170 | 1.0% | 67.4% |
| 52 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $9,989,766 | 1.0% | 68.4% |
| 53 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $9,988,178 | 1.0% | 69.4% |
| 54 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $9,881,436 | 1.0% | 70.4% |
| 55 | Dallas County, Iowa | $9,829,211 | 1.0% | 71.4% |
| 56 | Bremer County, Iowa | $9,736,706 | 1.0% | 72.4% |
| 57 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $9,470,635 | 1.0% | 73.4% |
| 58 | Iowa County, Iowa | $9,417,982 | 1.0% | 74.3% |
| 59 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $9,221,583 | 0.9% | 75.3% |
| 60 | Johnson County, Iowa | $9,168,811 | 0.9% | 76.2% |
| 61 | Emmet County, Iowa | $9,155,105 | 0.9% | 77.1% |
| 62 | Cass County, Iowa | $9,128,261 | 0.9% | 78.1% |
| 63 | Worth County, Iowa | $8,888,771 | 0.9% | 79.0% |
| 64 | Osceola County, Iowa | $8,881,384 | 0.9% | 79.9% |
| 65 | Ida County, Iowa | $8,683,031 | 0.9% | 80.8% |
| 66 | Howard County, Iowa | $8,626,953 | 0.9% | 81.6% |
| 67 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $8,087,889 | 0.8% | 82.5% |
| 68 | Jackson County, Iowa | $8,064,735 | 0.8% | 83.3% |
| 69 | Fremont County, Iowa | $7,911,878 | 0.8% | 84.1% |
| 70 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $7,911,267 | 0.8% | 84.9% |
| 71 | Audubon County, Iowa | $7,869,085 | 0.8% | 85.7% |
| 72 | Adair County, Iowa | $7,754,758 | 0.8% | 86.5% |
| 73 | Henry County, Iowa | $7,556,795 | 0.8% | 87.2% |
| 74 | Louisa County, Iowa | $6,939,666 | 0.7% | 88.0% |
| 75 | Mills County, Iowa | $6,829,455 | 0.7% | 88.7% |
| 76 | Page County, Iowa | $6,807,588 | 0.7% | 89.3% |
| 77 | Polk County, Iowa | $6,786,039 | 0.7% | 90.0% |
| 78 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $6,661,789 | 0.7% | 90.7% |
| 79 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $6,494,477 | 0.7% | 91.4% |
| 80 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $6,372,602 | 0.6% | 92.0% |
| 81 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $6,050,993 | 0.6% | 92.6% |
| 82 | Lee County, Iowa | $5,656,428 | 0.6% | 93.2% |
| 83 | Marion County, Iowa | $5,572,153 | 0.6% | 93.8% |
| 84 | Warren County, Iowa | $5,453,141 | 0.6% | 94.3% |
| 85 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $5,331,280 | 0.5% | 94.9% |
| 86 | Madison County, Iowa | $5,071,839 | 0.5% | 95.4% |
| 87 | Taylor County, Iowa | $4,693,591 | 0.5% | 95.9% |
| 88 | Adams County, Iowa | $4,665,652 | 0.5% | 96.4% |
| 89 | Wapello County, Iowa | $4,572,753 | 0.5% | 96.8% |
| 90 | Wayne County, Iowa | $4,184,835 | 0.4% | 97.2% |
| 91 | Union County, Iowa | $3,750,561 | 0.4% | 97.6% |
| 92 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $3,450,662 | 0.4% | 98.0% |
| 93 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $3,429,174 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 94 | Davis County, Iowa | $3,200,276 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 95 | Clarke County, Iowa | $3,031,205 | 0.3% | 99.0% |
| 96 | Decatur County, Iowa | $2,762,155 | 0.3% | 99.2% |
| 97 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $2,550,402 | 0.3% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Monroe County, Iowa | $2,498,217 | 0.3% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Lucas County, Iowa | $2,337,618 | 0.2% | 100.0% |
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.
